Why I had to leave Russia to continue my research: A Russian Cara Fellow's story - news The War in Ukraine has displaced 6.9 Ukrainians globally. The European University Association reports that roughly one in five Ukrainian academic and research staff have been forced to leave their cou...

Cara Fellow Dr. Sergey Svetunkov was forced to leave Russia for helping Ukranians affected by the war. He is now continuing his research at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, working freely after it became impossible to do so at home.

#AcademicFreedom #AtRiskAcademics #ScholarsAtRisk

🚨 Call open: IIE-SRF fellowships support scholars at risk, enabling them to continue research and teaching safely worldwide

🗓 Deadline: 26 April 2026

👉 Learn more: www.scholarrescuefund.org

#AcademicFreedom #ScholarsAtRisk #HigherEd

A new feature from the University of Ottawa highlights its decade-long commitment to hosting and supporting scholars through the Scholars at Risk (SAR) network.

Learn more about the impact of the SAR uOttawa Program: https://ow.ly/yj9z50YoG5x

#AcademicFreedom #ScholarsAtRisk #SARCAN

Ich bin kürzlich von einem iranischen Verlag aus #Isfahan gefragt worden, ob ich mein Buch zu #Schiiten in #Myanmar auf Farsi übersetzen lassen möchte. Ich habe auf die #scholarsatrisk aus #Iran gehört, die ich hier betreue und mich dagegen entschieden, weil es ein regimefinanzierter Verlag ist 1/2

The Hilde Domin Training Programme at University of Konstanz with Judith Beyer and Leila Dedial The Displacing University podcast series is a series of long form interviews with people who have set up, run or research education programmes at European universities for people who have experienced

Podcast on the #HildeDomin Training Programme @uni-konstanz.de, a #scholarsatrisk programme of #DAAD. We talk about academic education, the issue with 'integration', students' mental health & imposter syndrome & risks that come with illegalizing #migration in #Europe.
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🔴 Day 2 of #IAP2025 has started

How can science diplomacy support scholars at risk — and protect academic freedom worldwide? 🌍✊

🖥️ Join live via LinkedIn or Youtube or Zoom: unesco-org.zoom.us/j/8783796057...
#ScholarsAtRisk #ScienceDiplomacy #AcademicFreedom #GlobalScience

Donate to Support MUST's Online Education for Myanmar Youth, organized by Aung Myo Htun Myanmar University of Social Science and Technology (MUST) Ed… Aung Myo Htun needs your support for Support MUST's Online Education for Myanmar Youth

Please consider donating for independent academic research and education in social sciences in Myanmar, a country in which war and dictatorship have left many students stranded: gofund.me/e06a12195 #AcademicFreedom #ScholarsatRisk

Hilde Domin Programme The Hilde Domin programme supports at-risk students and doctoral candidates who have been denied their right to education in their countries of origin.

#Jobs for #ScholarsAtRisk from
@daadworldwide.bsky.social #HildeDomin Programme, aimed at especially a younger generation of students who have to leave their country of origin or cannot return to it.
Nominations: 15th March 2026
Application: 17th March - 15th April 2026

www.daad.de/en/studying-...

Are you a senior researcher (Postdoc+) in a developing country or a scholar at risk? Partner with an experienced RAS mentor and apply together to SPARX!

🔗 Apply Now: https://loom.ly/XrT72l4
🗓️ Deadline: December 19, 2025

#IEEERAS #SPARX #Robotics #Mentorship #AcademicExchange #ScholarsAtRisk

Apply Now for the Prestigious Academy in Exile Fellowships 2026 in Germany - Opportunities for Youth Apply for the 2026 Academy in Exile Fellowships in Germany — an opportunity for scholars at risk to continue their research and academic work in a safe and

📢 Apply — Academy in Exile Fellowships 2026 (Germany)
12-month residential fellowships for scholars at risk to continue research in a safe academic environment at TU Dortmund or KWI Essen.
Deadline: Nov 15, 2025
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#Fellowship #AcademyInExile #ScholarsAtRisk #AcademicFreedom

Am 22.09. diskutiere ich mit @rosefeldt.bsky.social, Janika Spannagel & Christina Stahlbock zum Thema "Die Freiheit der Wissenschaft ist bedroht – lasst sie uns verteidigen" im Rahmen der Good Talks des Good Impact Magazins. Es geht um #LauteWissenschaft #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan & #ScholarsAtRisk.

Tell Minister Diab to Issue Study Permits for Students at Risk Please sign this letter urging Minister Diab to take action on delayed student study permits! Students in Gaza do not have the luxury of time. Two incoming PhD students at the University of Waterloo w...

Who can sign:
- Academic organizations, academic departments, unions and student groups, NGOs and other groups/organizations
- Professors, post-doctoral fellows, researchers, university staff

#cdnpse #highered #HigherEducation #FreePalestine #ScholarsAtRisk

#AcademicFreedom #TheSouthAlsoKnows #ScholarsatRisk

Universities in Action: Defending Academic Freedom & Supporting At-Risk Scholars | ARES Every day, scholars around the world face threats to their safety, their research, and their freedom to think, teach, and speak. Universities and other higher education institutions have a responsibil...

Partout dans le monde, des chercheuses et chercheurs sont réduits au silence, déplacés ou contraints à l’exil.

🔜 Le 3 juin, rejoignez-nous pour une après-midi de discussions, de témoignages et de perspectives concrètes autour de ces enjeux. #ScholarsatRisk

Programme et inscription ci-dessous.

This work was funded by the @snsf-ch.bsky.social through the #ScholarsatRisk program while I was at @ethz.ch and co-led between me and Ukranian visiting scholar Olha Nimko. Co-authors @adelinac.bsky.social & Leonie Hodel.

Rethinking Slow Science from the Perspective of Warzone Academics
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#science #research #academia #war #resilience #humanrights #SlowScience
#WarzoneAcademia #ScholarsAtRisk #ScienceInUkraine

Very much looking forward to this event on the appalling situation of #MarfaRabkova and the #righttoprotest in #Belarus organised by our fantastic @uon-hrlc.bsky.social student interns as part of their work with #ScholarsatRisk

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#scholarsatrisk
#highereducation
#academia
I regularly carry out risk assessments - either in the context of asylum or in the context of scholars at risk who have to flee their country of origin. Given the fact that in most European countries (incl the UK) we have conservative parties in power..

There are several promising initiatives already in Ireland to support displaced and at risk scholars, and hopefully together we can deepen and broaden this in the future in a more embedded and systemic approach. #UniversitiesOfSanctuary #ScholarsAtRisk

How can European academia dismantle its exclusionary structures? On 12 Feb 2025, 16:30 CET, I’ll speak at the European International Studies Association online event on mobility injustices for at-risk scholars. Be part of the conversation! #ScholarsAtRisk #InclusiveAcademia

Rethinking Risk in Academia: Challenges, Freedom, and the Future of Higher Education | CEU Podcasts

What does risk in academia really mean? In this episode we talk about academic freedom, institutional challenges, and the shifting political landscape shaping higher education.

🔗 Listen here: podcasts.ceu.edu/content/reth...
#AcademicFreedom #ScholarsAtRisk #HigherEd #ProtectingAcademia #PROAC

'There's a culture of fear:' Undocumented college students agonize as Trump term nears Privacy laws may offer some protection, but students still fear they or their families could be deported

USA: An estimated 408,000 undocumented college students are not eligible for any legal protections
#highereducation
#scholarsatrisk
#deportation

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Navigating Academic Risk: Perspectives from the Romanian Periphery | CEU Podcasts

🎉 Happy New Year from the Protecting Academia at Risk team!

Start 2025 with a new podcast episode featuring Elena Trifan, exploring the challenges and resilience of scholars at risk in Romania.

Listen here: podcasts.ceu.edu/content/navi...

#AcademicFreedom #ScholarsAtRisk #PROAC #HigherEducation

Socrates had the audacity to encourage freedom of thought. That was his crime, for this he was cancelled. Yet, Foucault, dying of AIDS, looked back to a quintessential philosopher in his last lectures in 1984, and he chose Socrates for his intellectual honesty.

#AcademicFreedom #ScholarsAtRisk

Julien Benda’s The Treason of the Intellectuals was first published in 1927, but 1933, it’s arguments were being tested in Germany.

Julien Benda’s argument in The Treason of the Intellectuals (1927), Benda argued that it is the duty of intellectuals not to be the cheerleaders of popularism, but to demonstrate honestly by speaking truth to power while avoiding becoming politically partisan.

#AcademicFreedom #ScholarsAtRisk

Paper butterflies flying out of books.

“You can kill a man but you can’t kill a idea.”

— Sophocles

#AcademicFreedom #ScholarsAtRisk

Dangerous questions: Why not keep quiet? Sometimes it is easiest to avoid asking difficult questions in the name of diplomacy; other times it is imperative that critical topics be addressed. How do higher education institutions take on this ...

Dangerous Questions:

- Are some questions too dangerous to ask?

- Who decides which ones?

- What happens if you ask them?

www.eaie.org/resource/dan...

#EduSky #AcademicFreedom #ScholarsAtRisk

SAFE project - Call for external reviewers - SAFE The SAFE project offers up to 60 fellowships for at-risk doctoral and postdoctoral researchers of any non-EU nationality for a research stay at a higher education and research institution in the EU.  ...

@daadworldwide.bsky.social is about to launch #SAFE (Supporting At-Risk Researchers with Fellowships in Europe) and is looking for REVIEWERS. Please consider supporting a good cause and register. More information: saferesearchers.eu/resource/saf...

#highereducation
#scholarsatrisk
#Europe
#refugees

The first day of the "Academic Migration within the EU: Opportunities and Constraints" workshop at the Malmö Institute for Migration Studies, Malmö University, was incredibly insightful! Special thanks to our colleague
@petoandrea.bsky.social ! #AcademicMigration #ScholarsAtRisk #PROAC

Philipp Schwartz-Initiative Mithilfe dieses Programms können Wissenschaftler*innen, die in ihrer Heimat nicht mehr arbeiten können, weil sie bedroht oder verfolgt werden, ihre Arbeit an deutschen Hochschulen und Forschungseinric...

Has anyone following me heard about the Philipp Schwartz-Initiative, knows someone who tried or even got funding? I would be very interested in talking to them #scholarsatrisk #funding I know someone who would be eligible and would like to help
www.humboldt-foundation.de/bewerben/foe...