Academic Freedom and Political Science in Challenging Times

Abstract

Chair: Jonathan Polk, Lund University Speakers: Daniela Craciun, University of Twente Mari Elkan, University of Oslo Richard Katz, Johns Hopkins University Jonathan Rodden, Stanford University This roundtable focuses on recent higher education policy developments in the United States of America with an emphasis on their ramifications for academic freedom. The panellists include political scientists working in universities across diverse regions of the USA and Europe. The discussion will address the institutional strategies available to universities in response to federal and state funding cuts, and growing partisan polarisation around higher education. In this context, the panel will examine the political geography of scientific funding and innovation in the United States (and beyond). Finally, the roundtable will touch on transatlantic topics in the form of access to US universities for international students, and how European political scientists can best support academic freedom in both Europe and the USA.