Published May 6, 2026 | Version v1

Understanding holstility towards researchers. A collection of empirical insights into science hostility and attacks on the integrity of researchers.

  • 1. ROR icon German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies
  • 2. ROR icon Freie Universität Berlin
  • 3. Wissenschaft im Dialog (WiD)
  • 4. ROR icon Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
  • 5. German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW)

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If you want to understand the scale and nature of hostility towards scientists, this fact sheet is your starting point. Based on a survey of researchers in Germany, it provides empirical findings on how many researchers face attacks, which forms of hostility exist and what consequences they report. 

This resource is part of the collection "Tackling hostility towards scientists. Five complementary educational resources to equip institutions and individual researchers with knowledge and skills" – DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19468306

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