SAR-Ireland
SAR-Ireland formed as a partnership between Universities Ireland and the Scholars at Risk Network in September 2009. This partnership provides support to threatened academics around the world, including by arranging temporary placements in Ireland to allow them to safely continue their work.
News
SAR Ireland’s Statement on the Situation of Students and Scholars in Iran
November 4, 2022
The Irish section of the Scholars at Risk Network (SAR Ireland) is deeply concerned by violations of the human rights of students and staff currently occuring at Iranian universities, higher education institutions, and secondary schools.
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Irish Times Article- Speak out at your peril: Self-censorship and the smothering of academia
Commercial interests and social-media outrage are curtailing free speech
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Academic Freedom and Intellectual Dissent Online Conference
June 8, 2021
This conference will focus on the importance of intellectual dissent and academic freedom to democratic societies in a Western, particularly European, context.
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2015 SAR-Ireland Speaker Series Tour
October 29, 2015
As part of a SAR Speaker Series Tour of Ireland, a Pakistani scholar of gender studies visited three cities and five higher education institutions on the island of Ireland.
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Academic Freedom and Intellectual Dissent Online Conference
June 8, 2021 2:00 pm
This conference will focus on the importance of intellectual dissent and academic freedom to democratic societies in a Western, particularly European, context.
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When Silence Is Not Golden: The Costs of China’s Sanctions of European Researchers Webinar
June 4, 2021 9:00 am
During the webinar the four speakers discussed how the latest sanctions effect their work and what consequences they experience and anticipate for their research. A question and answer session followed with some great participation from the audience.
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SAR Ireland webinar on Gender and Academic Freedom
March 8, 2021 5:30 pm
Virtual
On March 8th, to mark International Women's Day, SAR Ireland, in collaboration with Centre for Resistance Studies, Trinity College Dublin and the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway, will host a webinar on Gender and Academic Freedom.
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Scholar at Risk Visitor Prosper Maguchu
February 4, 2020 4:00 pm
We welcome Dr Maguchu to Ireland for the week of February 3rd to 7th
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Contact
If you are interested in becoming involved in the activities of the SAR-Ireland Section, contact Anthony Soares or Rowena Pecchenino to learn more.