Opinion Piece: Keep politics out of research funding in NZ

‍In Aotearoa New Zealand, a more subtle but equally concerning transformation is underway: the Government’s recent restrictions on research funding which are undermining the critical role of Indigenous knowledge, the social sciences, and the humanities alongside the natural sciences in addressing complex global challenges.



Keep politics out of research funding in NZ - Newsroom

From Victoria University of Wellington – Analysis: In stipulating at least half of funded research projects must possess direct economic impacts, the Government is attacking the ability of academia to serve as the critic and conscience of society

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