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#DefendResearch continues its monthly series of conversations on research censorship in an April 8th webinar with information studies researcher Dr. George Cooper, who will share key findings from his 6-year project on the conditions of censorship complicity in scholarly publishing. This discussion will include an analysis of how political coercion and economic dependence shaped publishers' responses to censorship demands in China, as well as the widespread tendencies to diffuse, deny and redistribute responsibility to resist censorship pressures more broadly. Cooper will show how effective resistance to censorship requires broader coalitions-encompassing research funders and librarians-and sector-wide frameworks to enable collective action.