Call for nominations: Courage to Think Award 2021 Scholars at Risk is seeking nominations for the 2021 Courage to Think Award, which will be presented during an award ceremony at SAR’s annual Free to Think event in November 2021. The Courage to Think Award recognizes individuals, groups, or institutions that have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to protecting scholars (...)

TODAY: President of Ireland addresses SAR Ireland Event The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins will today address a conference on ‘Academic Freedom and Intellectual Dissent’, organised by the Scholars at Risk Ireland section in partnership with the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA). As an academic, human rights advocate, writer, and statesman, President (...)

In the context of the 96th Conference of Rectors and Presidents of ACs of the Greek Universities Mr. Alexandros Triantaphyllides, Associate Professor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Mr. Nikos Nagopoulos, Professor of the University of the Aegean and Mr. Stavros Katsios, Professor of the Ionian University, informed the Conference about the creation of a branch of the SAR Network by (...)

The latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2021 carried few surprises when it was released in September. The usual contestants led the rankings. Yet among these are some institutions, operating under totalitarian regimes, that do not match our expectation of what universities are about.If one adjusts the top 150 universities in the THE World University Rankings for academic (...)

Politics of Repression - Strategies and Resistances in Scholarship We would like to invite you to save the date for the Speaker Series: Politics of Repression - Strategies and Resistances in Scholarship Conference, which will be held in the months of April, May and June as an online conference.  Researchers from all over the world experience repressions. Not only are they (...)

Academic freedom is a universal right and essential to quality education, teaching and research. It is a driver of innovation, enhances the capacity of scholars and students to acquire and generate knowledge, and thereby protects societies’ capacity for self-reflection. While states and universities throughout the world have long committed to respecting academic freedom, it remains poorly (...)

Scholars at Risk monitors reports of threats to academic freedom and higher education communities worldwide, including media articles, blogs, opinion pieces and other announcements. Unless otherwise indicated (such as in articles written by SAR), the language and views contained in the search results reflect those of the originating author and/or publication and do not (...)

On April 22, 2021 the three Universities that constitute the core of the Greek Department of Scholars at Risk (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ionian University, University of the Aegean) will present the international organization as well as the project of creating the SAR SECTION GREECE to the Rectors' Conference of the Greek Universities, inviting them to join the network.

The Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), V‑Dem Institute, and Scholars at Risk (SAR) introduce the second iteration of the Academic Freedom Index (AFi). The index assesses levels of academic freedom in more than 175 countries and territories over a period of 120 years, from 1900 to 2020.The AFi 2020 finds the largest annual declines in (...)

  March 26 - April 1, 2021 Scholars at Risk monitors reports of threats to academic freedom and higher education communities worldwide, including media articles, blogs, opinion pieces and other announcements. Unless otherwise indicated (such as in articles written by SAR), the language and views contained in the search results reflect those of the (...)

MSCA-Horizon 2020 InSPIREurope Supporting Researchers at Risk Project   On behalf of  the  Inspireurope Supporting Researchers at Risk Initiative  (funded by EU, under MSCA-Horizon 2020), we are happy to forward you an invitation to join the Philipp Schwartz and Inspireurope Stakeholder Forum, which will take place as a virtual event on 26 and 27 April 2021.The 2021 Stakeholder Forum will be (...)

          March 19 - 25, 2021 Scholars at Risk monitors reports of threats to academic freedom and higher education communities worldwide, including media articles, blogs, opinion pieces and other announcements. Unless otherwise indicated (such as in articles (...)

        Donate today, and support SAR's mission to safeguard and promote academic freedom worldwide.  March 12 - 18, 2021 Scholars at Risk monitors reports of threats to academic freedom and higher education communities worldwide, including media articles, (...)

On March 10th from 10-12PM (CET), Inspireurope will be hosting a webinar and follow up meeting for representatives from host organisations on the topic of PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT FOR RESEARCHERS AT RISK.

        Donate today, and support SAR's mission to safeguard and promote academic freedom worldwide.  February 19 - 25, 2021 Scholars at Risk monitors reports of threats to academic freedom and higher education communities worldwide, including media articles, (...)