Academics should not have to provide details of Israeli contacts

After a meeting of Trinity College Dublin’s Heads of Schools on December 9, a request was sent to college departments seeking “your help on the best way to collect data on existing formal and informal arrangements that your school and colleges may have with universities, research institutions, NGOs and government bodies in Israel and Palestine.

These relationships may include research, publication, consultancy, external examiners and so on”.

This was followed on January 4, by a request that academics provide their department heads with information on contact with fellow academics in Israel and Palestine.