Free to Think 2025 – Seminar series Democracy and Academic Freedom
Free to Think is Scholars at Risk’s annual report on threats to academic freedom. This seminar presents the key findings from the 2025 edition, recent global trends in attacks on higher education, and the crucial connections between academic freedom and democracy.
Time: Fri 2026-03-06 12.10 - 13.00
Location: Zoom – no registration
Language: English
Participating: Amy Kapit, Scholars at Risk Network
Recording of the seminar: Free to Think 2025
Free to Think is an annual report by Scholars at Risk’s Academic Freedom Monitoring Project . The report explores concerning trends in attacks on higher education communities around the world with the aims of raising awareness and urging diverse state and non-state stakeholders to join us in protecting and promoting academic freedom. Recent years have seen a worrying increase in attacks on higher education in historically liberal and democratic contexts, often deploying similar measures, including threatening or withdrawing funding for institutions, banning disfavored topics, and targeting individual academics or students for harassment or dismissal because of what they teach, study, or say.
Amy Kapit will present the findings of Free to Think 2025 in this seminar, describing recent trends in attacks on higher education, the current state of academic freedom globally, and the critical linkages between academic freedom and democracy.
The seminar is part of the series Democracy and Academic Freedom and will be held via Zoom. This seminar is in English, and will be recorded. No registration required – join us on Zoom at the appointed time. Welcome!
