Conference

#SpeechMatters2020: Participation and Protest on Campus

SAR staff will be attending the University of California’s 2nd Annual Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement Conference. The theme for this year’s conference is #SpeechMatters2020: Participation and Protest on Campus.

InSPIREurope Virtual Stakeholder Forum

All recordings, presentations and other resources from the Inspireurope 2020 Virtual Stakeholder Forum held on June 8th 2020 are now available online.

The 106th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges & Universities

Scholars at Risk is proud to partner* with the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to be a sponsor of their 106th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

2020 Philipp Schwartz Forum

The 2020 Philipp Schwartz Forum by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation provides an opportunity for threatened researchers, host institutions, funding organisations, and partners in Germany and abroad to discuss current issues and strategies related to the topic of threatened scholars.

UARRM Second Annual Event: Engaging Student Voices to Support the Global Compacts

Scholars at Risk is pleased to take part in the second annual event of the University Alliance for Refugees and At-Risk Migrants (UARRM) at George Washington University. SAR staff will lead a discussion about SAR’s Student Advocacy Seminars alongside Student

Scholars at Risk at the SPHR Conference at the University of Dayton

On Friday, October 4, Scholars at Risk’s Chelsea Blackburn Cohen will speak on a panel about censorship and academic freedom at the Social Practice of Human Rights conference at the University of Dayton.

Scholars at Risk at EAIE, Helsinki

From September 24-27, SAR will have an exhibit at the European Association for International Education conference in Helsinki, Finland. SAR will also speak on a panel alongside partners from Central European University on Wednesday, September 25 from 1:30-2:30.

Universities: Their Freedoms and Responsibilities: The Challenge of the Future.

Join us for the Annual Conference of the Magna Charta Observatory, 16 and 17 October 2019. The focus will be on academic freedom and the responsibilities which universities have for helping to achieve the UN sustainable development goals, particularly those

CONAHEC 19th North American Higher Education Conference

SAR staff Annabelle Wilmott and Thomas Buntru, SAR Primary Representative at the University of Monterrey, will lead a workshop entitled "Promoting Higher Education Values in Institutional Partnerships at Home and Abroad" at the CONAHEC 19th North American Higher Education Conference.

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences

The annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is the convergence of over 70 scholarly associations, each holding their annual conference under one umbrella. Congress brings together academics, researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners to share findings, refine ideas, and build

SAR Presents at ACRL Conference

Friday April 12, SAR Staff Alex Bell and Adam Braver, SAR Student Advocacy Coordinator and Professor at Roger Williams University, will present at the ACRL conference from 3:00pm until 4:00pm. With academic freedom and higher education values under threat worldwide,

Scholars at Risk at CIES Annual Conference

Scholars at Risk staff and a SAR scholar will speak on a panel about academic freedom and approaches toward international advocacy at the Comparative & International Education Society Conference. SAR staff will be at a table throughout the conference for

“To Hope Rather than to Fear:” A Celebration of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70

Please join us to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 20th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. This event will feature both a panel and a reception. You will be

Campus Human Rights Conference

Lauren Crain, SAR Director of Research and Learning will speak on a panel at University of Michigan's Donia Human Rights Center at their Campus Human Rights Conference on November 30.

SAR Presentation at the AAC&U Conference in Atlanta

SAR staff Lauren Crain and Chelsea Blackburn Cohen, in addition to SAR Board Member, Judith Shapiro, will lead a panel presentation at the AAC&U conference titled, “Conflict to Conversation: Promoting Higher Education Values in Response to Campus Incidents.”

The Future of Value-Based Higher Education and Quality Assurance – The Future of Academic Freedom

The Webinar debated the contours of academic freedom both as it relates to institutions and quality assurance: What rights and obligations are attached to it from a European, Latin American and Scholars at Risk perspectives, and how these concepts are

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Free Universities: Putting the Academic Freedom Index Into Action

This joint report by the Global Public Policy Institute and Scholars at Risk introduces the Academic Freedom Index (AFi), a new time series and near-global dataset on several dimensions of academic freedom. It calls on decision-makers in higher education and