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Authoritarian regime and academic freedom in Russia: a conversation with Arseniy Petrov

Co-authored by Ester Gallo (Associate professor at Department of Sociology and Social Research at University of Trento). After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, not only Ukrainian academic circles but also ⋙

Russia

Kremlin’s spy mania and resistance in Russian academia

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many anti-war protests have taken place in Russia. As a result, many students and scholars have faced police violence and persecution. Maria Rakhmaninova is ⋙

ERIS

SAR Italy Speaker Series – Primavera 2022

Scholars at Risk-Italy organizes its annual event, "Speakers Series" for Spring 2022. The program includes three meetings of the first 2022 speaker series dedicated, respectivelly, to the situation in Afghanistan, Iran and Belarus (22 February, 25 March, 22 April). The full program ⋙

Interviews

Interviews with Scholars at Risk in Italy: Gökhan Demir

What are the challenges faced by at-risk scholars abroad? Starting from this question, this interview aims to give an idea to the administrative sections of universities, who are unfamiliar with ⋙

Turkey

Authoritarianism, Occupation and Resistance: Boğaziçi University

On 19 January 2022, Boğaziçi University’s elected deans of three faculties (Özlem Berk Albachten, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; R. Metin Ercan, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences; and ⋙

scholars at risk

Call for support for the release of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali

It has been five years since Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali's was arrested, imprisoned and sentenced to death in Iran. On Monday, April 26, 2021, Prof. Ole Petter Ottersen, President ⋙

academic freedom

Boğaziçi University under attack: resistance against the violence of heterosexualism

Democracy is backsliding as different parts of the world from Europe to Asia turn to authoritarian government or democratures. Among the hallmarks of this trend are attacks on academic freedom, ⋙

Turkey

Turkish universities’ long and hard struggle for autonomy

“We do not want a trustee rector.” Not a day passes without people in Turkey witnessing a new anti-democratic attempt. Boğaziçi University, one of the most prestigious universities in Istanbul, ⋙

scholars at risk

The double-vulnerability of scholars at risk: from exile to precariousness in the neoliberal Western academia

Scholars are being persecuted by illiberal regimes due to their exercise of academic freedom. In a previous article, we focused on the situation of Turkish scholars signing the Declaration of ⋙

scholars at risk

Academic freedom and the precarious situation of scholars at risk

Even in societies where it was long taken for granted as a key liberal value, academic freedom is currently experiencing a significant setback in many countries across the world, as ⋙

scholars at risk

Academics matter: Emergency Action for Ahmadreza Djalali

We, members of ERIS, are concerned about Ahmadreza Djalali’s case and ask the Iranian authorities to take immediate action to suspend the capital sentences issued against Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali. ⋙

academic freedom

Academic freedom in pandemic times

The ravages of Covid-19 at a global level are under the spotlight. Everyday lives, health systems and economies are not, however, the only domains where the current pandemic makes its ⋙

academic freedom

For Academic Freedom in Turkey

The editorial board of Security Praxis shares the concern expressed by scholars, researchers and political analysts for academic freedom in Turkey. We endorse the Public Statement of the Presidents and ⋙