Matthew Kramer (Cambridge) kindly shared this message he received:
Dear Colleagues,
Please, spread the word.
The Hungarian government is, probably unlawfully and certainly arbitrarily, introducing a new system of research funding, which will seriously undermine the scientific autonomy of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the greatest research institution in Hungary with 5000 employees. Negotiations have proven to be useless as the government handles the issue with manipulation and division. We badly need the attention and solidarity of the international academic community.
A good summary in English is here:
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/government-continues-crackdown-academic-freedom-hungary
Further information on the site of the site of the employees' forum:
https://adf2019.wordpress.com/english/
Best regards,
Prof. Dr. András Jakab
Elected member of the governing body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (választott közgyűlési tag); former Director (2012-2017) of the Institute for Legal Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest
Professor of Austrian Constitutional and Administrative Law, University of Salzburg Honorary Fellow, Pázmány Péter Catholic University Budapest
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