Today, the Academic Freedom Index (AFI) project presents its Update 2023, providing an overview of the state of academic freedom in 179 countries. The AFI is coordinated by researchers at the University of Gothenburg’s V-Dem Institute and the Institute of Political Science at Friedrich-Alexander-Uni...
Academic freedom is a universal human right. Yet, the 2022-release of the Academic Freedom Index (AFI) reveals that almost two out of five people worldwide live in countries where academic freedom has declined substantially over the past ten years. Countries with such declines in academic freedom in...
Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach gave a presentation at the conference Fundamental Academic Values in the European Higher Education Area on 28.10.2021. This international conference was organised by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The...
Professor Kinzelbach participated in a roundtable on threats to academic freedom in Asia. This event was hosted by the Association for Asian Studies and Syracuse University. A video recording is now available here: https://video.syr.edu/media/t/1_qh3wxwin
