Universities are taking measures to better protect endangered scientists. The Association of Universities (VSNU) will present a plan with measures and recommendations to outgoing Minister of Education, Culture and Science Ingrid van Engelshoven (D66) on Monday afternoon.
Fourteen universities affiliated with the VSNU are drawing up a collective standard for reporting incidents. As a result, the decision whether or not to report the incident should not lie with the threatened scientist, but with the organization and manager. There will be a zero-tolerance policy whereby from now on a standard report will be made in the event of threats, physical or sexual violence, stalking and burglary.
In addition, universities will offer training in online resilience and psychosocial help. The universities are also setting up the joint Science Safe platform to better identify threats and improve cooperation with the police and the judiciary.
Public support
The VSNU advises universities and executives to publicly express their support for threatened or intimidated employees. Scientists who receive threats would do well to save the threat messages for possible reporting. The recommendations are based on the PersVeilig initiative, which was founded in 2019 and makes it easier for media organizations to cooperate with the police and the judiciary on threats against journalists.
The VSNU makes the recommendations following a tour of universities and endangered scientists. From the Guide: Tackling threats and intimidation of scientists According to the umbrella organisation, it appears that scientists are increasingly confronted with all kinds of threats, intimidation and hate reactions as a result of media appearances.
According to the plan, the threats are causing “indifference” among scientists and may lead to “fear of participating in public debate”. The universities stand by the duty of care they have for employees who interfere in the public debate, the VSNU states in the plan.
Also read: Threatened scientists: ‘Are we now waiting for something to really happen?’
Universities are taking measures to better protect endangered scientists. The Association of Universities (VSNU) will present a plan with measures and recommendations to outgoing Minister of Education, Culture and Science Ingrid van Engelshoven (D66) on Monday afternoon.
Fourteen universities affiliated with the VSNU are drawing up a collective standard for reporting incidents. As a result, the decision whether or not to report the incident should not lie with the threatened scientist, but with the organization and manager. There will be a zero-tolerance policy whereby from now on a standard report will be made in the event of threats, physical or sexual violence, stalking and burglary.
In addition, universities will offer training in online resilience and psychosocial help. The universities are also setting up the joint Science Safe platform to better identify threats and improve cooperation with the police and the judiciary.
Public support
The VSNU advises universities and executives to publicly express their support for threatened or intimidated employees. Scientists who receive threats would do well to save the threat messages for possible reporting. The recommendations are based on the PersVeilig initiative, which was founded in 2019 and makes it easier for media organizations to cooperate with the police and the judiciary on threats against journalists.
The VSNU makes the recommendations following a tour of universities and endangered scientists. From the Guide: Tackling threats and intimidation of scientists According to the umbrella organisation, it appears that scientists are increasingly confronted with all kinds of threats, intimidation and hate reactions as a result of media appearances.
According to the plan, the threats are causing “indifference” among scientists and may lead to “fear of participating in public debate”. The universities stand by the duty of care they have for employees who interfere in the public debate, the VSNU states in the plan.
Also read: Threatened scientists: ‘Are we now waiting for something to really happen?’
Universities are taking measures to better protect endangered scientists. The Association of Universities (VSNU) will present a plan with measures and recommendations to outgoing Minister of Education, Culture and Science Ingrid van Engelshoven (D66) on Monday afternoon.
Fourteen universities affiliated with the VSNU are drawing up a collective standard for reporting incidents. As a result, the decision whether or not to report the incident should not lie with the threatened scientist, but with the organization and manager. There will be a zero-tolerance policy whereby from now on a standard report will be made in the event of threats, physical or sexual violence, stalking and burglary.
In addition, universities will offer training in online resilience and psychosocial help. The universities are also setting up the joint Science Safe platform to better identify threats and improve cooperation with the police and the judiciary.
Public support
The VSNU advises universities and executives to publicly express their support for threatened or intimidated employees. Scientists who receive threats would do well to save the threat messages for possible reporting. The recommendations are based on the PersVeilig initiative, which was founded in 2019 and makes it easier for media organizations to cooperate with the police and the judiciary on threats against journalists.
The VSNU makes the recommendations following a tour of universities and endangered scientists. From the Guide: Tackling threats and intimidation of scientists According to the umbrella organisation, it appears that scientists are increasingly confronted with all kinds of threats, intimidation and hate reactions as a result of media appearances.
According to the plan, the threats are causing “indifference” among scientists and may lead to “fear of participating in public debate”. The universities stand by the duty of care they have for employees who interfere in the public debate, the VSNU states in the plan.
Also read: Threatened scientists: ‘Are we now waiting for something to really happen?’
Universities are taking measures to better protect endangered scientists. The Association of Universities (VSNU) will present a plan with measures and recommendations to outgoing Minister of Education, Culture and Science Ingrid van Engelshoven (D66) on Monday afternoon.
Fourteen universities affiliated with the VSNU are drawing up a collective standard for reporting incidents. As a result, the decision whether or not to report the incident should not lie with the threatened scientist, but with the organization and manager. There will be a zero-tolerance policy whereby from now on a standard report will be made in the event of threats, physical or sexual violence, stalking and burglary.
In addition, universities will offer training in online resilience and psychosocial help. The universities are also setting up the joint Science Safe platform to better identify threats and improve cooperation with the police and the judiciary.
Public support
The VSNU advises universities and executives to publicly express their support for threatened or intimidated employees. Scientists who receive threats would do well to save the threat messages for possible reporting. The recommendations are based on the PersVeilig initiative, which was founded in 2019 and makes it easier for media organizations to cooperate with the police and the judiciary on threats against journalists.
The VSNU makes the recommendations following a tour of universities and endangered scientists. From the Guide: Tackling threats and intimidation of scientists According to the umbrella organisation, it appears that scientists are increasingly confronted with all kinds of threats, intimidation and hate reactions as a result of media appearances.
According to the plan, the threats are causing “indifference” among scientists and may lead to “fear of participating in public debate”. The universities stand by the duty of care they have for employees who interfere in the public debate, the VSNU states in the plan.
Also read: Threatened scientists: ‘Are we now waiting for something to really happen?’