Some Questions for Simon Birmingham, from Two Researchers Whose ARC Grant was Quashed

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We are two of the researchers affected by Simon Birmingham’s intervention in last year’s Australian Research Council (ARC) funding grants, appearing on a list of 11 projects rejected by the then minister for education and training’s office after the ARC had recommended these for funding.

Birmingham’s action has been condemned across the higher education sector and reported extensively. The UK Times Higher Education Supplement noted that this “censoring” of humanities research sits uncomfortably alongside the free speech credentials of the government Birmingham represents.