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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 20h

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 20h

Op-eds from wonderful colleagues @lauralohorn.bsky.social, Julia Suárez-Krabbe, @kerstincarlson.bsky.social, Michelle Pace and I, and endorsed by the other wonderful signatories.

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 20h

#Denmark politicians wage a #culture #war on #academia —with @roskildeuni.bsky.social as their go-to target.

These attacks are assaults on #freedom, #rights and #democracy. We spoke out:

@berlingske.bsky.social : www.berlingske.dk/synspunkter/...

@politiken.dk : politiken.dk/debat/debati...

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 19d

Source: own back-of-the-enveloppe calculation using the following

www.carbonbrief.org/ai-five-char...

rdcu.be/eHfSC

www.iea.org/reports/key-...

www.iea.org/news/ai-is-s...

Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 19d

So #datacenters already use #electricity equal to about 10% of the total *final #energy footprint* of the world’s poorest 10%.

With the #AI boom, #datacenters #electricity consumption could double within 5 years—about 10% of total #electricity demand growth.

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Caitlin McMullin @caitlinmcmullin.bsky.social · 19d

Excellent summary and analysis of the current trainwreck going on at my university.

Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

Hostility towards #academia and #immigrants is widespread. #Denmark is no exception. Under political and media pressure, earlier this week @roskildeuni.bsky.social decided overnight to close its Master's degree in Business Administration and Leadership (BAL) from 2026.

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Kim Lei-Jensen @gastronautdk.bsky.social · 20d

God tråd om udenlandske studerende og universiteterne

Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

Hostility towards #academia and #immigrants is widespread. #Denmark is no exception. Under political and media pressure, earlier this week @roskildeuni.bsky.social decided overnight to close its Master's degree in Business Administration and Leadership (BAL) from 2026.

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Birgit Hartoft 🇩🇰🇫🇴🇬🇱🇪🇺 @bhartoft.bsky.social · 20d

Vi skulle skamme os, skulle vi. Det fremmedhad, der her lægges til grund for jagten på de udenlandske studerende ved RUC, er så langt under lavmålet, at det kun kan betragtes som institutionaliseret racisme. Ingen tanker om andre faktorer, bare hænge ‘de andre’ ud. Føj.

Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

Hostility towards #academia and #immigrants is widespread. #Denmark is no exception. Under political and media pressure, earlier this week @roskildeuni.bsky.social decided overnight to close its Master's degree in Business Administration and Leadership (BAL) from 2026.

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Christina Petterson @crankychris.bsky.social · 20d

I was really shocked at this story. What shocked me was not the new low of the Danish Socialdemocrats and yet another obnoxious example of their "one people, one culture, one faith" poison, but that @roskildeuni.bsky.social complied. 👇

Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

Hostility towards #academia and #immigrants is widespread. #Denmark is no exception. Under political and media pressure, earlier this week @roskildeuni.bsky.social decided overnight to close its Master's degree in Business Administration and Leadership (BAL) from 2026.

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 20d

The open letter asking to retract the statemeng by the Acting chair of RUC's board of directors can be signed here:

forms.gle/Z4U6Z6qDePHm...

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Nikolaj Kornbech @nikolajkornbech.bsky.social · 20d

My university has shockingly proclaimed that it "should be primarily for students from Zealand and Denmark, not for Bangladesh or elsewhere". Colleagues, please support us in this difficult time by signing the staff's open letter to the Board of Directors and Rectorate: forms.gle/Z4U6Z6qDePHm...

Open letter for a Global University - from Roskilde University Staff to the Roskilde University Board of Directors and Rectorate

To sign, please fill out the form below the letter. Current signatories. 17 September 2025 We strongly condemn the statement issued today by Dea Forchhammer, Acting Chair of the Board of Directors ...

forms.gle

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Nikolaj Kornbech @nikolajkornbech.bsky.social · 20d

My colleague Louison wrote a brilliant thread on the situation: bsky.app/profile/loui...

Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

Hostility towards #academia and #immigrants is widespread. #Denmark is no exception. Under political and media pressure, earlier this week @roskildeuni.bsky.social decided overnight to close its Master's degree in Business Administration and Leadership (BAL) from 2026.

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Mikkel Flohr @mflohr.bsky.social · 20d

Management abruptly shut down MA Business Management and Leadership this week and the chairperson of the board resigned, before the new one conceded to political pressure, announcing that Roskilde had failed to service Danes over foreigners. My colleague Louison explains in more detail.

Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

Hostility towards #academia and #immigrants is widespread. #Denmark is no exception. Under political and media pressure, earlier this week @roskildeuni.bsky.social decided overnight to close its Master's degree in Business Administration and Leadership (BAL) from 2026.

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

As academic staff at @roskildeuni.bsky.social, our immediate concern is to support our students in this hostile climate and make sure they feel welcome—regardless of citizenship.

We have excellent programs deserving better than being shut down, and our students deserve better than being vilified.

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

Meanwhile, #Denmark keeps some of the toughest immigration laws in #Europe. Did authorities knowingly let this situation persist to secure cheap labor while maintaining a far-right stance on immigration?

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

And the hypocrisy? A lot of these students must work a lot of hours while studying to support themselves and their families after they paid tuition fees, resulting on higher drop-out rates. They are a cheap, docile labor supply for low-qualification jobs in a market desperate for workers.

18/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

How is such a statement supposed to sound to the university’s international staff and students—especially now?

(Full statement in Danish: ruc.dk/nyheder/fung...)

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Fungerende bestyrelsesformand: Roskilde Universitet anerkender Mette Frederiksens kritik

Carsten Toft Boesen (CEO NIRAS) valgte i går aftes at forlade formandsposten for bestyrelsen i Roskilde Universitet. Bestyrelsen har konstitueret sig med næstformand Dea Forchhammer (Direktør Ungdomsø...

ruc.dk

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

"I agree with the Prime Minister that we lost control of the intake of foreign students and that we should have done more, earlier. Roskilde University should primarily be for young people from Zealand and Denmark, not for Bangladesh or elsewhere. There can be no two ways about that."

16/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

Today, the Acting Chair of the university’s board issued a statement that deepens this false antagonism between educating international students and educating Danish students:

15/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

And the political bonus for whoever is desperate for racist votes?

These students are racialized, brown, mostly Muslim, and politically invisible. They are the perfect easy scapegoat.

14/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

We see a familiar pattern: as general elections approach, the issue is weaponized by those who thrive on hostility toward #academia and #immigration.

Lucky coincidence: @roskildeuni.bsky.social is the go-to entry door for harassing #academia in #Denmark.

13/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

(Sure, austerity in academia decided by the #Danish government does create a financial incentive for #Danish universities to get non-EU students in. With political will, that lack of funding too could be solved nearly overnight.)

12/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

This is not about education quality. It is a political expedient. The issue became a media scandal, with Danish universities—and @roskildeuni.bsky.social in particular—accused of profiting from non-EU students’ tuition fees. The Prime Minister #MetteFrederiksen herself has joined the chorus.

11/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

It may cost some colleagues their jobs due to reduced teaching needs. And it further stigmatizes an entire academic community, and a whole group of students—who now wake up to headlines vilifying them as the reason their program is being shut down.

10/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 21d

Closing the program does not solve the issue. It punishes staff and students for a problem they did not create. It disrespects years of dedicated teaching.

9/20

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