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The House Series presents: The impact of the war in Ukraine on academic freedom

Europe (Central and Eastern)
Conflict
Media
Freedom
War
RT2
Daniela Irrera
Centre For High Defence Studies
Iryna Maksymenko
Nonna Mayer
Sciences Po Paris
Claudia Padovani
University of Padova
Olga Tokariuk-Shelest

Building: F, Floor: 1, Room: Hall Tyrol

Tuesday 16:45 - 18:15 CEST (23/08/2022)

Abstract

Academic freedom has become a global concern in all regions and fields, involving scholars based both in illiberal and democratic countries. Discussions on political opinions, gender, religion, and ethnicity are becoming ever more highly contested and divisive. The ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine has further intensified this debate. Scholars based in Ukrainian Universities have been brutally prevented from doing their job or forced to leave the country and try to continue elsewhere. At the same time, political and ideological bias affect academic debates on the war, especially in the media and social networks. Organised in association with the ECPR Working Group on Academic Freedom, this roundtable intends to focus on these issues so as to facilitate a wider discussion on the rising concern affecting academic freedom in various contexts, starting from the war in Ukraine – as the main contemporary global event – but not limited solely to this.