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First volume in the New Book Series ‘NIAS Studies in Academic Freedom and Epistemic Diversity’.

7th January, 2026 in Latest news

We are pleased to present the first volume in the new book series NIAS Studies in Academic Freedom and Epistemic Diversity, available in February 2026.

Doing Ethnography: Institutional Surveillance and the Struggle for Epistemic Diversity, by Annelies Moors, traces the rise of ethical review procedures, open science mandates, and integrity protocols, examining how these developments shape ethnographic practice. It critically explores key themes such as doing no harm, informed consent, transparency, anonymity, researcher positionality, and the sharing of field notes.

Wit the NIAS Studies in Academic Freedom and Epistemic Diversity series, the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS-KNAW) aims to present insights from the institute’s fellows, alumni and partners that foreground the structural challenges scholars, disciplines, knowledge domains and academic institutions encounter as they contend with political, policy-related, economic and societal pressures.

To mark the launch of the series, Doing Ethnography will be presented by Annelies Moors on 11 February 2026 at De Waalse Kerk in Amsterdam.