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@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-07-03 00:47:58

Register now for the July 15th 11am ET #DefendResearch webinar “The Authoritarian Playbook: Risk, Reality, and Opportunities to Resist Democratic Backsliding in Higher Ed”: us02web.z…

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Authoritarian Playbook: Risk, reality and opportunities to resist democratic backsliding in higher ed. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Universities are often among the first institutions targeted during democratic backsliding. From censorship and political pressure to self-censorship and coerced compliance, authoritarian movements seek not only to suppress knowledge but to reshape how knowledge is produced and who is permitted to produce it. In this conversation with DefendResearch.org, The Anti-Autocracy Handbook author Stephan Lewandowsky examines how scholars navigate increasing political pressure, assess personal and inst…

@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-07-26 22:27:00

Register for our 8/12 (defendresearch.org) webinar with Professor Vera Kemp in conversation with #DefendResearch co-founder Sara Rouhi discussing “What Can I Really Do? Behavioural Choices for Scholars in Past and Emerging Autocracies”

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: What can I really do? Behavioural choices for scholars in past and emerging autocracies. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
What can today's researchers learn from those who have worked under authoritarian rule? Drawing on her experience as a scholar behind the Iron Curtain, Dr. Kempe will examine how authoritarian governments constrain academic freedom and opportunities for research, and normalize censorship over time. She will describe historical examples of scholarly behaviours under these conditions and discuss actions and structures that tried to safeguard the integrity of scholarship. About the Organizer: …

@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-06-20 17:13:01

Have questions about crafting your comments about the #OMB proposed regulations? #DefendResearch is maintaining a set of resources to help folks make submissions (

OMB Proposed Regulation Change Responses
Action Hours: OMB Proposed Regulation Change Responses #DefendResearch is hosting weekly Action Hours every Tuesday from June 9 through July 7 at 8amPT/11amET (register here: https://forms.gle/PPLuo4UAwXQRacf46) to help people submit comments about the latest OMB proposed regulation changes ("Re...

@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-06-07 18:19:14

FYI #DefendResearch has weekly Action Hours June 9-30 to help folks submit comments re. the #OMB proposed changes, using resources from #StandUpForScience, Jeremy Berg, Liz Neely & o…

#DefendResearch June Action Hours: OMB Proposed Regulation Change Responses
#DefendResearch is hosting weekly Action Hours throughout June to help people submit comments about the latest OMB proposed regulation changes ("Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance") that would have disastrous consequences for research, and thus all of us. While we are not experts in federal regulation comment submission, we have pulled together and will be sharing key resources created by the scholarly community to make it easy for all of us to take this important action. This includes…

@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-05-14 03:33:49

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‪@lschiff.bsky.social€
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"The case for academic freedom and the independence of the university is far shakier today than it was even a decade ago..." Register for the 5/19 #DefendResearch webinar with Sara Rouhi and Brandon Turner
on this aspect of #censorship

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As part of DefendResearch.org's ongoing work to highlight the dangers of government censorship of science and research in the United States, we are launching a webinar series in 2026 dedicated to conversations with scholars and experts who view the current attacks on academic freedom as existential and who believe that it is vital to educate the public about the repercussions of these acts of censorship. During this webinar, we'll be in conversation with political theorist Dr. Brandon Turner. …

@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-07-13 15:44:31

Two important #actions today: 1) Submit your #OMB comments; 2) register for the #DefendResearch webinar to learn how to fight

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Authoritarian Playbook: Risk, reality and opportunities to resist democratic backsliding in higher ed. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Universities are often among the first institutions targeted during democratic backsliding. From censorship and political pressure to self-censorship and coerced compliance, authoritarian movements seek not only to suppress knowledge but to reshape how knowledge is produced and who is permitted to produce it. In this conversation with DefendResearch.org, The Anti-Autocracy Handbook author Stephan Lewandowsky examines how scholars navigate increasing political pressure, assess personal and inst…

@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-07-09 05:21:58

Register now for the July 15th 11am ET #DefendResearch webinar “The Authoritarian Playbook: Risk, Reality, and Opportunities to Resist Democratic Backsliding in Higher Ed”: us02web.z…

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Authoritarian Playbook: Risk, reality and opportunities to resist democratic backsliding in higher ed. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Universities are often among the first institutions targeted during democratic backsliding. From censorship and political pressure to self-censorship and coerced compliance, authoritarian movements seek not only to suppress knowledge but to reshape how knowledge is produced and who is permitted to produce it. In this conversation with DefendResearch.org, The Anti-Autocracy Handbook author Stephan Lewandowsky examines how scholars navigate increasing political pressure, assess personal and inst…