Marginson: push back on ‘securitisation’ to save global science

OK, so he used the wrong term... put that quibble aside and the message is clear: permitting individual governments to dictate with whom we may collaborate with is a very dangerous concept and one to be resisted. The difficult bit is how? Foreign nationals may be refused entry to work in a country whose government has taken against the foreigner's homeland. Researchers in the country may be hassled by the security services if they engage in long-range collaboration. We cannot control these barriers, although we can complain and campaign about them. What we can do is encourage the free flow of information. Make sure that researchers have access to our work irrespective of where they are. Correspond with them. Maintain links. And keep on inviting them even if governments persist in interfering.