Get Involved
Universities, colleges, and other institutional members of the SAR Network have a variety of opportunities to make a difference in protecting threatened scholars and strengthening the university space. SAR staff will work closely with your institution to tailor these activities to your institution’s needs and capacity. Learn more about SAR’s mission and the courageous scholars we are honored to assist by watching this video and reviewing our Getting Involved Brochure (Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish).
Join the Network and connect your campus with one of the below opportunities today!
Opportunities
Invite a Virtual “About SAR” Presentation for Your Institution
Consider inviting a SAR staff member to meet virtually with colleagues to share more information about SAR and opportunities available for members of the network.
Host a scholar
Member institutions invite threatened scholars to temporarily join their campus communities as professors, researchers, lecturers, visiting scholars, post-docs, graduate fellows, or students.
Speaker Series
Through stories told by courageous scholars, campus communities and associations discuss the importance and fragility of academic freedom around the world.
Student Advocacy Seminars
Guided by faculty, students develop hands-on human rights research and advocacy skills while supporting imprisoned scholars and the right to be #free2think.
Academic Freedom Monitoring Project
Researchers partner with SAR to document and analyze attacks on higher education, including physical violence, imprisonment, prosecution, professional retaliation, travel restrictions, and other forms of attacks.
About the Scholars in Prison Project
Take action on behalf of scholars and students facing imprisonment, as a result of peaceful expression and association.
Working Groups
Academics and students from around the world collaborate on research and advocacy projects related to academic freedom and higher education.
Workshops and Conferences
Join fellow scholars, students and professionals from around the world in discussing seminal issues facing higher education and developing solutions to strengthen the university space.
Free Online Course: ‘Dangerous Questions: Why Academic Freedom Matters’
Are some questions too dangerous to ask? What happens to scholars and students who ask those questions? How can you contribute to strengthening core higher education values, such as academic freedom? These are among the questions we will discuss in