How academic freedom is monitored - Overview of methods and procedures
In recent years, there has been renewed interest in the true degree of academic freedom around the world despite international declarations, and constitutional and legal protection. This study aims to support the European Parliament's STOA Panel in developing a procedure to monitor developments in academic freedom in the EU Member States. The study provides an overview of the interpretation of academic freedom in different international declarations, and offers a critical assessment of existing evaluation and monitoring methods and procedures.
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Annex 1
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This study has been completed by Gergely Kováts (Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary) and Zoltán Rónay (Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary) at the request of the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) and managed by the Scientific Foresight Unit, within the Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS) of the Secretariat of the European Parliament.
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Policy area
Keyword
- academic freedom
- area of freedom, security and justice
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- educational system
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- freedom of self-determination
- higher education
- human rights
- international affairs
- international agreement
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- LAW
- organisation of teaching
- personal development
- rights and freedoms
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- teaching
- university