I hope that so-called "international" conferences will be held in less prohibitive locations now.
Pratyush Kollepara
This is horrible and maybe now academics in the global north who have always traveled freely without the added worry of visa and immigration concerns will have some empathy for academics from the global South for whom this is actually the norm i.e. harassment at borders and visa denials.
BK. Titanji
I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.
Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt
There are great conferences and science in the US, but with the way things are right now, it’s too risky to attend.
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
