Academic freedom is crucial in democratic societies. It is necessary for the creation and dissemination of new knowledge and new ideas. Nevertheless, academic freedom is constantly challenged, even in democratic societies. This seminar zooms in on various challenges and threats to academic freedom and discusses how best to deal with them.
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Mogens Blicher Bjerregård, Facilitator and moderator
Camilla Gregersen, President of The Danish Association of Masters and Ph.D.s (DM)
Lars Qvistgaard, President of The Federation of Professional Associations
Keynote: Helle Porsdam, UNESCO chair and Professor of Law and Humanities at the University of Copenhagen.
Mogens Holst Nissen, Vice-dean of research at the University of Copenhagen.
Kristoffer Kropp, Associate Professor at Roskilde University
Morten Rosenmeier, Professor at the University of Copenhagen and chairperson of UBVA
Jane Gleerup, Associate Professor at Roskilde University and Vice-Chair of university teachers in DM
Stiig Markager, Professor at the University of Aarhus
Axel Szetu, Bachelor at the University of Copenhagen
Panelists:
Karen Vallgårda, Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Chairperson of The Young Academy of Denmark
Anja Andersen, Astrophysicist at the University of Copenhagen, member of the Danish National Commission for UNESCO
Bent Ole Gram Mortensen, Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, member of UBVA
Keynote: Yvonne Donders, Professor of International Human Rights and Cultural Diversity at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dirk Voorhoof, Professor em. at Gent University, Belgium:
Carsten Staur, The Danish ambassador to UNESCO
Denise Roche, Advocacy manager, Scholars at Risk Europe, Maynooth University, Ireland
Lars Qvistgaard, President of The Federation of Professional Associations
The audience asks follow up questions
Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen, Head of the Danish National Commission for UNESCO
The seminar was jointly organised by The Federation of Professional Associations (Akademikerne), The Committee for The Protection of Scientific and Scholarly Work (UBVA), The Danish Association of Masters and PhDs (DM), The Young Academy under The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and the Danish National Commission for UNESCO.