{"id":182716,"date":"2025-10-21T17:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=182716"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:56","slug":"groningen-pauses-collaboration-with-israeli-professor-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/10\/21\/groningen-pauses-collaboration-with-israeli-professor-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"Groningen pauses collaboration with Israeli professor\u2013soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Israeli professor is working with two Dutch universities, but also appears to be serving as a soldier in Gaza. The University of Groningen has temporarily suspended the collaboration.<\/p>\n

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The academy building of the University of Groningen.<\/span><\/p>

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An Israeli professor from Technion is part of a European research consortium together with Dutch scientists from Groningen and Eindhoven. They study, among other things, how new computer chips can mimic human self-awareness.<\/p>\n

However, the Israeli professor is also a reservist in the army, something he writes about on social media. He has also posted photos of himself in military uniform, with destroyed buildings in the background.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, journalists from Investico<\/em> revealed this<\/a> in the newspaper Trouw<\/em>. The University of Groningen is now reconsidering the project. The research receives European funding, and one of the conditions for that is that it must not serve any military purpose. All participating universities have signed that agreement.<\/p>\n\n\t

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