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French university to fund American scientists who fear Trump censorship

c/world · u/MicroWave@lemmy.world · 314 points

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**Summary**

France’s Aix Marseille University is launching a €15 million “safe place for science” program to support U.S. researchers who fear censorship under Trump’s administration.

The initiative, covering climate, health, and social sciences, will fund 15 researchers over three years. Trump’s government has frozen grants and purged climate-related research, leading to fears of widespread funding cuts.

Aix Marseille previously aided scientists from conflict zones. While some see this as an academic lifeline, others view it as France capitalizing on a U.S. brain drain under anti-science policies.

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u/technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 points

Do you imagine that USA is any better?

  • https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04/20/new-report-says-many-adjuncts-make-less-3500-course-and-25000-year
  • https://www.aaup.org/article/can-adjunct-speak
  • https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Percentage-of-Students-with-an-Adjunct-Instructor-by-Subject_tbl7_227629190

u/grue@lemmy.world · 2 points

The kleptocratic oligarchs really won't regret it, and they don't give a fuck what the rest of us think.

We need to *make* them regret it.

u/boydster@sh.itjust.works · 34 points

While some see this as an academic lifeline, others view it as France capitalizing on a U.S. brain drain under anti-science policies.

Drain our brains. Europe, Canada, Mexico, Oceania: have at it, make this world safer for us all. I bet Cuba could get some of our medical researchers, too. Cripple the Trump regime.

u/ms_lane@lemmy.world · 15 points

USAID is now Aid for the US.

Europe, Australia need a new operation paperclip to save scientists from Nazi USA.

u/aramova@infosec.pub · 9 points

Here comes France again to help Americans from royal persecution.

It's 1778 all over again.

u/yesman@lemmy.world · 7 points

>Let's traumatize our academic institutions and research industry

-a country famous for innovation and technology making a decision they surely will not regret.

u/Contramuffin@lemmy.world · 6 points

While some see this as an academic lifeline, others view it as France capitalizing on a U.S. brain drain under anti-science policies

I don't necessarily see how these are opposing viewpoints. Both are certainly true

u/Ziggurat@fedia.io · 4 points

Considering the low wage in French Academia, and the lack of permanent position (Which used to be a benefit offsetting lower wages) I am not sur it'll attract that much person.

But still a great initiative.

u/Mubelotix@jlai.lu · 2 points

It's a bold claim to say it's about draining brains when america had been draining europe brains for decades

u/technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -8 points

If "scientists" want to contribute something worthwhile to humanity, it's not going to happen inside the imperial core.