The Crisis of Academic Freedom at the Beginning of the Twenty First Century. Europe in a Plural World

TY - CHAP

T1 - The Crisis of Academic Freedom at the Beginning of the Twenty First Century. Europe in a Plural World

AU - Matei, Liviu

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - This chapter proposes to characterize the predicaments of academic freedom on the European continent in the first two decades of the 21st century as a “European crisis”. Although relevant national and global developments and challenges to academic freedom are also noticeable during this period, the situation in Europe cannot be understood and responded to adeptly if specific European features are ignored. The nature of the crisis is discussed identifying its main dimensions - political, legal and regulatory, and intellectual. Attempts to address the crisis as specifically European are already underway. They are scrutinized in this chapter looking at how they position Europe in the context of the global debate about academic freedom.

AB - This chapter proposes to characterize the predicaments of academic freedom on the European continent in the first two decades of the 21st century as a “European crisis”. Although relevant national and global developments and challenges to academic freedom are also noticeable during this period, the situation in Europe cannot be understood and responded to adeptly if specific European features are ignored. The nature of the crisis is discussed identifying its main dimensions - political, legal and regulatory, and intellectual. Attempts to address the crisis as specifically European are already underway. They are scrutinized in this chapter looking at how they position Europe in the context of the global debate about academic freedom.

KW - academic freedom

KW - higher education

KW - Higher education policy

KW - higher education in Europe

M3 - Chapter

SN - ISBN 978-963-386-653-5

SP - 221

EP - 236

BT - Academic Freedom in a Plural World. Global Critical Perspectives

A2 - Ramanujan, Nandini

A2 - Mégret, Frédéric

PB - CEU Press

CY - Budapest-Vienna-New York

ER -