Vasiliki Kosta appointed member of Committee for the Freedom of Scientific Pursuit
As of 1 May 2025 Dr Vasiliki Kosta has been appointed as a member of the Committee for the Freedom of Scientific Pursuit (Commissie voor Vrijheid van Wetenschapsbeoefening - CVW) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
The Committee’s work includes preparing in consultation with networks of other academies letters the KNAW sends to government leaders who are responsible for threatening and oppression scientists and scholars. It also drafts reports on topics related to the freedom of scientific pursuit in a broader sense and it organises discussions on various sub-topics concerning various challenges to academic freedom and freedom of scientific pursuit.
The Committee for the Freedom of Scientific Pursuit includes the following members: Jan Willem Duyvendak, Halleh Ghorashi, Peter Hagoort, Vasiliki Kosta, Ingrid Leijten, André Nollkaemper (chair), Peter Hagoort, Ibo van de Poel, and Wim van Saarloos.