SAR in the Press

The following includes select interviews, articles, and op-eds by or about Scholars at Risk and its network.

Turkish historian expelled from university for his views, accused of terrorism

A piece by Ada Chojnowska for wyborcza.pl covering SAR scholar Candan Badem, a Turkish historian. Ada Chojnowska: Can a scientist or historian be political? Prof. Candan Badem: – Surely it can be political in a sense not to please the Turkish

All hands on deck: delivering academic freedom for Europe

A piece by SAR Europe Director Sinead O’Gorman for European University Association. Academic freedom is in the news. Recent declarations, resolutions, and communiqués on academic freedom by the European Research Area, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE), and the European Higher Education

UBC student group calls for release of scholar sentenced to death in Iran

A piece by Matthew Asuncion for The Ubyeesey covering the UBC chapter of Students for Scholars at Risk. The UBC chapter of Students for Scholars at Risk (Students for SAR) is calling for the release of Iranian-Swedish researcher Dr. Ahmadreza

SAR Executive Director Robert Quinn featured in Uniavisen

SAR Executive Director Robert Quinn was interviewed by Uniavisen, the University of Copenhagen’s independent newspaper. The article is titled, “Scientists on the Run: They Said That I Was Spreading Propaganda and Homosexuality at the Department.” Johanne Nedergaard reports on the

Displaced Researchers: A Secure Environment for Researchers at Risk

A piece about SAR Europe Programme Manager Orla Duke featured in the Marie Curie Alumni Association Newsletter. Orla Duke is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the EU-funded Inspireurope project and supports the growth and development of the various

It’s not too late to save Brazil’s universities and its democracy

A piece by SAR scholar Debora Diniz for Times Higher Education. In the summer of 2018, in the lead-up to Brazil’s presidential elections, I received an email. The senders said I would be shot. They said if I went into

The Scuola Normale opens its doors to the scholar who is the symbol of the Kurds

A piece by Giuseppe Boi for Il Terrino covering SAR scholar Delal Aydin, a Kurdish academic. First of all a woman, then a Kurdish woman and, moreover, so cultured as to be a university researcher. Three features that put Delal Aydin at the

Fighting to Protect—and Define—Academic Freedom

A piece by SAR Executive Director Robert Quinn for Academe, the magazine of the AAUP. Despite the leading work of the AAUP, academic freedom is not well respected, or even understood, in much of the United States and globally. This

Fighting to Protect—and Define—Academic Freedom

A piece by SAR Executive Director Robert Quinn for the American Association of University Professors. Despite the leading work of the AAUP, academic freedom is not well respected, or even understood, in much of the United States and globally. This

How university leaders can support student expression

A piece by former SAR Program Assistant Annabelle Wilmott for University World News. Amaya Eva Coppens, a medical student at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in León, is scheduled to stand trial in February under criminal charges. She is

Why Scholars at Risk has opened a US section

A piece by SAR’s Executive Director Robert Quinn for Times Higher Education. Extending its work protecting threatened scholars and promoting academic freedom to more institutions in the United States, the international Scholars at Risk network has established a new US