Tag: academia

How Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s Exit from Ashoka University is Just the...

Is there something innate about academia that makes a state want to control it? Does being backed by well-off, well connected, philanthropic individuals protect an academic's ideas and freedoms?

How Do States Suppress Academic Freedom? with Robert Quinn & Mirza...

Hosted by Sourya Reddy  Edited by Malavika VN Across the world, governments often clamp down on academia and academic institutions. Sometimes in subtle ways, like restrictions...

Open Access Chronicles: The Birth of Sci-Hub (Chapter 6)

Hosted by Swagam Dasgupta  Edited by Malavika VN  If you've been a college student any time in the past decade, you have most probably come across...

Open Access Chronicles: Sci-Hub & Beyond (Chapter 7)

Hosted by Swagam Dasgupta  Edited by Malavika VN  In Chapter 6 of this series, Alexandra Elbakyan—founder of Sci-Hub—took us through what led her to create the...

Open Access Chronicles: Breaking Down Open Access Journals with Johan Rooryck...

Hosted by Sourya Reddy Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal In the latest chapter of our series — Open Access Chronicles, we speak to Professor Johan Rooryck, the...

Open Access Chronicles: The Origin Story with Dr. Peter Suber (Chapter...

Hosted by Sourya Reddy Edited by Malavika VN From the early days of academic publishing to the emergence of an oligopoly, Chapter 1 of our series...

Open Access Chronicles: How Did We Get Here? (Chapter 1)

Narrated by Sourya Reddy Edited by Malavika VN If you're a researcher or a college student, chances are, you've probably come across websites like Sci-hub. Controversial...