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Free to Think 2021

Free to Think 2021 is the seventh installment of an annual report by SAR's Academic Freedom Monitoring Project. The report analyzes 332 attacks on higher education communities in 65 countries and territories around the world between September 1, 2020 and

Solidarity with the people of Ukraine and Ukrainian higher education

Scholars at Risk stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and with people around the world, including in Russia, in condemning the ongoing acts of aggression against the Ukrainian people and territory by the agents and armed forces of

Urgent Calls for Help from Afghanistan

Join SAR’s Response Universities, colleges, and other institutional members of the SAR Network have mobilized swiftly to create a range of opportunities to make a difference in protecting threatened scholars and practitioners from Afghanistan. As we respond to hundreds of

Free to Think 2020

Free to Think 2020 is the sixth installment of an annual report by SAR's Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, analyzing attacks on higher education communities around the world between September 1, 2019 and August 31, 2020.

Free to Think podcast

Free to Think features conversation with interesting, thoughtful, and inspiring individuals whose research, teaching, or expression falls at the always sensitive intersection of power and ideas. We’ll be speaking with those who have the courage to seek truth and speak

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Free to Think 2019

Free to Think 2019 is the fifth installment of an annual report by SAR’s Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, analyzing 324 attacks on higher education communities in 56 countries between September 1, 2018 and August 31, 2019. “Attacks on higher education

Scholars at Risk Recognizes Imprisoned Iranian Scholar Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali with the Courage to Think 2021 Award and Releases Free to Think 2021 report

NEW YORK, Dec. 13th, 2021 — On Thursday, December 9th, Scholars at Risk (SAR) announced the 2021 Courage to Think Award and the release of the Free to Think 2021 report at its Free to Think 2021 virtual symposium. The

Free to Think 2017: Anti-democratic trends driving increased attacks on higher education worldwide

Scholars at Risk has released Free to Think 2017, an annual report analyzing 257 reported attacks on higher education communities in 35 countries, from September 1, 2016, to August 31, 2017.

Free to Think 2018: New Report Documents Global Crisis of Attacks on Higher Education

Scholars at Risk (SAR) announces the release of Free to Think 2018, a report analyzing 294 reported attacks on higher education communities in 47 countries, from September 1, 2017, to August 31, 2018.

Free to Think 2017

Free to Think 2017 is the third installment in SAR’s reporting of attacks on higher education communities, analyzing 257 reported attacks on higher education communities in 35 countries, from September 1, 2016, to August 31, 2017. “Over the past year, we

Scholars at Risk releases Free to Think, a report highlighting the alarming frequency of attacks on higher education around the world.

“We hope this report will inspire everyone to do more to protect higher education and the freedom to think”

Free to Think 2016

Free to Think 2016 is the second installment in SAR’s reporting of attacks on higher education communities, analyzing more than 150 reported attacks on higher education communities in 35 countries, from May 1, 2015 to September 1, 2016. “In the

Free to Think 2016: States must do more to respond to crisis-level attacks on universities, scholars, and students

Scholars at Risk has released Free to Think 2016, a report analyzing more than 150 reported attacks on higher education communities in 35 countries, from May 1, 2015 to September 1, 2016.

Free to Think 2021: Political upheaval and authoritarianism threaten academic freedom and the future of higher education

New York, NY — Scholars at Risk (SAR) urges governments, higher education leaders, and civil society to safeguard academic freedom and reverse the global phenomenon described in Free to Think 2021 of attacks on scholars, students, and their institutions. The

Academic Freedom Media Review Archive

Scholars at Risk monitors reports of threats to academic freedom and higher education communities worldwide, including media articles, blogs, opinion pieces and other announcements. Scholars at Risk identifies situations of concern on its own and welcomes reports submitted by faculty,

Free to Think 2020: Attacks on higher education continue unabated in the COVID-19 era

New York, NY — Scholars at Risk (SAR) calls on the international community to take action to protect academic freedom in Free to Think 2020, a report released today. The report analyzes 341 attacks on higher education communities in 58 countries

Free to Think 2018

Free to Think 2018 is the fourth installment of an annual report by Scholars at Risk’s Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, analyzing 294 reported attacks on higher education communities in 47 countries, from September 1, 2017, to August 31, 2018. Download