Would an academic work that makes a case for genocide be fair game for publication, or is it beyond the ethical bounds of legitimate scholarly debate?
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Jordan Peterson’s lawsuit against Laurier is hardly the action of a free speech advocate. Here’s how he resembles Cleon of ancient Greece.
Lecturers remain concerned about limits the Prevent duty places on freedom of expression.
Most universities do, in fact, mention academic freedom in several policy documents, such as enterprise bargaining agreements and other codes of conduct.
Though free speech on campus is often a divisive issue, solutions are not hard to find, a First Amendment scholar argues.
Australian higher education policy debates focus primarily on how and by whom universities are funded. This diminishes understanding of universities’ democratic purpose and wider social mission.
As Venezuela’s May 20 election approaches, scholars and students at the country’s autonomous universities continue the fight for knowledge and freedom.
Academic freedom is routinely recognised as an important principle that is enshrined in a range of governance policies - but staff at one university say it is under threat.
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton and Richard Rigby on Chinese influence in Australia
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The Australia-China relationship is again in the headlines, with reports of strains between the two countries, resulting in federal ministers who want to visit finding it hard to get visas.
In his new book “University Commons Divided,” former University of Saskatchewan President Peter MacKinnon examines the attack on freedom of expression at Canadian universities.
The paper’s attack on academics who take a pro-Brexit line should be seen for what it is:hypocritical bullying.
As the Communist Party gathers, Xi’s harsh control strategies have already hit universities and academic freedom, way beyond Chinese borders.
Thirty years after the Supreme Court ruled that creationism cannot be required in schools, ‘creation science’ is still taught in some schools. What are the implications for climate education?
Here’s why I’m supporting this weekend’s March for Science.
Cyber threats are universal. But the appropriate response may be quite different in academia from what works in the corporate world.
A new clause being embedded in a number of university contracts attempts to restrict academics from speaking freely in public debate about issues that are outside their area of research.
A provocative new documentary, ‘Starving the Beast,’ blames the condition of higher ed on right-wing policies. A scholar argues that the film ignores a long history that has led to current crisis.
Higher education enables people to express a wide range of perspectives that can come together and be challenged.
A row between South Africa’s finance minister and the country’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations has prompted academics to pen an open letter asking President Jacob Zuma to intervene.
A scholar who grew up in Turkey explains the important role Turkey’s academics play and why, following the recent coup, the government went after them.
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Deputy Executive Dean and Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Derby
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Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Senior Lecturer, Curtin Law School, Curtin University
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Professor of Law, King's College London
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Trinity College
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Professor of Research, Foundations & Higher Education, Northern Arizona University
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Professor of Modern China Studies, Lund University
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Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Regina
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Associate Professor, Curtin Law School, Curtin University
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Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Canterbury
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Adjunct Associate Professor in History, University of New England
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SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Political Science, University of Guelph; Queen's University, Ontario