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This page collates different resources and guidance that can help researchers who are, and/or whose work is imperiled by autocratic regimes.

===== Useful resources for imperiled researchers: =====

* Guides for funders, research institutions, and researchers on what to do when researchers face campaigns of intimidation and harassment https://researchersupport.org/
* Expert Voices Together provides support for journalists and researchers who are targets of harassment and intimidation https://expertvoicestogether.org/
* The Climate Science Legal Relief Fund helps ensure that scientists can conduct, publish, and discuss their research and advocate for science without the threat of political harassment, censorship, or legal intimidation https://www.csldf.org/

===== Advice on ways forward and actions you can take: =====

* A citizen’s guide to taking action for political change https://bylines.scot/society/a-citizens-guide-to-taking-action-for-political-change/
* How to survive the broligarchy https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/how-to-survive-the-broligarchy-d8b
* What you can do when your research funding is axed https://rdcu.be/emD0Z
* WIRED: How to win a fight https://www.wired.com/how-to-win-a-fight/

===== Statements of support from scientific organizations: =====

* The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/news/2025/02/science-under-threat/
* American Psychological Association https://updates.apaservices.org/
* Cultural Evolution Society https://culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-events/ces-statement-in-solidarity-with-stand-up-for-science/