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In de interactieve lezing gingen deelnemers enthousiast aan de slag met het Schippers' ideale toekomst drieluik. Wat een mooie dromen en concrete acties kwamen daaruit, prachtig om te horen. De focus in de lezing lag vooral op mogelijke oplossingen voor de grote sociale problemen van deze tijd. Dit verslag is in twee delen gepubliceerd, dit is deel 1. Deel twee vind je hier: https://youtu.be/sYzHW8Hn49Y Wetenschappelijke papers die worden besproken: Is Society caught up in a Death Spiral? Modelling Societal Demise and its Reversal https://lnkd.in/e868KidW Shaping ideal futures: Writing a letter to the future https://lnkd.in/eh7Hbrue De Practical Psychology videos waaraan wordt gerefereerd vind je in deze playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfS_7Xe5C4IXVBMv7P2YsZDbjwDd2ryBZ https://followthescience.nl/societal-demise.html

In deel twee van deze interactieve lezing gingen deelnemers enthousiast aan de slag met het Schippers' ideale toekomst drieluik. Wat een mooie dromen en concrete acties kwamen daaruit, prachtig om te horen. De focus in de lezing lag vooral op mogelijke oplossingen voor de grote sociale problemen van deze tijd. Dit verslag is in twee delen gepubliceerd, dit is deel 2. Deel één vind je hier: https://youtu.be/5DyjSQznlGM Wetenschappelijke papers die worden besproken: Is Society caught up in a Death Spiral? Modelling Societal Demise and its Reversal https://lnkd.in/e868KidW Shaping ideal futures: Writing a letter to the future https://lnkd.in/eh7Hbrue De Practical Psychology videos waaraan wordt gerefereerd vind je in deze playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfS_7Xe5C4IXVBMv7P2YsZDbjwDd2ryBZ https://followthescience.nl/societal-demise.html

Life crafting and study success. Do you want to bridge the gap between students from diverse backgrounds and make education more inclusive? Would you like to learn as a practitioner how to implement life crafting for your clients? In this series of free webinars I explain how you can also make use of the (free short version) of the life crafting intervention for your students or clients. The series are in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfS_7Xe5C4IVmh_p8xRR-3uxtRJAatiTA With this intervention, we reached a 22% increase at study success at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0361476X1930428X?via%3Dihub). This was achieved via the life crafting intervention, by asking students to reflect on their ideal life. Students with a migration background profited most from this intervention https://www.nature.com/articles/palcomms201514). In the webinars, I explain how you can use life crafting in your (coaching) practice or (educational) institution. On Oct 31st 2023 I will give a free lecture about an evidence-based online life crafting intervention. Make sure to sign up today! Places are limited! (sign up via the link below; note that online attendance is also possible) Date: Tuesday 31 Oct 2023, 13:00 - 16:00 Spoken Language: English Space: Senate Hall, Erasmus University Rotterdam (an online)

Life crafting and study success. Do you want to bridge the gap between students from diverse backgrounds and make education more inclusive? Would you like to learn as a practitioner how to implement life crafting for your clients? In this series of free webinars I explain how you can also make use of the (free short version) of the life crafting intervention for your students or clients. The series are in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfS_7Xe5C4IVmh_p8xRR-3uxtRJAatiTA With this intervention, we reached a 22% increase at study success at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0361476X1930428X?via%3Dihub). This was achieved via the life crafting intervention, by asking students to reflect on their ideal life. Students with a migration background profited most from this intervention https://www.nature.com/articles/palcomms201514). In the webinars, I explain how you can use life crafting in your (coaching) practice or (educational) institution. On Oct 31st 2023 I will give a free lecture about an evidence-based online life crafting intervention. Make sure to sign up today! Places are limited! (sign up via the link below; note that online attendance is also possible) Date: Tuesday 31 Oct 2023, 13:00 - 16:00 Spoken Language: English Space: Senate Hall, Erasmus University Rotterdam (an online)

March 4 expert on childhood-trauma, dr. Gabor Maté sat down with prince Harry in an online broadcast private session. Maté got severe backlash for doing this, to the point of him having regrets for participating in the event in the first place. Did negative associations with Harry make Maté seem guilty? With this as an example we discuss 'the Halo and the Horns' effect. Get ready for some biblical references and learn why Gabor Maté got scorned for his interview with Prince Harry. Maté told his story of regret last week on the UK based Steven Bartlett Podcast called The Diary Of A CEO. In the podcast Gabor talks about how the UK tabloids coverage of his session with Harry ánd the fact that the session would not be permitted to be made public for fear of legal repercussions, were his main regrets. But the story does not end there. When we go looking for the actual negative stories Gabor mentioned, our search engine turns up zero hits. Have they all been censored away? By the newspapers or by the search engines? One clip did turn up however. That of another UK based podcaster called Stef the Alter Nerd who actually saw the online session between Gabor and Harry and who showed actual newspaper clips in her show, through which a different story appears to be told. A story of both Harry and Gabor apparently discussing the virtues of a psychedelic drug called ayahuasca. Could the backlash on that be the reason for Maté's regret? 'The Halo and the Horns effect' in this interview is explained using the example of the Gabor Maté conversation with Steven Bartlett. Maté is a lifelong specialist in his field, well worth listening to. Was a halo effect affecting our judgement in choosing this example? Harry meanwhile is busy selling his new book. His memoir. Did Harry perhaps arrange the uproar to sell some more copies? Or is that the horns effect affecting our judgement? What do you think? This interview is part of a series of talks about psychological phenomena: Psychology in Practise: https://followthescience.nl/psychology-in-practice.html Links: – dr. Gabor Maté https://drgabormate.com/ - The private session between Gabor Maté and Harry of Sussex discussed; “Prince Harry Was Traumatised!” | Dr. Gabor Maté On Childhood Trauma. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMltMrq8Ejo - The private session discussed by 'Stef the alter nerd' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKDhBsD2gX4 - the original session discussed on Yahoo news https://news.yahoo.com/prince-harry-gabor-mate-reactions-conversation-spare-book-182916201.html

Governments often try to modify human behavior. Not always successfully. A perverse incentive is an incentive that has an unintended and undesirable result that is contrary to the intentions of its designers. It is a wide-spread phenomenon in organizations and society at large. For instance rewarding the military-industrial complex for war or the pharmaceutical industry for keeping people sick (an develop medicines to treat the sickness). This interview is part of a series of talks about psychological phenomena: Psychology in Practise: https://followthescience.nl/psychology-in-practice.html

The just world hypothesis is a positive illusion that the world is fair and that actions lead to positive consequences. When confronted with cruelty and suffering people can do two things:(1) Conclude the world is not “just” or (2) Derogate the victim (blaming the victim). People with a strong just- world belief, will be more inclined to derogate the victim (e.g., blaming poor people for their circumstances). Lerner was prompted to study justice beliefs and the just-world hypothesis in the context of social psychological inquiry into negative social and societal interactions. Lerner saw his work as extending Stanley Milgram's work on obedience. He sought to answer the questions of how regimes that cause cruelty and suffering maintain popular support, and how people come to accept social norms and laws that produce misery and suffering. This interview is part of a series of talks about psychological phenomena: Psychology in Practise: https://followthescience.nl/psychology-in-practice.html

Michaéla Schippers is hoogleraar Gedrag- en Prestatiemanagement aan de Rotterdamse Managementschool van de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. Ze is gepromoveerd aan de afdeling Psychologie van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Michaéla houdt zich bezig met positieve psychologische interventies, onderbouwd door een wetenschappelijke theorie. Ze helpt mensen door het stellen van levensdoelen (Ikigai) hernieuwde energie en levenslust te krijgen. deze video is gepubliceerd op https://www.podcastofhope.nl/afleveringen/1416912_110-michaela-schippers en overgenomen met permissie In de podcast vertelt Michaéla dat geluk het bijeffect is van wat zij doet. Michaéla doet onderzoek naar wat je kunt betekenen en bijdragen in de wereld. Geluk is daar eigenlijk een bijproduct van. Michaéla vindt het interessant om te onderzoeken wat de bandbreedte is. Hoe kan je bijvoorbeeld mensen die ongelukkig zijn, toch naar geluk laten neigen. We hebben het over de "Self-determination theory" waarin de basisvoorwaarden voor geluk staan genoemd. Volgens Michaéla worden mensen pas echt gelukkig als zij iets kunnen betekenen voor een ander en voor de wereld. Dit blijkt ook uit onderzoeken waarbij mensen aan het eind van hun leven wordt gevraagd wat hun gelukkig heeft gemaakt. We hebben het over de "Dark triad" waarin persoonlijke eigenschappen worden genoemd van mensen die minder gelukkig zijn. We gaan samen dieper in op deze eigenschappen als narcisme, machiavellisme en psychopathie. We hebben het verder over de dierenwereld, oude beschavingen en of er parallellen bestaan met ons huidige gedrag. Ook praten we over het onderwerp “lifecrafting”, waarbij je beschrijft hoe je leven eruit moet komen te zien als je geen belemmeringen hebt. Michaéla is met haar studenten hier veel mee bezig geweest en heeft daar mooie resultaten mee bereikt. Michaéla vertelt hoe zij zichzelf diezelfde vraag heeft gesteld. We praten dan ook verder over de betekenis van het leven (Ikigai in het Japans) dat ervoor kan zorgen dat je daadwerkelijk langer leeft. Michaéla beschrijft welke drie soorten mensen er zijn. We kijken nog even terug naar de coronacrisis, toen bleek dat 87% van de jongeren ongelukkig waren. Ze heeft zich daarover veel zorgen gemaakt en had het gevoel dat daar in de maatschappij maar weinig aandacht voor was. Michaéla vertelt als laatste, aan de hand van een schilderij. een mooi persoonlijk verhaal. Voor meer informatie over de Podcast of HOPE: https://www.podcastofhope.nl/

Recorded September 2023 Michaéla and Rico discuss new censoring laws in Europe, the start of the Follow the Science newsletter and the recent (and future) interviews coming up. subscribe to the brand new Follow the Science newsletter here: https://followthescience.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=8d6119c39b97b89dfef68abc7&id=1940e1f693 On FTS: https://followthescience.nl/interviews/the-fts-newsletter-and-other-new-and-upcoming-initiatives

"What we are dealing here with is is a very serious problem. It is radicalization and extremism institutionalizing in our academic institutions that are paid by the taxpayer, that are meant for general education and research that are now being hijacked by radicalized groups". In this follow up interview with social scientist at the University of Amsterdam, Laurens Buijs, we talk about what has happened to him after blowing the whistle, late 2022. He's been cancelled, threatened, and defamed now also in Dutch state media. Buijs: " it's completely unacceptable we have to speak out as openly as we can about what is happening. That the university is complicit that the administration is complicit, that staff who is not speaking out is complicit. It is such a grave problem that the only thing that I can do as a whistleblower is bring it into the light". This Follow the Science interview by Rico Brouwer was recorded late March 2023 where Laurens and Rico were paying a visit to Michaéla to see how she was doing. - On Follow the Science: https://followthescience.nl/interviews/university-of-amsterdam-whistleblower-laurens-buijs - Whistleblower protection at UnA https://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/beleid-en-regelingen/bedrijfsvoering-algemeen/klokkenluidersregeling-uva-hva.html - January 25th interview https://followthescience.nl/interviews/woke-culture-threatens-academic-freedom-laurens-buijs - March 13 Forbidden Event on Free Speech in Dutch Higher Education - Laurens Buijs https://followthescience.nl/interviews/forbidden-event-on-free-speech-in-dutch-higher-education-laurens-buijs

It's Easter 2023 when we publish this story. It appears this time we're all trying to find out who we can still trust and at risk of loosing our faith. But how can you tell the difference between who's genuine and who's a 'False Prophet'? Michaéla shares the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin to explain what we can do. PS No cats were harmed during the recording of this interview. On Follow the Science: https://followthescience.nl/psychology-in-practice/6-false-prophets

On 3/3/23, the Great Citizens Institute co-organized a “forbidden” event in Amsterdam about free speech and free thought in higher education. In general, there has been grave concerns about the erosion of these freedoms in the last three years (e.g., https://potkaars.nl/blog/2022/10/14/michala-schippers-over-academische-vrijheid-en-societal-decline-waarschijnlijk-waargebeurd) The filmed event arose from the consternation around Laurens Buijs, a gender studies scholar at the University of Amsterdam who got into a full confrontation with students and staff after critiquing the non-binary gender movement. He decided to use the whistleblower legislation of the university to formally object to the rise of woke and cancel culture at his university. Despite this, he is currently in a situation where he is fighting for his position. The free speech event was meant to show that his case does not stand by itself, but that we are confronting a fundamental challenge in higher education. Over 40 students, teachers, concerned citizens and others involved in higher education visited the event to discuss how the rising totalitarian zeitgeist is threatening freedom of speech and thought in colleges and universities. The event was supposed to take place at the UvA, but the central board decided to prohibit the meeting less than 24 hours in advance. Luckily, a community of free thinkers opened their space for us so that this unique “forbidden event” could take place. On March 10th Rico Brouwer and Laurens Buijs look back on the event and discuss the issues that were raised by some of the speakers. on Follow the Science: https://followthescience.nl/interviews.html great citizens institute https://www.greatcitizensmovement.org/great-citizens-institute/ research paper "Is Society caught up in a Death Spiral? Modelling Societal Demise and its Reversal" https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4352765 research paper "Shaping ideal futures: Writing a letter to the future" https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4372540

Individuals, groups and even whole societies sometimes enter a death spiral. A vicious cycle of self-reinforcing dysfunctional behavior that can even lead to societal collapse if the course of suboptimal action and decision making is not corrected. In this conversation recorded earlier, Michaéla Schippers and Rico Brouwer discuss the new academic paper "Is Society caught up in a Death Spiral? Modelling Societal Demise and its Reversal" (Michaéla Schippers,, John P. A. Ioannidis, Matthias Luijks), that is currently under review and available as preprint at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4352765 Schippers: "While the period before the Covid-19 crisis seems to be characterized by policy underreaction to complex social problems, the current times seem to be characterized by overreaction to a small set of problems. In this theory-building review we coin the term Death Spiral Effect to describe this type of overreaction and the resulting cascading effects in (health) policies. Our review, synthesizing research from multiple fields indicates several evidence-based solutions to reverse the decline, such as turn-around leadership and the strengthening of democracy. Ideally, public health agencies, governments, companies, all relevant stakeholders as well as individuals should collaborate toward the goals of a healthier and happier future for all. referenced letters to the future: https://www.greatcitizensmovement.org/signing-the-declaration/ on follow the science: http://followthescience.nl/interviews/is-society-caught-up-in-a-death-spiral-modelling-societal-demise-and-its-reversal

Threats, attacks, possible dismissal and cancelling happened when Laurens Buijs, social scientist and professor at the University of Amsterdam spoke out about his field of expertise and made a report of the cancel culture at the UvA. Buijs talks to Rico Brouwer of Follow the Science about how diversity policies have turned into a threat to Academic Freedom to the point where he's now called on Whistle-blower protection. In this 50 minute interview Laurens explains what is woke culture and the concept of non binary and talks about what happened to him after he published an opinion piece about it last week. on Follow the Science: https://followthescience.nl/interviews/woke-culture-threatens-academic-freedom-laurens-buijs

"Levensgevaarlijke massahysterie door onze overheden maakt de maatregelen vele malen dodelijker dan het virus zelf. Professor Michaéla Schippers, hoogleraar Behavior en Performance Management aan de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam herkent de massa gekte rondom het nieuwe coronavirus direct, ze bestudeert fouten in besluitvorming vanuit een psychologisch persepectief. Het groepsdenken is aan het stuur. Een gevaarlijke mix van vooroordelen, angst en niet willen toegeven fout te zitten. Het gaat fout volgens het boekje, als iemand het opzettelijk zou willen doen had hij het niet beter kunnen aanpakken." this video was previously published through Café Weltschmerz in Dutch called 'Levensgevaarlijke massahysterie gaat fout volgens het boekje Michaéla Schippers en Ramon Bril - https://youtu.be/e3rCPv-IXHE (now subtitled / reposted on 23/8/22, original publication 137.407 views 6 jun. 2020)

"In het geroemde management boek, ‘images of organization’ wordt beschreven dat: “hoe meer instructies een manager aan zijn medewerkers geeft, hoe afhankelijker zij uiteindelijk van deze instructies zullen worden.” Het nieuwe Nederland wordt geschetst in deze krachtige zin. Er wordt gewerkt aan een psychische gevangenis voor de niet kritische massa, die nu leeft alsof in een gesloten inrichting. We zien het liever niet, negeren is makkelijker dan opkomen voor onrecht. Michaéla Schippers legt uit." this video was previously published through Café Weltschmerz in Dutch called 'Een wereldwijde psychische gevangenis Michaéla Schippers en Ramon Bril' - https://youtu.be/Fv4w7XAWETw (subtitled / reposted on 23/8/22, original publication 66.100 views 19 jul. 2020)

How the Covid-19 crisis generated censorship; during the crisis prof, Walach published two papers that were published, retracted and republished after thorough rereview. One paper was about a risk-benefit ratio of vaccines and argued for active monitoring of Covid-19 vaccine side effects. The second paper dealt with an experimental measurement of the levels of carbon-dioxide under face masks worn by children. Harald speaks of the fact that politically correct narratives may not always be factually correct, and how this affected him personally. Prof. Harald Walach, Next Society Institute, Kazimieras Simonavicius University Vilnius, Lihunaia This interview is part 2 of a report we made on the Lack of Scientific Freedom Conference in Copenhagen, oct. 24/25 2022. In this report you'll find impressions of the lectures and debates by scientists such as John Ioannidis, Peter Gøtzsche and Tom Jefferson, and interviews by Michaéla Schippers and Rico Brouwer with some of the presenters. The lack of scientific freedom conference turned quintessential after we had filmed it. We received slander and defamation. Threats even, should we dare publish our report. We decided to proceed on a path of transparency. In the introduction to this report we show you what happened to us, after we volunteered a preview of our report to the organisation of the event. The reports is in six parts: - introduction - 1 preface and impressions of day one of the conference - 2 interview with Harald Walach (this video) - 3 interview with Kim Witczak - 4 interview with Nicolas Vermeulen - 5 reflections and impressions of day two of the conference - 6 conclusions Links to all parts can be found on https://followthescience.nl/lack-of-scientific-freedom-causes-consequences-and-cures.html Intimidation does not solve the lack of scientific freedom, it exposes it. Our apologies to the audience and to the speakers who asked us to publish from their sessions. We refer you to the meeting organisers who also filmed at the event. We urge them to publish as transparently, as we had set out to do. ​Conflict amongst ourselves, only has losers. Let’s choose a different path.

The lack of scientific freedom was the quintessential title of a conference in Copenhagen Denmark on oct. 24/25 2022. On November 13 we look back on the event and what happened in the weeks following. This video is the unforeseen part 6 of a report we made on the Lack of Scientific Freedom Conference in Copenhagen, Oct. 24/25 2022. In this part Prof. Schippers talks about what happened to her after initial editing was completed and we were about to publish. More importantly, what we, all of us, can do together, to avoid such fighting amongst ourselves. Threats with litigation and penalty of damages up to 100.000€, for copyright infringement were made, while at ther same time copyright on our original work was violated. Emails to the other presenters urging them to retract their permission to be shown in this report were sent, and even letters to the dean of her institution, her employer, were sent in which Peter Gotzsche, the organizer, claims Schippers is abusing her title and has created an antivaxx video. We decided to proceed with publication on a path of transparency, after adding the introduction and conclusion parts to our report. The reports is in six parts: - introduction - 1 preface and impressions of day one of the conference - 2 interview with Harald Walach - 3 interview with Kim Witczak - 4 interview with Nicolas Vermeulen - 5 reflections and impressions of day two of the conference - 6 conclusions (this video) Links to all parts can be found on https://followthescience.nl/lack-of-scientific-freedom-causes-consequences-and-cures.html Intimidation does not solve the lack of scientific freedom, it exposes it. Our apologies to the audience and to the speakers who asked us to publish from their sessions. We refer you to the meeting organisers who also filmed at the event. We urge them to publish as transparently, as we had set out to do. ​Conflict amongst ourselves, only has losers. Let’s choose a different path.

Is science corrupted? Is it institutionalised? Can we reverse the trend? Takeaways from the conference "lack of scientific freedom" in Copenhagen. A lack of transparency and scientific freedom seems to have consequences for scientists, some of whom even stated they were being fired and/or received death threats, and even had family members being threatened. We discuss causes, consequences and possible solutions. This video is part 5 of a report we made on the Lack of Scientific Freedom Conference in Copenhagen, oct. 24/25 2022. In this report you'll find impressions of the lectures and debates by scientists on day two of the conference such as John Ioannidis. The lack of scientific freedom conference turned quintessential after we had filmed it. We received slander and defamation. Threats even, should we dare publish our report. We decided to proceed on a path of transparency. In the introduction to this report we show you what happened to us, after we volunteered a preview of our report to the organisation of the event. The reports is in six parts: - introduction - 1 preface and impressions of day one of the conference - 2 interview with Harald Walach - 3 interview with Kim Witczak - 4 interview with Nicolas Vermeulen - 5 reflections and impressions of day two of the conference (this video) - 6 conclusions Links to all parts can be found on https://followthescience.nl/lack-of-scientific-freedom-causes-consequences-and-cures.html Intimidation does not solve the lack of scientific freedom, it exposes it. Our apologies to the audience and to the speakers who asked us to publish from their sessions. We refer you to the meeting organisers who also filmed at the event. We urge them to publish as transparently, as we had set out to do. ​Conflict amongst ourselves, only has losers. Let’s choose a different path.

In the field of psychology it has long been know that fear can lead to biased decision making. In this talk prof. Nicolas Vermeulen of Université Catholigque de Louvain explains how this affects biased decision making and the polarization of society during the Covid-19 crisis. This interview is part 4 of a report we made on the Lack of Scientific Freedom Conference in Copenhagen, oct. 24/25 2022. In this report you'll find impressions of the lectures and debates by scientists such as John Ioannidis, Peter Gøtzsche and Tom Jefferson, and interviews by Michaéla Schippers and Rico Brouwer with some of the presenters. The lack of scientific freedom conference turned quintessential after we had filmed it. We received slander and defamation. Threats even, should we dare publish our report. We decided to proceed on a path of transparency. In the introduction to this report we show you what happened to us, after we volunteered a preview of our report to the organisation of the event. The reports is in six parts: - introduction - 1 preface and impressions of day one of the conference - 2 interview with Harald Walach - 3 interview with Kim Witczak - 4 interview with Nicolas Vermeulen (this video) - 5 reflections and impressions of day two of the conference - 6 conclusions Links to all parts can be found on https://followthescience.nl/lack-of-scientific-freedom-causes-consequences-and-cures.html Intimidation does not solve the lack of scientific freedom, it exposes it. Our apologies to the audience and to the speakers who asked us to publish from their sessions. We refer you to the meeting organisers who also filmed at the event. We urge them to publish as transparently, as we had set out to do. ​Conflict amongst ourselves, only has losers. Let’s choose a different path.

After the tragic loss of her huband, Kim Witczak tirelessly demands honesty, transparency, reform and accountability in terms of drugs. With her actions, she hopes to inspire people to rise above their circumstances, and make a real difference in the world. We discuss how this can be a form of self-transcendent post-traumatic growth, that can help her own healing as well as help make the world a better place. Kim Witczak is a drug safety and consumer advocate from Los Angeles, California. She exposes fraud in clinical trials after her husband died after using drugs with suicide as a know side effect. This interview is part 3 of a report we made on the Lack of Scientific Freedom Conference in Copenhagen, oct. 24/25 2022. In this report you'll find impressions of the lectures and debates by scientists such as John Ioannidis, Peter Gøtzsche and Tom Jefferson, and interviews by Michaéla Schippers and Rico Brouwer with some of the presenters. The lack of scientific freedom conference turned quintessential after we had filmed it. We received slander and defamation. Threats even, should we dare publish our report. We decided to proceed on a path of transparency. In the introduction to this report we show you what happened to us, after we volunteered a preview of our report to the organisation of the event. The reports is in six parts: - introduction - 1 preface and impressions of day one of the conference - 2 interview with Harald Walach - 3 interview with Kim Witczak (this video) - 4 interview with Nicolas Vermeulen - 5 reflections and impressions of day two of the conference - 6 conclusions Links to all parts can be found on https://followthescience.nl/lack-of-scientific-freedom-causes-consequences-and-cures.html Intimidation does not solve the lack of scientific freedom, it exposes it. Our apologies to the audience and to the speakers who asked us to publish from their sessions. We refer you to the meeting organisers who also filmed at the event. We urge them to publish as transparently, as we had set out to do. ​Conflict amongst ourselves, only has losers. Let’s choose a different path.

Follow the Science visited a conference “Lack of Scientific Freedom; Cause Consequences and Cures” in Copenhagen oct. 24 and 25 2022. What we heard there blew our mind: From scientists receiving death threats to scientists being attacked, fired and censored. Papers about “wrong” topics were retracted under false pretences, while papers that were clearly a candidate for retraction or even blatantly fraudulent were allowed to stay published. Some scientists received millions of euro’s from pharmaceutical companies, raising questions about their independence. This was not only a threat to the independence of science, but false papers about for instance the safety of medicine can have real-world consequences. What can be done about this? In this part 1 of our report you'll find impressions of the lectures and debates by scientists such as Peter Gøtzsche and Tom Jefferson, and an interview between Michaéla Schippers and Rico Brouwer in which they discuss what was said during a World Economic Forum anti-disinformation panel some time ago. The UN's Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, Melissa Fleming, stated that they partnered up with Google in order to control the narrative on climate change and stated “we own the science”. Following up on this statement, Michaéla and Rico decided to visit the conference in Copenhagen. The lack of scientific freedom conference turned quintessential after we had filmed it. We received slander and defamation. Threats even, should we dare publish our report. We decided to proceed on a path of transparency. In the introduction to this report we show you what happened to us, after we volunteered a preview of our report to the organisation of the event. The reports is in six parts: - introduction - 1 preface and impressions of day one of the conference (this video) - 2 interview with Harald Walach - 3 interview with Kim Witczak - 4 interview with Nicolas Vermeulen - 5 reflections and impressions of day two of the conference - 6 conclusions Links to all parts can be found on https://followthescience.nl/lack-of-scientific-freedom-causes-consequences-and-cures.html Intimidation does not solve the lack of scientific freedom, it exposes it. Our apologies to the audience and to the speakers who asked us to publish from their sessions. We refer you to the meeting organisers who also filmed at the event. We urge them to publish as transparently, as we had set out to do. ​Conflict amongst ourselves, only has losers. Let’s choose a different path.

How the Covid-19 crisis generated censorship; during the crisis prof, Walach published two papers that were published, retracted and republished after thorough rereview. One paper was about a risk-benefit ratio of vaccines and argued for active monitoring of Covid-19 vaccine side effects. The second paper dealt with an experimental measurement of the levels of carbon-dioxide under face masks worn by children. Harald speaks of the fact that politically correct narratives may not always be factually correct, and how this affected him personally. Prof. Harald Walach, Next Society Institute, Kazimieras Simonavicius University Vilnius, Lihunaia This interview is part 2 of a report we made on the Lack of Scientific Freedom Conference in Copenhagen, oct. 24/25 2022. In this report you'll find impressions of the lectures and debates by scientists such as John Ioannidis, Peter Gøtzsche and Tom Jefferson, and interviews by Michaéla Schippers and Rico Brouwer with some of the presenters. The lack of scientific freedom conference turned quintessential after we had filmed it. We received slander and defamation. Threats even, should we dare publish our report. We decided to proceed on a path of transparency. In the introduction to this report we show you what happened to us, after we volunteered a preview of our report to the organisation of the event. The reports is in six parts: - introduction - 1 preface and impressions of day one of the conference - 2 interview with Harald Walach (this video) - 3 interview with Kim Witczak - 4 interview with Nicolas Vermeulen - 5 reflections and impressions of day two of the conference - 6 conclusions Links to all parts can be found on https://followthescience.nl/lack-of-scientific-freedom-causes-consequences-and-cures.html Intimidation does not solve the lack of scientific freedom, it exposes it. Our apologies to the audience and to the speakers who asked us to publish from their sessions. We refer you to the meeting organisers who also filmed at the event. We urge them to publish as transparently, as we had set out to do. ​Conflict amongst ourselves, only has losers. Let’s choose a different path.

Follow the Science visited a conference “Lack of Scientific Freedom; Cause Consequences and Cures” in Copenhagen oct. 24 and 25 2022. What we heard there blew our mind: From scientists receiving death threats to scientists being attacked, fired and censored. Papers about “wrong” topics were retracted under false pretences, while papers that were clearly a candidate for retraction or even blatantly fraudulent were allowed to stay published. Some scientists received millions of euro’s from pharmaceutical companies, raising questions about their independence. This was not only a threat to the independence of science, but false papers about for instance the safety of medicine can have real-world consequences. What can be done about this? In this part 1 of our report you'll find impressions of the lectures and debates by scientists such as Peter Gøtzsche and Tom Jefferson, and an interview between Michaéla Schippers and Rico Brouwer in which they discuss what was said during a World Economic Forum anti-disinformation panel some time ago. The UN's Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, Melissa Fleming, stated that they partnered up with Google in order to control the narrative on climate change and stated “we own the science”. Following up on this statement, Michaéla and Rico decided to visit the conference in Copenhagen. The lack of scientific freedom conference turned quintessential after we had filmed it. We received slander and defamation. Threats even, should we dare publish our report. We decided to proceed on a path of transparency. In the introduction to this report we show you what happened to us, after we volunteered a preview of our report to the organisation of the event. The reports is in six parts: - introduction - 1 preface and impressions of day one of the conference (this video) - 2 interview with Harald Walach - 3 interview with Kim Witczak - 4 interview with Nicolas Vermeulen - 5 reflections and impressions of day two of the conference - 6 conclusions Links to all parts can be found on https://followthescience.nl/lack-of-scientific-freedom-causes-consequences-and-cures.html Intimidation does not solve the lack of scientific freedom, it exposes it. Our apologies to the audience and to the speakers who asked us to publish from their sessions. We refer you to the meeting organisers who also filmed at the event. We urge them to publish as transparently, as we had set out to do. ​Conflict amongst ourselves, only has losers. Let’s choose a different path.