What We Talk About When We Talk About Academic Freedom: A View from the United States
The purpose of this essay is to open a conversation with scholars from around the world on the topic of
Academic Freedom in Norway: A Reasonably Undramatic View
Academic freedom is, along with democratic freedoms, in dramatic decline worldwide.
Academic Un/freedom under Capitalist Capture
We are living through an increasingly terrifying global emergency. For many of our research participants, and for some of our
Freedom to Oppress: Free Speech” and Oppression by Reversal in European Academia
Calls and legal tools to ensure “freedom of speech” in universities proliferate across European countries. As I argued elsewhere in
Academic Constraints Under Occupation: A Personal Account
I am a Palestinian who carried out their PhD in Europe. I have a Palestinian passport, and hence have more
Memory, Morality, and the Boundaries of Academic Freedom in Germany
Academic freedom in Germany is marked by a growing paradox.
Academic Freedom under Authoritarian Consolidation: A View from Georgia
It has been almost two years since Georgia’s protests began on November 28, 2024.
Academics as a Threat in Milei’s Argentina: A “Libertarian” Government Opposed to Academic Freedom
During an interview broadcast in early August 2026, Argentine President Javier Milei again explicitly attacked the university and scientific community,
The Myth of Progressive Academia in Israel
There is a persistent myth that too often obstructs discussion about how to hold Israeli academic institutions accountable for their complicity in genocide. That myth is that Israeli academia is a center of progressiveness.