@article{2021:fellenz:resisting_,
title = {Resisting Multiple Pressures – Perspectives on Academic Freedom in Europe –},
year = {2021},
note = {Academic freedom is under threat. Many challenges, old and new, are
currently leading to an increasing erosion of the freedoms of
scholars. On the 11th and 12th of November, 2021, re:constitution, in
collaboration with Matej Avbelj of New University, Ljubljana, hosted
the hybrid seminar: “Resisting Multiple Pressures - Perspectives on
Academic Freedom in Europe”. The seminar aimed to address these
different challenges to academic freedom across a variety of topic
areas, including political, cultural, and societal pressures, as well
as those stemming from new technologies, digitalization, and
globalization. The wide-ranging themes of the presentations
demonstrated that Europe is home to many different academic rules and
practices. It signaled that across contexts, cultures, and nations,
academic freedom is suffering and is in dire need of attention. While
the academic freedom of certain scholars is under threat due to the
physical and legal nature of these threats, others are facing
challenges which encompass more material, social, and cultural
aspects. This report reflects on the presentations and discussions
from the seminar and reiterates the need for a clearer
conceptualization of the term academic freedom in order to be able to
tackle the many pressures that the academic community in Europe is
currently confronted with.},
journal = {RuZ - Recht und Zugang},
pages = {263--270},
author = {Fellenz, Áine},
volume = {2},
number = {3}
}