2018 SAR Global Congress videos

Scholars at Risk held its 2018 Global Congress, "The University and the Future of Democracy," in Berlin, Germany, from April 23 - 26. A video archive of Congress plenary and panels can be found below.

Current Threats to Scholars & Universities: Egypt (Panel)

Current Threats to Scholars & Universities: Egypt (Panel)

Current Threats to Scholars & Universities: Egypt: MODERATOR: Prof. Lisa Anderson, Columbia University, SAR Board, Mohamed Abdel Salam, Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE), and Kholoud Saber Barakat, Catholic University of Louvain

Courage to Think: Serbia

Courage to Think: Serbia

Courage to Think: Serbia: Dr. Sreten Ugričić, University of Lucerne, in conversation with Dr. Dominika Kasprowicz, Villa Decius Association

Mentorship & Peer-to-Peer Projects for At-Risk & Refugee Academics & Students (Panel)

Mentorship & Peer-to-Peer Projects for At-Risk & Refugee Academics & Students (Panel)

Mentorship & Peer-to-Peer Projects for At-Risk & Refugee Academics & Students: MODERATOR: Dr. Florian Kohstall, Freie Universität Berlin / AGYA, Dr. Anas al Khabour, University of Gothenburg, Dr. Tuba İnal Çekiç, Off-University, and Djemila Carron, InZone

Looking for Careers Outside of Academia: University Advisory Services on Qualifications & Technology Transfer (Panel)

Looking for Careers Outside of Academia: University Advisory Services on Qualifications & Technology Transfer (Panel)

Looking for Careers Outside of Academia: University Advisory Services on Qualifications & Technology Transfer: Dr. Gergana Baeva & Bertram Welker, Freie Universität Berlin — Dahlem Research School, and Dr. Christine Reuter, Freie Universität Berlin — Profund Innovation

Placements & Fellowships for At-Risk & Refugee Academics & Students (Panel)

Placements & Fellowships for At-Risk & Refugee Academics & Students (Panel)

Placements & Fellowships for At-Risk & Refugee Academics & Students: MODERATOR: Dr. Barbara Sheldon, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Laura Lohéac, PAUSE program, Collège de France, Sarah Willcox, Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF), and Stephen Wordsworth, Council for At-Risk Academics (Cara)

Understanding Research Careers In Germany— & Where to Look for Funding

Understanding Research Careers In Germany— & Where to Look for Funding

Understanding Research Careers In Germany — & Where to Look for Funding: Dr. Martina van de Sand, Scholz CTC Consulting

Legal Issues Related to Being In Germany as a Threatened Scholar

Legal Issues Related to Being In Germany as a Threatened Scholar

Legal Issues Related to Being In Germany as a Threatened Scholar: Dr. Stephan Hocks

Measuring Academic Freedom: Toward a Global Index (Panel)

Measuring Academic Freedom: Toward a Global Index (Panel)

Measuring Academic Freedom: Toward a Global Index: MODERATOR: Prof. Terence Karran, University of Lincoln, Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach, Global Public Policy Institute, Dominique Marlet, Education International, and Ilyas Saliba, WZB Berlin Social Science Center

Capacity-Building for Threatened Scholars, Students & Academic Communities (Panel)

Capacity-Building for Threatened Scholars, Students & Academic Communities (Panel)

Capacity-Building for Threatened Scholars, Students & Academic Communities: MODERATOR: Iris Vernekohl, Bochum University, Prof. Dr. Carmen Bachmann, www.chance-for-science.de, Mireia Nadal Chiva, ReDI School of Digital Integration, and Dr. Mouhannad Malek, Syrian Researchers

Movement Building: Advocacy Campaigns, Seminars & Legal Clinics (Panel)

Movement Building: Advocacy Campaigns, Seminars & Legal Clinics (Panel)

Movement Building: Advocacy Campaigns, Seminars & Legal Clinics: MODERATOR: Dr. Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, University of Ghana, Lavinia Francesconi, University of Chile, Prof. Homa Hoodfar, Concordia University, and Cynthia Tilden-Machleidt, Berlin School of Economics and Law

Promoting Higher Education Values: Workshops & Trainings (Panel)

Promoting Higher Education Values: Workshops & Trainings (Panel)

Promoting Higher Education Values: Workshops & Trainings: MODERATOR: Karolina Catoni, University of Gothenburg, Lauren Crain, Scholars at Risk, Marit Egner, University of Oslo, and Dr. Sijbolt Noorda, Magna Charta Observatory

Current Threats to Scholars & Universities: India & Pakistan (Panel)

Current Threats to Scholars & Universities: India & Pakistan (Panel)

Current Threats to Scholars & Universities: India & Pakistan: MODERATOR: Prof. Domna Stanton, City University of New York, SAR Board, Dr. Vinita Chandra & Prof. Mukul Mangalik, Ramjas College, Delhi University, and Jehanzaib Khan (via Skype), Independent Consultant

Current Threats to Scholars & Universities: Venezuela (Panel)

Current Threats to Scholars & Universities: Venezuela (Panel)

Current Threats to Scholars & Universities: Venezuela: MODERATOR: Prof. Irv Epstein, Illinois Wesleyan University, SAR Board, Dr. Mayda Hočevar, University of the Andes, and Prof. Ricardo Villalobos, Aula Abierta

Supporting Refugees With an Academic Background: Reports from European Commission Supported Projects (Panel)

Supporting Refugees With an Academic Background: Reports from European Commission Supported Projects (Panel)

Supporting Refugees With an Academic Background: Reports from European Commission Supported Projects: MODERATOR: Anna Buverud, University of Oslo (Academic Refuge), Alexander Triantafyllidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (S.U.C.R.E.), Marija Mitic, Academic Cooperation Association (GREET), and Henriette Stoeber, European University Association (InHERE)

DAAD: Refugee Programs (Panel)

DAAD: Refugee Programs (Panel)

DAAD: Refugee Programs: MODERATOR: Julia Kracht, German Academic ExchangeService (DAAD), Prof. Dr. Kerry Bystrom, Bard College, Berlin, and Thorsten Parchent, University of Bayreuth