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Academic Freedom, Science, and Right-Wing Politics: Interview with Andrea Pető

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This chapter explores the relationship between academic freedom, science, and right-wing politics using the example of the recent events around Professor Andrea Pető’s recent publication at Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte which lead to her resignation from the Hungarian Accreditation Committee. It illustrates how illiberal democracies shake the space not only independent media and NGOs but also how they control and pressure public institutions. This chapter locates this individual experience in the complex relationships between populism, extreme-right and epistemic controversies.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Academia.edu is a freemium social network platform designed for academics.

  2. 2.

    Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.

  3. 3.

    Ferber A.L. (2018) ““Are You Willing to Die for This Work?” Public Targeted Online Harassment in Higher Education: SWS Presidential Address”, Gender & Society 32(3): 301–320.

  4. 4.

    See, for example: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/countering-radical-right/attacks-academic-freedom-escalate-france-and-denmark/

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  • Ferber, A. L. (2018). “Are you willing to die for this work?” public targeted online harassment in higher education: SWS presidential address. Gender & Society, 32(3), 301–320.

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  • Pető, A. (2021). Current comment: The illiberal academic authority-an oxymoron? Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 44, 1–9.

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  1. University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

    Alberta Giorgi

  2. University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

    Hande Eslen-Ziya

  3. Central European University, Wien, Austria

    Andrea Pető

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  1. University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

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  2. University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

    Alberta Giorgi

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Giorgi, A., Eslen-Ziya, H., Pető, A. (2022). Academic Freedom, Science, and Right-Wing Politics: Interview with Andrea Pető. In: Eslen–Ziya, H., Giorgi, A. (eds) Populism and Science in Europe . Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97535-7_13

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