Category: Academic freedom

Introduction Academic freedom is employed as a general term for the freedom that especially universities, their staff and students enjoy to seek for and disseminate knowledge without interference from others. This is important for research, teaching and communication. Academic freedom entails considerable institutional autonomy for the individual research institution and individual academic freedom for the […]

What is freedom of research? Part of academic freedom Freedom of research refers in particular to the freedom to choose a research topic, the freedom to ask questions, the freedom to choose materials and methods to find the answers, and the freedom to publicly present hypotheses, results and reasoning. This research freedom at Danish universities […]

General remarks on conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest arise when authors or their institutions, reviewers or editors have financial or personal interests which may inappropriately influence their judgement. Such financial interests may for example be due to financial or other material support for the specific research project, the researcher’s secondary job (as an employee […]

  Introduction In this context, ‘communication’ is defined as researchers’ exchange of knowledge and competencies in society, including participation in public debate. This may take place through articles, reviews, features in and letters to newspapers, books that convey knowledge to a wide audience of non-specialists, participation in radio and television broadcasts, and teaching to a […]

[This article is under construction] The UBVA put the legal protection of researchers up for debate at the People’s Political Festival on Bornholm. The debate was webcast: Listen to Professor Jørn Vestergaard, University of Copenhagen, talk about the legal position of researchers under criminal law: Listen to security consultant Per Bruun Andersen, 2Secure, talk about […]