Edinburgh Academics for Academic Freedom will hold an inaugural discussion event on Tuesday April 26th 4.00-5.30 in the Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building. Come and join us to discuss academic freedom at the University of Edinburgh and beyond. What does academic freedom mean to you? What does it look like in practice? What are the […]

Steering Group Members 2023-2024   Dr Arianna Andreangeli, Senior Lecturer in European Law, Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh Dr Shereen Benjamin, Senior Lecturer in Primary Education, Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh Professor Jonathan Hearn, Professor of Political and Historical Sociology, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh […]

We regard academic freedom – the duty of universities to ensure that their members can pursue whatever lines of enquiry they deem appropriate in their teaching, research and public engagement – as foundational in a democracy. In some parts of the world, academics face threats to their lives as well as their livelihoods for their […]