Freedom of research in a democratic society: Is there a contradiction between socially desirable science and freedom of research?

Sebastian Wäscher; Anna Deplazes-Zemp

doi:10.15252/embr.201949928

Freedom of research in a democratic society: Is there a contradiction between socially desirable science and freedom of research?

EMBO Rep. 2020 Jun 4;21(6):e49928. doi: 10.15252/embr.201949928. Epub 2020 Apr 28.

Authors

Sebastian Wäscher^#¹, Anna Deplazes-Zemp^#^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Ethics Research Institute (ERI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Freedom of research and democratization of science are often conflicting concepts in democratic societies. It is thus necessary to define when either applies.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Freedom*
Societies*

Grants and funding

51NF40_182895/Swiss National Science Foundation (NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering)/International