Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), 2021

This conceptual analysis defines academic freedom in the context of Dutch science, explores its limits and maps out who bears what responsibility to safeguard it. In addition, it inventories which responsibilities academic freedom entails for science itself.

The guideline is not intended as a closing piece, but as an introduction, opening and handle for investigating specific case histories.

© KNAW- Advies Academische Vrijheid 2021

Source: KNAW (2021). Academische vrijheid in Nederland – een begripsanalyse en richtsnoer. Amsterdam, KNAW.