Rudolf Stichweh on the Politics of Scientific Freedom: Can Diplomacy Compromise Research?

"When it comes to the relationship between science and political interests, it is crucial that the primacy of the values, norms, and institutions of the scientific system prevail over political value-setting in the context of the system's communication processes."

In this guest article for FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), Visiting Research Scholar Rudolf Stichweh contextualizes the history of scientific liberty and questions whether science is being co-opted by politics and morals.