Thanks for the link -- that was a very interesting read. I was surprised to find out from your post that this is a global phenomenon as I only saw it mentioned in the Australian press. Strangely I hadn't heard anything about it from my best friend who works at Griffith even though we talk weekly. Her department is undertaking austerity measures, so they've recently frozen hiring and funding (they can no longer offer PhD scholarships to non-Australian students), and also terminated a lot of early career researchers on short-term contracts. In the wake of American funding cuts and the new availability of US-based researchers, I wonder if there will be domestic reevaluations of higher education funding. The New York Times had an article about French universities recruiting US academics.
Our big financial problems relate to caps on international students, due to concerns about pressure on housing, combined with long-running stringency in government funding. The US cuts are just icing on the cake. But to the extent that we can hire, I expect lots of US-based applicants, especially returning Aussies.
Thank you, interesting to read news coverage from other parts of the world! As I'm from Europe, it's safe to say that the news here has also been critical of Trump.
Where are you in Europe? I am in Norway, and although the press has been critical and quite insightful about the geopolitical implications, politicians are a lot more cautious. Of course I don't know what they say behind closed doors, but in public many of them are scrupulously careful and it can give the impression that they don't fully understand the threats posed by Trump.
I'm in the Netherlands. I agree that many politicians are more careful, but the press is covering US politics extensively and with little bias. The comments posted are overwhelmingly negative. Before the US elections there was a bigger vocal group who agreed with Trump, like 15-20% is my guess. I'm sure they are still around, but the outrage about what's going on in the States has made those people less visible. And perhaps some of them are also surprised by what's going on. And some will still try to rationalize it, like Republicans.
As you mention, research funding has been a hot topic in Australia, but the policy is global. I wrote about this here
https://johnquigginblog.substack.com/p/dispensing-with-us-universities-extended
Thanks for the link -- that was a very interesting read. I was surprised to find out from your post that this is a global phenomenon as I only saw it mentioned in the Australian press. Strangely I hadn't heard anything about it from my best friend who works at Griffith even though we talk weekly. Her department is undertaking austerity measures, so they've recently frozen hiring and funding (they can no longer offer PhD scholarships to non-Australian students), and also terminated a lot of early career researchers on short-term contracts. In the wake of American funding cuts and the new availability of US-based researchers, I wonder if there will be domestic reevaluations of higher education funding. The New York Times had an article about French universities recruiting US academics.
Our big financial problems relate to caps on international students, due to concerns about pressure on housing, combined with long-running stringency in government funding. The US cuts are just icing on the cake. But to the extent that we can hire, I expect lots of US-based applicants, especially returning Aussies.
Thank you, interesting to read news coverage from other parts of the world! As I'm from Europe, it's safe to say that the news here has also been critical of Trump.
Where are you in Europe? I am in Norway, and although the press has been critical and quite insightful about the geopolitical implications, politicians are a lot more cautious. Of course I don't know what they say behind closed doors, but in public many of them are scrupulously careful and it can give the impression that they don't fully understand the threats posed by Trump.
I'm in the Netherlands. I agree that many politicians are more careful, but the press is covering US politics extensively and with little bias. The comments posted are overwhelmingly negative. Before the US elections there was a bigger vocal group who agreed with Trump, like 15-20% is my guess. I'm sure they are still around, but the outrage about what's going on in the States has made those people less visible. And perhaps some of them are also surprised by what's going on. And some will still try to rationalize it, like Republicans.