Criminal Research: New article by Rosalind Arden
Wednesday 15 April 2026

CPNSS Assistant Professorial Research Fellow Rosalind Arden has written an article on "Criminal Research" for Quillette discussing whether research can be criminally punishable.
Recently a Belgian court counsellor declared that a philosopher's academic work on intelligence research is not merely controversial but criminally punishable. In her article, LSE researcher Rosalind Arden examines that claim — and finds it collapses under its own logic.
The article is free to read (registration required).
Quillette Article on "Criminal Research"