German economists are advocating for a recruitment initiative aimed at attracting disillusioned US-based researchers due to policies of the Trump administration, which they believe undermine academic freedom. They suggest the German government fund up to 100 professorships for exceptional scholars from the US, drawing parallels to historical figures who fled Germany. The initiative aims to capitalize on the perceived decline of the US as a research hub and offers Germany as an alternative for stability and opportunity.
Germany and Europe now have a chance to reverse the 'brain drain' and bring world-class researchers to their own institutions.
As the US academic system undergoes a turbulent transformation, Germany can offer stability, freedom and opportunity.
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