Intellectual Capture
Legitimation
Intellectual capture is the systematic cultivation of academics and policy experts through financial incentives and institutional partnerships to create networks of ostensibly independent voices that advocate for foreign state interests from within democratic knowledge institutions.
Intellectual capture is the systematic cultivation of academics and policy experts through financial incentives and institutional partnerships to create networks of ostensibly independent voices that advocate for foreign state interests from within democratic knowledge institutions.
FIMI Taxonomy by Information Epidemiology Lab.
Citation
BibTeX citation:
@article{li2026,
author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
title = {Intellectual {Capture}},
date = {2026-02-17},
url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/intellectual-capture.html},
langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “Intellectual Capture,” February. https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/intellectual-capture.html.