The notion of academic freedom dates back to the creation of universities and has long been understood to be central to their vocation. This freedom has come under attack by different actors throughout its history. In the current context, rising threats to democracy and human liberties, the corporatization of research, concerns about diversity and increased societal polarization, are putting a considerable pressure on its exercise. However, academic freedom is also a concept that suffers from persistent ambiguities associated with the general notion of freedom as well as debates about the function of universities.
This edited collection addresses the question of academic freedom by situating it in its broader global context. More conceptual treatments contribute to an understanding of academic freedom as distinct and separate from, although related to, freedom of expression, or student rights. These conceptual treatments are combined with studies of actual struggles over the scope of academic freedom in specific universities. The contributions come from a broad variety of sites seek to deprovincialize the conversation beyond North America or the English-speaking world.
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Introduction – Nandini Ramanujam and Frédéric Mégret
Part I: Imagining, Defending, Conceptualizing Academic Freedom
Academic Freedom as Freedom of Complex Association – Jacob Levy
Academic Freedom and University Autonomy: An Agenda for Professional Public Engagement – Sijbolt Noorda
The Political Cosmetology of Academic Freedom – Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens
How Structure, Culture, and the Individual Together Constrain and Enable Academic Freedom in China: A Historical Perspective – Zhidong Hao
Beyond the Periphery? Academic Freedom as a Matter of Human Rights – Sejal Parmar
Part II: Diversity and the Democratization of Academic Freedom
Nationalist Backlash to Anti-Racist Education: A Transnational Blueprint for Academic Unfreedom – Vincent Wong
Coloniality and Diversity of Academic Freedom: The African Context – Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua
Freedom for All: Academic Freedom in a Pluralistic Society – Tamara Thermitus
Academic Freedom and Social Justice in Quebec – Sophie Bisping
The Simultaneous, Crucial Pursuit of Academic Freedom and Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) through a Relational Approach – Angela Campbell
Part III: Between Authoritarianism and Populism: State Interference with Academic Freedom
The Crisis of Academic Freedom at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Europe in a Plural World – Liviu Matei
A tale of two stories: visible and less visible assaults on academic freedom in France – Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchezz
Academic Freedoms in Modern Russia: “Dawn” and “Dusk” of the Higher School of Economics – Andrey Shcherbovich
Challenges of Academic Freedom in India: Considering the Human Rights Education Framework for Amplifying Marginalized Student Voices – Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal and Brigid Freeman
China’s Transnational Impact on Academic Freedom: Spectrum, Impacts, and Response – Teng Biao and Catherine Malanga
Part IV: Emerging Threats and Challenges
Restricting Academic Freedom at Universities: How Corporations Contribute to the Problem - Hani Morgan
Academic Freedom and Dark Money Donors: The Cases of Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Florida – Isaac Kamola
Beyond Academic Freedom: Australian Universities and Post-Reform China – John Fitzgerald
Mining and Fossil-Fuel Entanglements with the University in an Era of Climate Change: Impacts for Academic Freedom and Climate (In)Action – Kristen Lyons
Academic Freedom in Online Learning – Katarzyna Kaczmarska and Corinne Lennox
Academic Freedom and University Rankings – Chris Brink
Academic Freedom: Swimming against the Technological Tide – Chavan Kissoon and Terence Karran
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