International
This section provides a comparative and global perspective on academic freedom. It features collaborations with global academic networks, reports from international watchdogs, and cross-border issues like visa restrictions, academic boycotts, and strained partnerships, threats to syllabi etc. from across the globe.
Is academic freedom in crisis?
Bridget Balch | 29 November 2023 | Association of American Medical Colleges
Soup of the Day – Free Speech and Academic Freedom, with contributions from Gerald Lang and Robert Simpson
Samuel Rowan | 29 November 2023 | The Pea Soup
Donations should not be conditional on student speech
Jackson Baldrate | 27 November 2023 | The Daily Princetonian
UK researchers need to know academic freedom is safe from political interference
Jamie Durrani | 24 November 2023 | Chemistry World
Zambia’s information bill: A blow to academic freedom?
Zachariah Mushawatu | 23 November 2023 | University World News
The Harvard Law Review Refused to Run This Piece About Genocide in Gaza
Dilip Simeon | 23 November 2023 | After the Truth Shower
Harvard Law Review Editors Vote To Kill Article About Genocide In Gaza
Natasha Lennard | 21 November 2023 | The Intercept
Scholars at Risk Ireland issue Statement regarding the ongoing conflict in Israel/Palestine
Scholars at Risk-Ireland | November 2023
The Israel–Hamas conflict: voices from scientists on the front lines
Nature News Team & Freelance Reporters | 16 November 2023 | Nature
South Australian researchers join forces with global defence consortium
Crispin Savage | 25 October 2023 | University of Adelaide
Pakistan professor apologises for teaching theory of evolution
21 October 2023 | Times of India
Historian criticises ‘spineless’ cancellation of Israel lecture
Tom Williams | 20 October 2023 | Times Higher Education
Harvard student groups issued an anti-Israel statement. CEOs want them blacklisted
Matt Egan | 12 October 2023 | CNN
Harvard University scored 0 on 100 worst for free speech: Report
17 September 2023 | Moneycontrol
In Iran, snap checkpoints and university purges mark the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini protests
AP | 12 September 2023 | The Economic Times
The Political Machine Behind War on Academic Freedom
Steven Brint | 28 August 2023 | The Chronicle of Higher Education
Academic Freedom in Iran: How Ideology Can Affect Science
Academic Freedom in Asia Series | 28 June 2023
Cancelled: Amia Srinivasan writes about free speech on campus
Amia Srinivasan | 29 June 2023 | London Review of Books
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