Freedom of Research at the Marketized University?

For some time now, centring on the catchy term ‘identity politics’, a heated debate has been raging about the politicisation of the research that is conducted at our universities. In a nutshell, identity politics is a form of politics, rooted in the religious, ethnic, sexual or other identity of a particular group, that aims to safeguard the interests of that group and ensure that their identity is not violated.