Higher education organisations must start discussing ways to push back against the “securitisation” agenda of some national governments, otherwise global science is in “real trouble”, a leading scholar has warned.
Simon Marginson, professor of higher education at the University of Oxford, said the international academic community had just “rolled over” and accepted security services’ meddling in cross-border collaboration “too easily”.
Speaking to Times Higher Education, Professor Marginson said there was a need to “awaken the consciousness” of the scientific community about the consequences of increased securitisation.
