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SUMMARY:The Public Sociologist in Authoritarian Times: Negotiating Risk an
 d Complicity - Lakshmi Sagarika Bose\, PhD Student at the Faculty of Educa
 tion
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CONTACT:Hannah Moscovitz
DESCRIPTION:The confluence of rising authoritarianism and constricting lev
 els of academic freedom highlight the necessity of contending with emergin
 g questions on the political role of the academic in the face of widesprea
 d illiberal trends.  Increasing arrests and criminal charges placed agains
 t academics and postgraduate students (Iran\, Egypt\, UAE\, Sudan\, Turkey
 ) in part\, correlate to the bureaucratization of the research process\, s
 een through new mandates in risk assessments\, travel authorisations\, and
  research visas.  Such stringent requirements\, often focusing on the ‘s
 ensitivity’ of the research topic\, place the researcher in a novel posi
 tion that demands constant negotiation between risk\, complicity\, acquies
 cence\, and resistance. What does it mean to adhere to government procedur
 es that aim to de-politicise and neutralise research whilst maintaining a 
 critical stance? At times may it be unethical or imprudent to apply for re
 search visas from authoritarian-leaning nations? This talk aims to stimula
 te discussion on the collective and individual responsibilities of the glo
 bal public sociologist and the wider university as we find ourselves force
 d to contend with growing threats to academic and intellectual freedoms.
LOCATION:Syndicate Room 2\, Wolfson College\, Cambridge\, UK\, CB3 9BB
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