Scholars at Risk and Amnesty International have released a new, free, 90-minute course titled “Dangerous” Questions, Why Academic Freedom Matters. Created with input from academic and legal experts, this self-paced course explores what academic freedom means, how it connects to human rights and higher education values, and why it (...)

Corfu Literary Festival 2025 In collaboration with the Ionian University, under the auspices of its Scholars At Risk (SAR) programme and of its UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage, presented an expert panel on how the world of academia and further education is changing and how and why this affects us all. Is the determined promotion and funding of STEM curricula (...)

The statement is now online. Call to Europe to champion academic freedom and protect academics at risk - SAR Europe This has been sent to the European Commission President and is being sent to European Commissioners.  PAUSE colleagues have sent it President Macron and other key officials.

SCHOLARS AT RISK GREECE We are honored to invite you to the Regional Outreach Workshop (SE Europe) of the Program, which will take place on March 13, 2025, at the Center for Dissemination of Research Results (KEDEA) of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (with the possibility of online monitoring).The Inspireurope+ program (2022-2025, funded by MSCA-Horizon Europe) is a continuation of (...)

Scholars at Risk was pleased to hold the 2024 SAR Global Congress from June 25-27, 2024 in partnership with the European Humanities University (EHU) in Vilnius, Lithuania. This video features key panels which took place on Wednesday, June 26th at the Vilnius Town Hall: Opening Plenary:    • Lessons from European Humanities Univ...   • Sarah Willcox, Deputy Director, Scholars at Risk • Dr. (...)

Supporting Career Development of Researchers at Risk Webinar for Host Organisations The Inspireurope+ project, which strengthens and coordinates support for researchers at risk across Europe, will offer a webinar on Thursday 8 June, 14:00-15:00 CEST for host institutions and employers on how to support (...)

The UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage, the Laboratory for Geocultural Analyses (GEOLab), Department F.L.T.I. and the Laboratory for the Documentation of Cultural & Historic Heritage, Department ALMS of the Ionian University organised on 15th March 2023 18:00-20:30 a hybrid Workshop "Threats to Cultural Heritage: normative and ethical approaches and contradictions".

    We are happy to invite you to the UNI(di)versity project (...)

EU-Funded Fellowships and Inclusion of Researchers at Risk WEBINAR addressing key stakeholders and representatives of HEIs alongside researchers at risk 

A friendly reminder to consider joining SAR for a series of “consultative drop-in hours” during the month of April.

 We are forwarding an invitation of UNESCO to the university professors worldwide Are you a university professor? If so, this survey is for you. Life for university professors can be tough, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. Engagement and burnout levels in work teams relate to their effectiveness and performance, as they impact the amount of effort that people put (...)

Inspireurope Regional Outreach Workshop, SE Europe on March 31, 2022 will focus on further raising awareness and promoting collaboration in Eastern and South Europe with an emphasis on Balkan Universities and the ways they can support researchers at risk in their effort to continue their academic/professional career in a safe work environment in Academia Funding opportunities and opportunities to (...)

AUTh, partner of the Inspireurope Program and coordinator of the newly established Greek section of the Scholars at Risk Network, organized a webinar on "Preparing Greek Academic Institutes to host Scholars at Risk", on February 8, 2022, time: 13.00-14.15. The webinar was addressed to executives and academic members of Greek universities with the aim of raising their awareness about (...)

The Greek Section of the International Network of Scholars at Risk - SAR Greece, in which Higher Education Institutions and Organizations with a mission to protect threatened academics and researchers and promote academic freedom participate, was formed today in Thessaloniki with the signing of the founding document. Founding members of SAR Greece are the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, (...)