/en en Sun, 11 May 2025 08:56:52 +0200 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:40:00 +0200 /en/news/dialogue-6-academic-freedom-social-media-friend-or-foe The session will examine the role of social media in relation to academic freedom as a democratic value and right and reflect on questions such as whether and how social media is to be used in academia. 141180 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:40:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/the-academic-freedom-series-facing-challenges-and-reassuring-core-values-of-universities Academic freedom is under threat around the world, including Europe. Rising trends in illiberalism and authoritarianism threaten universities as institutions of open societies. Their autonomy as a condition to uphold academic freedom in teaching and research is weakened as a result of political, financial, and social pressures. How can universities resist these challenges? This requires to advance our understanding of academic freedom, and the trends and mechanisms that put it at risk. The Institutions for Open Societies (IOS) Platform Openness Challenged: University at Risk? launches a series of dialogues to tackle these burning questions. 136897 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/dialogue-5-defining-monitoring-and-protecting-academic-freedom-the-netherlands-in-european The session will examine how to monitor trends and issues related to academic freedom, in order to ultimately reflect on the question how academic freedom can be defined and legally protected at the national and European levels. 141178 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:40:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/dialogue-4-the-open-society-and-its-discontents You can find here a summary of our fourth Dialogue. 131577 Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:40:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/reviewing-internationalisation-open-to-global-change-utrecht-summer-school Promotion Summer School course : "Reviewing Internationalisation: Open to Global Change?" 130342 Fri, 05 May 2023 15:25:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/dialogue-3-current-threats-viewed-from-200-years-of-university-history You can find here a summary of our third Dialogue. 126731 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 17:20:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/dialogue-2-protecting-academic-freedom-in-the-eu-a-legal-perspective You can find here a summary of our second Dialogue. 126730 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 17:14:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/dialogue-1-the-role-of-universities-in-promoting-democracy You can find here a summary of our first Dialogue. 126729 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 16:33:00 +0100 Nieuws