Article History

First Online: 9 February 2017

Change Date: 3 March 2017

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: The reference cited with respect to the effects of the boycott of South Africa in the 1980s was incorrect. It should have been F. W. Lancaster <i>Perspectives on the Professions</i><b>15</b> (1), 2–4 (1995) and not S. H. Teoh <i>et al. J. Bus.</i><b>72,</b> 35–89 (1999).

Change Date: 15 February 2017

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: This article wrongly attributed to Till Sawala and then to Nadine El-Enany the opinion that the proposed boycott of US-based conferences is intended to demonstrate against a ban that hurts everyone. The article also misquoted Nadine El-Enany (originally incorrectly attributed to Sawala) as saying a petition she co-organized aimed to stop more countries being added to the blacklist. In fact, El-Enany had referred to concerns about people who are not from the seven Muslim-majority countries stipulated in the travel ban, but who are nevertheless facing detention and harassment at the border. Sawala had referred to the unsustainable cost of the ban on science and on the life of scientists. The article has now been updated to reflect Sawala and El-Enany’s positions.

Change Date: 8 February 2017

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: An earlier version of this Editorial erroneously attributed to Till Sawala the opinion that the intention of the boycott is to demonstrate against a ban that hurts everyone. In fact, this sentiment came from Nadine El-Enany, co-organizer of the petition aimed at all academics.

Change Date: 10 February 2017

Change Type: Clarification

Change Details: The text has been amended to more accurately reflect Sawala’s position.

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