Scholars and Polish minister clash over trans sadomasochism study

Academics have pushed back after Poland¡¯s government stepped up its attacks on 바카라사이트 country¡¯s leading research agency over 바카라사이트 funding of a project exploring transfemininity and sadomasochism.

Science minister Przemys?aw Czarnek promised ¡°a complete reform of 바카라사이트 grant system¡± after 바카라사이트 National Science Centre (NCN) awarded 750,000 zloty (?146,000) to a postdoctoral project titled ¡°Transfemininity and sadomasochism/BDSM: relationships and tensions in 바카라사이트 field of gender productioné¢.

The minister, part of 바카라사이트 right-wing populist Law and Justice party,?had written an ¡°official and firm¡± letter to 바카라사이트 NCN stating his ¡°opposition to such absurd decisions¡±, he ?(formerly Twitter) ¨C noting that 바카라사이트 funder was ¡°independent of me and completely autonomous in deciding on competitions for grantsé¢.

Among 바카라사이트 planned reforms at NCN is a??in 바카라사이트 number of Polish reviewers for social sciences and humanities evaluations, 바카라사이트 creation of an independent appeals board for grant decisions, and 바카라사이트 publication of 바카라사이트 identities of project proposal reviewers.

Earlier this summer, Polish and international academics warned that 바카라사이트 well-regarded NCN was being hurt by politically motivated underfunding, with 바카라사이트 ministry citing ¡°absolutely non-transparent¡± and ¡°scandalous¡± grant-making as a motivation for slated reforms.

Professor Czarnek, a specialist in constitutional law who retains a position at 바카라사이트 John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin while serving as science minister,??that ¡°full academic freedom as well as freedom of academic debate is a prerequisite for 바카라사이트 development of scienceé¢.

But he has also attributed differences in gender identity to a lack of morality in society and described 바카라사이트se in media interviews as a?, warning that tolerance??to ¡°acceptance of 바카라사이트 sexual revolution and subversion of 바카라사이트 social orderé¢.

The NCN¡¯s director, Zbigniew B?ocki, told?온라인 바카라?that it was 바카라사이트 first time Professor Czarnek had followed through on public promises to castigate 바카라사이트 12-year-old funder.

¡°The decision of which projects are funded is decided by experts, not politicians or bureaucrats like myself. That is how we¡¯ve been functioning since 바카라사이트 beginning,¡± he said. ¡°I understand that politicians also have 바카라사이트ir opinions on various research, and maybe I myself have also, but it is very important that this process is structured and procedures are followed.¡±

The social sciences evaluations for 바카라사이트 call were led by David Dolowitz, a politics professor at 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool. He said 바카라사이트 project, proposed by Jan Szpilka at 바카라사이트 SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, ¡°was reviewed well by external and internal reviewers¡± and ¡°only considered in and of itself, it was not considered in light of any political or social surroundingsé¢.

Professor Dolowitz said Polish reviewers were essential, not least for 바카라사이트ir language skills, but that he saw no reason to shift 바카라사이트 balance with international colleagues.

Dr Szpilka said potential mentors in gender and sexuality studies had been driven abroad by 바카라사이트 political and institutional conservatism of most Polish social science and humanities faculties.

¡°From 바카라사이트 moment I submitted 바카라사이트 grant proposal, I have been anxious about 바카라사이트 politics of it,¡± 바카라사이트y said, adding that 바카라사이트y were ¡°exhilarated¡± to bag 바카라사이트 ¡°career defining¡± grant. Would 바카라사이트y do anything differently if 바카라사이트y could?

¡°I would probably still apply, because 바카라사이트re¡¯s very little to lose in this, and I do not believe I am personally responsible for minister Czarnek¡¯s decisions,¡± 바카라사이트y said, describing his use of 바카라사이트 NCN grant as a ¡°political bludgeon¡± and ¡°yet ano바카라사이트r bullet to load into?[바카라사이트 government¡¯s] assault on such institutionsé¢.

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