International community must save Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali before it’s too late! Scholars at Risk issued a joint statement with 13 human rights, academic, and scientific organizations calling on the European Union, European state governments, and the United States government to act immediately to secure the release of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali. Dr. Djalali is an internationally (...)

IV. TURKEY 14. The European Council reverted to the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean and the European Union’s relations with Turkey, and recalled the EU’s strategic interest in a stable and secure environment in the Eastern Mediterranean and in the development of a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship with Turkey. It welcomes the de-escalation in the (...)

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 (...)

Στα πλαίσια της 96ης Συνόδου Πρυτάνεων και Προέδρων των Δ.Ε. των Ελληνικών Πανεπιστημίων ο κ. Αλέξανδρος Τριανταφυλλίδης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης, ο κ. Νίκος Ναγόπουλος, Καθηγητής του Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου και ο κ. Σταύρος Κάτσιος, Καθηγητής του Ιονίου Πανεπιστημίου, ενημέρωσαν τη Σύνοδο για το Δίκτυο Scholars at Risk (SAR) και για τη δημιουργία (...)

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 (...)

Στις 22 Απριλίου 2021 τα τρία Πανεπιστήμια που αποτελούν τον πυρήνα του Ελληνικού Τμήματος του Scholars at Risk (Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης, Ιόνιο Πανεπιστήμιο, Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου) θα κάνουν παρουσίαση της διεθνούς οργάνωσης καθώς και του εγχειρήματος δημιουργίας του Ελληνικού Τμήματος SAR SECTION GREECE στη Σύνοδο των Πρυτάνεων των Ελληνικών Πανεπιστημίων, με στόχο την συμμετοχή (...)

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 (...)

        Donate today, and support SAR's mission to safeguard and promote academic freedom worldwide.  March 26 - April 1, 2021 Scholars at Risk monitors reports of threats to academic freedom and higher education communities worldwide, including media articles, (...)

MSCA-Horizon 2020 InSPIREurope Supporting Researchers at Risk Project Εκ μέρους του Inspireurope Supporting Researchers at Risk Initiative, το οποίο χρηματοδοτείται από την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (MSCA-Horizon 2020), έχουμε τη χαρά να σας προσκαλέσουμε στο Philipp Schwartz and Inspireurope Stakeholder Forum, που θα διεξαχθεί διαδικτυακά στις 26 και 27 Απριλίου 2021.Το  Stakeholder Forum 2021 (...)

          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, (...)