[Irtalk] Academic freedom and authority are fundamentally about responsibilities and public scholars must navigate with care.

[Ina Smith]

"Academic freedom is not the right to speak one's mind. It is rather the responsibility to speak on issues, with the authority that arises from scholarly rigour."

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/06/29/academic-freedom-authority-responsibility-neylon/

Ina Smith
SciELO Planning Manager
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)

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