Academic Freedom

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17OCT 2023
human rights
Guest Talk in Harvard Seminar on Global Challenges to Democracy
On October 11, 2023, Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach gave the inaugural talk in a new seminar series on Global Challenges to Democracy, organized by the Ash Center at Harvard Kennedy School in cooperation with the Carr Center for Human Rights. Her talk was entitled “Academic Freedom: Empirical Data on a Contested Idea”. A recording can be viewed here. […]
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12MAY 2023
human rights
Academic Freedom Index (AFI) presented in Stockholm
Dr Lars Pelke presented the Academic Freedom Index on Thursday (May, 4, 2023) in a scientific talk at the European National Young Academies (ENYA) meeting 2023 in Stockholm. At the ENYA meeting, members of the National Young Academies discussed issues around academic freedom.
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09MAY 2023
human rights
Militant Academia: Presentation at Academy Tutzing
Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach participated in the conference Academic Freedom under Pressure? held at Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing (Academy for Political Education Tutzing) from 2-3 May 2023. She spoke about the idea and dilemmas of “militant academia” in the context of declining academic freedom and systemic rivalry between democracies and autocracies. Her talk was based on a book chapter […]Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach participated in the conference Academic Freedom under Pressure? held at Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing (Academy for Political Education Tutzing) from 2-3 May 2023. She spoke about the idea and dilemmas of “militant academia” in the context of declining academic freedom and systemic rivalry between democracies and autocracies. Her talk was based on a book chapter […]
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29MAR 2023
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Academic Freedom Index in the German Bundestag
Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach and Dr. Lars Pelke presented the Academic Freedom Index to parliamentarians in the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment on Tuesday (March 28, 2023) and discussed the findings of the Update 2023 . The speakers focused their presentation on global developments in academic freedom and possible responses of foreign science policy. They also discussed further […]Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach and Dr. Lars Pelke presented the Academic Freedom Index to parliamentarians in the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment on Tuesday (March 28, 2023) and discussed the findings of the Update 2023 . The speakers focused their presentation on global developments in academic freedom and possible responses of foreign science policy. They also discussed further […]
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02MAR 2023
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Academic Freedom Index Update 2023
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-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). At FAU, Katrin Kinzelbach and Lars Pelke contribute to […]
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03MAR 2022
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Academic freedom on the decline
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 include for example Brazil, Cameroon, India, Russia, Thailand, and the […]
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