Toolkit for Institutions Supporting Researchers
This toolkit offers resources, guides, and templates for academic institutions to protect and support researchers and scholars affected by external campaigns of intimidation and harassment.
Setting Up
Get actionable steps to prepare for incidents of researcher intimidation and harassment.
Preparing for Attacks
These procedural suggestions will guide your institution through practical and actionable steps to prepare for incidents of researcher abuse.
Sample Policy
This sample policy regarding external intimidation and harassment of researchers and scholars can be incorporated into your university’s existing manual to inform and guide preparation and response to researcher abuse.
Certificates of Confidentiality
Learn how CoCs can protect research participants against the disclosure of potentially identifiable data, including as part of lawsuits and subpoenas.
Proactive Measures
Walk through proactive measures to ensure that you can provide the best support possible.
Creating a Research Support Team
These worksheets can be used to help your institution proactively create a response team for incidents of faculty or scholar intimidation or harassment.
Communications Strategies
Developing a communication strategy proactively and during moments of calm will empower people within your institution to respond in a way that is intentional and purposeful.
Legal Issues & Public Records Requests
Proactively consider legal aspects of abuse campaigns against researchers and prepare for potential public records requests.
Responding to an Incident
Practical guidance on responding to abuse and harassment campaigns.
Reporting Form Template
This reporting form is tailored to capture key information related to intimidation and/or harassment of scholars who are facing abuse because of the research they conduct.
Response Procedures
This set of procedures offers step-by-step guidance for institutions responding to incidents of harassment while also centering the needs of the researcher. The checklists for administrators and researchers included in this section can be used to organize your institutional response to harassment.
Toolkit for Institutions Supporting Researchers
Download the toolkit in its entirety to ensure that your institution is prepared to protect researchers and respond to occupational abuse quickly and effectively.
Additional Reading
Check out our most recent tip sheet for scholars engaged in public-facing communications about elections, and explore our collection of additional resources for funders, institutions, and researchers below.
Tactics Targeting Researchers & Ways to Respond
This guide defines common forms of abuse and offers practical ways to respond.
How to Ask Your Institution for Help
For researchers looking for tips on how to ask their institutions for help.
The Problem One-Pager
This resource explains researchers harassment in a single-page PDF format for downloading and sharing.
Talking to A Researcher Under Attack
Tips on what to say or not say to a researcher who is facing abuse.
Researchers: Mitigate Risk & Manage an Attack
This guide for researchers provides strategies to prevent and manage an attack.
Where to Find Support & More Resources
Looking for more? These additional resources can help.
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