2014 Global Congress Report
Posted April 15, 2016
The Scholars at Risk Network 2014 Global Congress was held in Amsterdam on April 9-10, 2014, in partnership with the Foundation for Refugee Students (UAF), the University of Amsterdam (UvA), the VU University Amsterdam (VU), and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA).
Together we welcomed 155 participants from 69 universities, partner organizations and associations in 30 countries (including Belgium, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, France, Great Britain, Croatia, Israel, Ireland, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Burma, Malaysia, Nigeria, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Venezuela, South Africa, and Zimbabwe).
Scholars at Risk thanks all participants for sharing your experiences and for all you do to support threatened scholars and promote higher education values. Because of you, all network members and partners, and the scholars we work with, we left Amsterdam energized and inspired to do even more.