Workshop

European Student Advocacy Days 2026: Academic Freedom as a Democratic Imperative

Scholars at Risk European Student Advocacy Days 2026 | 19–20 February | MCI The Entrepreneurial School®, Innsbruck, Austria **This event is open to all Student Advocacy Seminar students and faculty, as well as to faculty and staff at SAR member

US Student Advocacy Days 2025

Scholars at Risk invites students and faculty to join us March 26-27, 2025 in Washington, DC for Student Advocacy Days 2025. Scholars at Risk’s annual US Student Advocacy Days convene faculty and students in Washington, DC, to receive training and

European Student Advocacy Days 2025

Scholars at Risk and the University of Dundee, Scotland, invite students and faculty to join us April 29-30, 2025 for European Student Advocacy Days 2025. The event is also supported by Viasna, Libereco UK, the People’s Embassies of Belarus, and

Student Advocacy Days in Washington, DC | March 20 – 21

Scholars at Risk’s annual US Student Advocacy Days convene faculty and students in Washington, DC, to receive training and seek meetings with government representatives to raise awareness about wrongfully detained scholars and students. This event is open to Student Advocacy

European Student Advocacy Days at the University of Trento

Scholars at Risk, in collaboration with the University of Trento, the University of Padova, and SAR Italy, and co-funded by the European Union, invites students and faculty to join us December 14-15 at the University of Trento for European Student

SAR United States General Assembly

From December 2-3, the first ever General Assembly of the United States Section of the Scholars at Risk Network will be held in New Orleans, hosted by and in partnership with Xavier University of Louisiana. An optional, pre-conference gathering will be held on

Student Advocacy Days in Washington, DC | March 29 – 30

Inspireurope Workshop, Krakow, Poland

The Inspireurope project will present a regional workshop in Krakow, Poland on October 7-8, 2021. The workshop is hosted by Jagiellonian University, Poland and will bring together higher education institutions, researchers at risk, European and national policymakers, industry representatives, NGOs

InSPIREurope Stakeholder Forum

The second Inspireurope Stakeholder Forum will be hosted by Inspireurope partner; Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, in Berlin on April 26-27, 2021.

Inspireurope Outreach workshop

The first Inspireurope outreach workshop in Greece will be hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) on Wednesday, September 30th in hybrid format (online and face to face meetings) from 09.30-19.00 local Greek time (EEST).

InSPIREurope outreach workshop: Krakow, Poland

Outreach workshop in Poland to grow the European support base for researchers at risk.

Refugees and Higher Education: Hosting and integrating scholars and students

This international workshop aims at bringing together institutions, organisations, displaced scholars and students involved in the SAR network, in a view to foster a dialogue aimed at sharing good practices, reflecting on common challenges and responses, and developing future collaborations.

Student Advocacy Seminars: Workshop and Open Training

In cooperation with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Adam Braver, SAR Student Advocacy Coordinator and Professor at Roger Williams University, will lead a workshop on Student Advocacy Seminars, which provide students with the opportunity to develop human rights research and

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.

Scholars at Risk’s third annual Student Advocacy Days

Student Advocacy Days, brings students and faculty from SAR’s Student Advocacy Seminars together for a hands-on workshop on advocacy best practices and strategies, followed by a day of advocacy on Capitol Hill on behalf of imprisoned scholars.

Violent Repression and Government Overreach Fuel Global Decline in Academic Freedom, Free to Think 2026 Report Finds

NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2026—Violent state repression and government interference in university autonomy lead the global decline in academic freedom, according to Scholars at Risk’s (SAR) new Free to Think 2026 report. Documenting 382 attacks on higher education communities in

Introducing Scholars at Risk

Scholars at Risk is an international network of institutions and individuals whose mission it is to protect scholars and promote academic freedom. Learn more about SAR’s mission and the courageous scholars we are honored to assist in the below video

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