{"id":14380,"date":"2022-02-21T13:42:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T11:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nscr.nl\/?page_id=14380"},"modified":"2022-11-10T12:34:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T10:34:38","slug":"tackling-threats-and-intimidation-of-scientists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nscr.nl\/en\/tackling-threats-and-intimidation-of-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Tackling threats and intimidation of scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tackling threats and intimidation of scientists<\/h1>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Academics regularly face threats, harassment, and hate speech. To address this issue, the Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), the Dutch Research Council (NWO), and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) launched the platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wetenschapveilig.nl\/en\"><strong>WetenschapVeilig<\/strong><\/a>. Academics who are being threatened or harassed can visit the website\u00a0<a id=\"LPlnk220738\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wetenschapveilig.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>24 hours a day for help. More information and a FAQ\u00a0about this topic on the\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwo-i.nl\/en\/news\/2022\/11\/07\/launch-of-national-platform-for-threatened-academics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NWO website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Do you have experience with negative reactions, do you expect to come into contact with them or do you want to talk about it in some other way? Please contact your program leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tackling threats and intimidation of scientists Academics regularly face threats, harassment, and hate speech. To address this issue, the Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), the Dutch Research Council (NWO), and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) launched the platform WetenschapVeilig. 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