Jan W. Thomsen, research institutions need to be objective. Are you not going beyond objectivity when you take a stand in international politics?<\/em><\/p>\n\u00bbYes, you are right that research institutions need to be objective. This is a grey area, but it is important for us as natural scientists to dissociate ourselves from this. It hurts to see common sense being trampled on like this, so abominably. But you are absolutely right, it’s a delicate matter. It’s like sport, which can also be difficult to keep completely separate from politics,\u00ab says Jan W. Thomsen.<\/p>\n
This is not the first time that the name of Niels Bohr is on an open letter. In 1950, Niels Bohr himself sent a letter to the UN with a message about the importance of openness and common purpose between the world\u2019s peoples.<\/p>\n
\u00bbIt is within our DNA to say no to war,\u00ab says Jan W. Thomsen.<\/p>\n
No time for war<\/h3>\n
Klaus von Klitzing is on the list of signatories. The German physicist won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1985. It means something to him that it is the Niels Bohr Institute that is the author of the open letter.<\/p>\n
\u00bbI signed the open letter as the Niels Bohr Institute is a synonym for global scientific collaboration beyond political or ideological boundaries,\u00ab the Nobel Prize winner writes in an email to the University Post.<\/p>\n
According to Jan W. Thomsen, the nations of the world should not have the time to fight each other. There is too much else that we need to achieve as a global community.<\/p>\n
\u00bbWe have so many major problems with, for example, the green agenda, food provision for everyone, and developing new medical methods. There are many existential problems that we have to address in this world. These problems cannot be just pushed aside by foolishness like the use of weapons on each other.<\/p>\n
Wars unfortunately break out now and again. Are you going to write open letters for all of them from now on?<\/em><\/p>\n\u00bbNo, we are not. But this war is taking place on our own doorstep \u2013 both geographically, and in terms of us sharing the same set of values. We need, therefore, to be able to reject it in the name of science,\u00ab says Jan W. Thomsen.<\/p>\n
The head of department hopes that the letter will make just a little difference. It has certainly made a difference for Tetiana Kozynets.<\/p>\n
\u00bbIt means a lot to me that my place of work makes a clear public statement about the war, and that so many of my colleagues have put their names on this statement. We are very pleased to see so much support for something that just started out as a student initiative,\u00ab she says.
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She is Ukrainian, born and raised in Kyiv, and the author of an open letter from physicists from throughout the world condemning Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe hope to show that everyone can, and should, give voice to their points of view, and clearly distinguish between ‘right’ and ‘wrong’,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n<p>When she and her friend Mykhailo Flaks first aired the idea of an open letter at a Niels Bohr conference in March, head of department Jan W. Thomsen immediately made the decision to let the department stand as author of the letter.<\/p>\n<p>Because it hurts scientists, who are in the pursuit of truth on a daily basis, to see the lies of the Russian regime in their justification for the invasion of Ukraine, he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThis is completely crazy. We pursue truth in science. So it is like rubbing salt in to a wound to invent these huge lies. And then, under this pretext, do these awful things to other people,\u00ab says the head of department. He says that the Russian allegation that somehow an invasion was necessary to defeat \u2018Nazism in Ukraine\u2019 is more crazy than claiming that the earth is flat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/in-protest-against-the-russian-war-in-ukraine\/\"><em>Open letter: In protest against the Russian war in Ukraine<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u00bbA delicate balance\u00ab<\/h3>\n<p>In the letter, the signatories both support civilians in Ukraine, and researchers in Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe stand against the brutal, unlawful, and inhumane attack on the independence of Ukraine and unanimously support the Ukrainian people in their choice of democracy and peace as opposed to autocracy and violence,\u00ab it states in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>The signatories encourage foundations and grant-givers to finance temporary positions for colleagues on the run, and to spread the word about our values to scientists in Russian institutions and to those who have families in Russia.\u00ab<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There are so many problems that we have to address in this world. These problems cannot be just pushed aside by foolishness like the use of weapons on each other.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Jan W. Thomsen, Head of Department, Niels Bohr Institute<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Jan W. Thomsen, research institutions need to be objective. Are you not going beyond objectivity when you take a stand in international politics?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbYes, you are right that research institutions need to be objective. This is a grey area, but it is important for us as natural scientists to dissociate ourselves from this. It hurts to see common sense being trampled on like this, so abominably. But you are absolutely right, it’s a delicate matter. It’s like sport, which can also be difficult to keep completely separate from politics,\u00ab says Jan W. Thomsen.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that the name of Niels Bohr is on an open letter. In 1950, Niels Bohr himself sent a letter to the UN with a message about the importance of openness and common purpose between the world\u2019s peoples.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt is within our DNA to say no to war,\u00ab says Jan W. Thomsen.<\/p>\n<h3>No time for war<\/h3>\n<p>Klaus von Klitzing is on the list of signatories. The German physicist won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1985. It means something to him that it is the Niels Bohr Institute that is the author of the open letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI signed the open letter as the Niels Bohr Institute is a synonym for global scientific collaboration beyond political or ideological boundaries,\u00ab the Nobel Prize winner writes in an email to the University Post.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jan W. Thomsen, the nations of the world should not have the time to fight each other. There is too much else that we need to achieve as a global community.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe have so many major problems with, for example, the green agenda, food provision for everyone, and developing new medical methods. There are many existential problems that we have to address in this world. These problems cannot be just pushed aside by foolishness like the use of weapons on each other.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wars unfortunately break out now and again. Are you going to write open letters for all of them from now on?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbNo, we are not. But this war is taking place on our own doorstep \u2013 both geographically, and in terms of us sharing the same set of values. We need, therefore, to be able to reject it in the name of science,\u00ab says Jan W. Thomsen.<\/p>\n<p>The head of department hopes that the letter will make just a little difference. It has certainly made a difference for Tetiana Kozynets.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt means a lot to me that my place of work makes a clear public statement about the war, and that so many of my colleagues have put their names on this statement. We are very pleased to see so much support for something that just started out as a student initiative,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Newsletter","lang_select":"en","identifier":"Newsletter","headline":"Get an email with our top stories","button_text":"Sign up here","class":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":true,"references":[{"reference":{"ID":134149,"post_author":"9","post_date":"2022-05-09 14:47:28","post_date_gmt":"2022-05-09 12:47:28","post_content":"<span class=\"dropcap\">W<\/span>e, the undersigned attendees of the Niels Bohr Centennial conference, held in Copenhagen 2022, strongly condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine and urgently call for an end to the bloodshed and destruction.\r\n\r\nWe stand against the brutal, unlawful, and inhumane attack on the independence of Ukraine and unanimously support the Ukrainian people in their choice of democracy and peace as opposed to autocracy and violence.\r\n\r\n<strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/156-physicists-sign-open-letter-stand-up-against-russian-propaganda\/\"><em> 156 physicists sign open letter: \u00bbStand up against Russian propaganda\u00ab<\/em><\/a>\r\n\r\nMillions of people have fled Ukraine. Thousands of Ukrainian civilians staying behind, including children have died. Cities, universities, and research institutions in Ukraine have been destroyed. The tremendous destruction and suffering are worsening by the day.\r\n\r\nToday, institutions in Ukraine and numerous Ukrainian colleagues show their absolute devotion and courage to stand by our shared values of democracy, freedom of speech, and open and respectful dialogue between sovereign states. Today, the people of Ukraine show what it is like to resist the plague of aggression on military, diplomatic, and humanitarian fronts.\r\n\r\nAs scientists and citizens of the world, we strive toward progress through research, communication, and cooperation. To support our shared social values and ensure scientific progress, we urge all responsible parties to stand with the Ukrainian people and our colleagues.\r\n\r\nTo funding agencies, we request to fund interim positions and joint projects to support Ukrainian students and researchers who flee their country or cannot return to their regular research because of the war.\r\n\r\nTo our colleagues with students and partners worldwide, we urge you to counter the Russian propaganda and spread the word of our values to scientists in Russian institutions and to those who have families in Russia.\r\n\r\nWe note the European Commission\u2019s decision (4 March) to suspend cooperation with Russian entities in research, science and innovation. This includes new agreements with Russian organisations under the Horizon Europe Programme, and ongoing projects will be reviewed.\r\n\r\nThese actions should be directed towards official representatives of the Putin regime and not individual researchers, many of whom oppose Putin\u2019s actions.\r\n\r\nWe urge the scientific communities worldwide to help in rebuilding the scientific society in Ukraine once this war is over. It is our hope that universities and funding bodies worldwide will find ways to support Ukrainian universities now and in the future.\r\n\r\nAs Niels Bohr stood up against the usage of scientific progress for violence and destruction, we stand united now to contribute to the long-standing cause and sign this letter of support.\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n","post_title":"In protest against the Russian war in Ukraine","post_excerpt":"Open letter from researchers, students and friends of the Niels Bohr Institute protesting the Russian war in Ukraine. Niels Bohr Centennial Conference 2022","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"in-protest-against-the-russian-war-in-ukraine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-05-12 09:40:09","post_modified_gmt":"2022-05-12 07:40:09","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=134149","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"reference":{"ID":133300,"post_author":"79","post_date":"2022-04-22 08:08:04","post_date_gmt":"2022-04-22 06:08:04","post_content":"The world of physics must stand together to support Ukraine during Russia's occupation. This was the message when two Ukrainian researchers went up to the rostrum during the celebration of the Niels Bohr Institute's birthday at the beginning of March.\r\n\r\nRussian troops had invaded Ukraine a few days before, and two Ukrainian PhD students used the opportunity to address their peers. The message: Science can lead to peace.\r\n\r\n\u00bbWe are a community without borders, and it is in our power to stop the war and save our colleagues in Ukraine and Russia,\u00ab Mykhailo Flaks says in the speech. Tetiana Kozynets, a PhD student at the Niels Bohr Institute added:\r\n\r\n\u00bbWe would like to emphasise that, among all the other terrible things, the Russian attack on Ukraine is also an attack on science,\u00ab she says.\r\n\r\nYou can see the full video with Tetiana Kozynets and Mykhailo Flaks' speech at the bottom of this article.\r\n\r\n<strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/cnbc-time-magazine-and-france24-suddenly-everyone-wanted-to-talk-to-yevgeniy-golovchenko-about-his-research\/\"> CNBC, Time Magazine and France24: Suddenly, everyone wanted to talk to Yevgeniy Golovchenko about his research<\/a><\/em>\r\n\r\nIn the speech, the two scientists called on their international physicist colleagues to act in the fight against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.\r\n\r\n\u00bbWe need to raise awareness about what is happening. We need to sign open letters and to make common cause in our contacts with our governments. And we must suspend, not discontinue, the publication of scientific articles from Russian state institutions,\u00ab Tetiana Kozynets says.\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n","post_title":"VIDEO: Ukrainian PhDs at physicists' celebration: \u00bbRussia's attack is also an attack on science\u00ab","post_excerpt":"Two Ukrainian PhD students called on scientists throughout the world to stand with the Ukrainian people at the celebration of the Niels Bohr Institute's birthday. See their speech here.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"video-ukrainian-phds-at-physicists-celebration-russias-attack-is-also-an-attack-on-science","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-04-22 08:44:04","post_modified_gmt":"2022-04-22 06:44:04","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/video-ukrainske-forskere-talte-til-fysikkens-spidser-ruslands-angreb-er-ogsaa-et-angreb-paa-videnskaben\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"reference":{"ID":130998,"post_author":"87","post_date":"2022-03-03 08:13:36","post_date_gmt":"2022-03-03 07:13:36","post_content":"<em>Article updated 4 March with a comment from University of Copenhagen rector Henrik C. Wegener.<\/em>\r\n\r\nThe rectors from all eight Danish universities, including the rector of the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) Henrik C. Wegener, signed a declaration Tuesday to stop all bilateral, institutional collaboration with government-linked institutions in Russia and Belarus. It follows a government request of Danish universities that they put the partnerships on hold.\r\n\r\nThe declaration means, specifically, that students and academics from Danish universities will no longer be to able to study abroad in the countries, and that researchers from Danish universities will not attend conferences or other scientific meetings on Russian and Belarusian soil. The release does not state specifically how the decision will affect Russian and Belarussian students and scientists currently in Denmark.\r\n\r\nRector of Aarhus University, Brian Bech Nielsen, is pleased that the Danish universities are standing together:\r\n\r\n\u00bbThe management team at Aarhus University strongly condemns Russia's acts of war, and Belarus' support of them. For this reason, I am pleased that all eight Danish universities are united in coming to this decision and stopping institutional collaborations on research and education with government-linked stakeholders in Russia and Belarus,\u00ab he says.\r\n\r\nThe University of Copenhagen will discontinue exchange agreements, but currently enrolled students will not be sent home.\r\n\r\nRector of the University of Copenhagen, Henrik C. Wegener, calls Russia's invasion an absolutely unacceptable attack on a peaceful democratic nation.\r\n\r\n\u00bbThe purpose is to send a clear signal that we find the completely outrageous aggression towards Ukraine completely unacceptable. Now we are in the midst of a conflict. It is important to send the strongest possible signal that this behaviour has consequences,\u00ab he says.\r\n\r\nThe decision means that active contracts and agreements on research collaboration will, to the greatest possible extent, be terminated or suspended. But the rector emphasises that the decision does not mean that researchers, for example, need to halt the publication of a scientific article if they have collaborated with a Russian co-author.\r\n<h3>Distinguishes between Russians and the state<\/h3>\r\nIn the joint press release, the universities call the invasion an \u00bbunprovoked attack on Western democracy and the basic values that are the foundation for modern European states,\u00ab while also expressing support for the Ukrainian people, including researchers and students.\r\n\r\nThe universities stress that they will \u00bbprotect individuals who are affected by the current war\u00ab, and that they will therefore reach out to Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian students and employees.\r\n\r\n\u00bbAt Danish universities, we distinguish between the Russian state and Russian citizens,\u00ab they write.\r\n\r\nAt the same time, the Danish universities will seek support among other European universities to collaborate on initiatives that can help Ukrainian university staff and students.\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n","post_title":"Danish universities to cut ties with Russia and Belarus","post_excerpt":"Following a Danish government request, all Danish universities have stopped their collaboration with state-linked institutions in Russia and Belarus. 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