Academic Freedom as a Fundamental Right

Vrielink, Jogchum; Lemmens, Paul; Parmentier, Stephan

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.03.009

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“…However, the statement seeks to protect the freedom to express views considered ‘offensive, unwise, immoral or wrong‐headed’. Vrielink and others (, p.128) advance the idea that academic freedom includes ‘the right to err’ and should also protect academic opinions that may be demonstrably false. There are fine lines to be drawn here but also substantive differences.…”

Section: Academic Freedom—what It Is and Is Notmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…There are fine lines to be drawn here but also substantive differences. Academic opinion must have some basis in reasoning or evidence (Vrielink et al ., , p.128). Hunt (, p.264) identifies the critical difference as: ‘not whether or not the person speaking reached a correct conclusion, but whether or not the evidence and reasoning about the evidence met reasonable standards for careful enquiry and analysis’.…”

Section: Academic Freedom—what It Is and Is Notmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As well as being an unfortunate, and even ironic, demonstration of the uneven distribution of the ability to exercise freedom of speech, and its insidious co‐option, such a statement is also an excellent example of the distance between freedom of speech and academic freedom—for they can be antithetical (Sultana, ). Vrielink and others (, p.128) describe the difference in content and in consequence:

Unlike the generic freedom of speech for all, “academic” freedom of speech finds its foundation in the (presumed) quality of the opinion and its (potential) contribution to the general interest. For that reason it should enjoy a higher degree of protection than many other opinions and expressions.According to Hunt (, p.264), there is a ‘tension between freedom to speak and an obligation to speak responsibly’.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Academic freedom and an invitation to promote its advancement

Bartel

2019

Geographical Research

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Academic freedom is under threat internationally. Several high profile incidents suggest that academic freedom is a principle neither well understood nor appreciated by key decision makers and stakeholders whom one might expect to champion it, be they in government or within the academy itself. Among those incidents are the arbitrary exercise of ministerial discretion to override the Australian Research Council expert peer review recommendations for allocation of funding, recent attacks on the credibility of academic publishing internationally, and the atrocious treatment of scholars by authoritarian regimes across the globe. In light of such developments, the membership of the Institute of Australian Geographers recently adopted a resolution that, inter alia, called on the Council of the Institute of Australian Geographers ‘not to be silent on the issue of attacks on critical scholarship, academic freedom and the integrity of academic procedures in higher education, research and publishing’. Given the complexity of the issues, this paper invites further discussion and debate on how Australian geography and geographers might better appreciate and advance academic freedom including via the promotion of scholarship that gives full effect to the principle.

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Section: Academic Freedom—what It Is and Is Notmentioning

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Section: Academic Freedom—what It Is and Is Notmentioning

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Academic freedom and an invitation to promote its advancement

Bartel

2019

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“…The above aspects constitute, in fact, the basis of academic freedom which, according to Polanyi (1958), is the backbone supporting the production and advancement of knowledge for society's benefit. Academic freedom also includes the obligation of the public authorities to respect, protect and promote it (Vrielink et al 2011). Although academic institutions also must do so, they frequently do not (Gottfredson 2010).…”

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Academic freedom and tenure: introduction

Στεργίου¹,

Somarakis²

2016

Ethics. Sci. Environ. Polit.

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This Theme Section consists of 11 essays aiming to explore diverse issues related to academic freedom and tenure, presenting the views and thoughts of 15 scholars from different disciplines. Historical, legal, theoretical, philosophical, political and educational aspects of academic freedom and tenure are addressed; the decline in productivity of tenured faculty is questioned; and the effect of marketization of education on tenure policies and their implications are discussed. Overall, the essays recognize that academic freedom has been increasingly challenged in recent years and affected by factors such as increased commercialization, the constraints imposed by the 'western way of thinking' and neo-liberal ways of valuing, changes from a collegial to a managerial mode of organization in universities, political pressures to suppress inconvenient scientific findings, the economic crisis itself, even the current metrics of valuating research and the recent changes set by new media in disseminating ideas. We argue that today, academics can defend and promote academic freedom themselves, as has been done using various means with other aspects of academic life.

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“…aaup. org/ our-work/ protecting-academic-freedom; Fossey & Wood 2004, Karran 2009, Vrielink et al 2011, Horn 2015, Lynch & Ivacheva 2015, Nelson 2015, Traianou 2015, which is the pillar of higher educational and research institutions. Although the concept of academic freedom typically refers to university faculty, we extent it to cover research institutions as well.…”

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Nailing down ‘academic’ freedom and tenure in Greek research institutions

Στεργίου

Machias²

2016

Ethics. Sci. Environ. Polit.

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In this essay we describe the different blows that research in Greece has suffered because of the economic crisis (i.e. drastic budgetary cuts, hiring freezes for new positions, severe salary cuts, and austerity-driven brain-drain), despite the fact that Greek research is prospering in terms of publications and citations. In addition, we discuss the last blow to Greek research; notably, the abolishment of tenure and the change in the status of researchers through the new law for research passed in December 2014, and its effects on 'academic' freedom.

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Academic Freedom as a Fundamental Right

Cited by 25 publications

References 9 publications

Academic freedom and an invitation to promote its advancement

Academic freedom and an invitation to promote its advancement

Academic freedom and tenure: introduction

Nailing down ‘academic’ freedom and tenure in Greek research institutions

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