Macron and von der Leyen expected to announce protections for researchers seeking to relocate amid Trump’s crackdown
France and the EU are to step up their efforts to attract US-based scientists hit by Donald Trump’s crackdown on academia, as they prepare announcements on incentives for researchers to settle in Europe.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, alongside the European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, will make speeches on Monday morning at Sorbonne University in Paris, flanked by European university leaders and researchers, in which they are expected to announce potential incentives and protections for researchers seeking to relocate to Europe.
The event, bringing together European academics and European commissioners, is the latest push to open Europe’s doors to US-based academics and researchers who fear their work is threatened by federal spending cuts for universities and research bodies, as well as the targeting of US higher education institutions over diversity policies.
We should check who they voted for first though. Trumpanzees should be forced to eat their own dogshit.
I’m all for draining what little brains remain in the carcass. It’s not like they’re using them anyway.
I have been thinking of moving to a Nordic country, and downloaded an app recently to start learning Finnish. I probably should have looked where my field is in highest demand first lol.
Does anyone know if the typical restrictions for disabled people moving to the EU will be loosened in this context?
It would be a dream to work on open source/research over in Europe for a job. Helps everyone and actual healthcare for my family.
I hope programming gets a similar pull as research does, bit I understand why it wouldn’t.
Me and my fellow French scientists emigrated abroad to work wish it was true. Unfortunately it’s only demagogy.
