Programme

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Welcome I

Mogens Blicher Bjerregård, Facilitator and moderator

Welcome II

Camilla Gregersen, President of The Danish Association of Masters and Ph.D.s (DM)

Introduction

Lars Qvistgaard, President of The Federation of Professional Associations

Academic freedom as a public good

Keynote: Helle Porsdam, UNESCO chair and Professor of Law and Humanities at the University of Copenhagen.

Academic freedom and external funding

Mogens Holst Nissen, Vice-dean of research at the University of Copenhagen.

Unfair competition between national and international journals

Kristoffer Kropp, Associate Professor at Roskilde University

Open Access vs. Bibliometrics. A conflict-ridden relationship?

Morten Rosenmeier, Professor at the University of Copenhagen and chairperson of UBVA

Structural obstacles and the debate on tenure

Jane Gleerup, Associate Professor at Roskilde University and Vice-Chair of university teachers in DM

See you in court

Stiig Markager, Professor at the University of Aarhus

University Students as Public Watchdogs

Axel Szetu, Bachelor at the University of Copenhagen

Panel debate on current challenges to academic freedom in Denmark

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

Academic freedom in an international law perspective

Keynote: Yvonne Donders, Professor of International Human Rights and Cultural Diversity at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

The key role of Scholars at Risk

Denise Roche, Advocacy manager, Scholars at Risk Europe, Maynooth University, Ireland

What to do next

Lars Qvistgaard, President of The Federation of Professional Associations

Q & A session

The audience asks follow up questions

Concluding remarks

Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen, Head of the Danish National Commission for UNESCO

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