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DTSTART:20260304T130000Z
DTEND:20260304T160000Z
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URL:https://charm-eu.eu/news-events/events/stoa-high-level-conference-acad
 emic-freedom-in-support-of-democracy/
SUMMARY:STOA high-level conference - Academic Freedom in Support of Democra
 cy
DESCRIPTION:This event is organised by the European Parliament\, not CHARM-
 EU. You can find more information on their website here.\n\nAcademic freed
 om is widely recognised as a key condition for the functioning of open and
  democratic societies that adhere to the rule of law. Similarly\, full rea
 lisation of academic freedom is unlikely when these values are being chall
 enged. At the times when academic freedom and trust in science gradually e
 rode in Europe\, this annual STOA conference focuses on the relationship b
 etween academic freedom and democracy\, as well as policy initiatives that
  support these values.\n\nThe conference will allow policy makers and scho
 lars discuss the following questions: What is the role of academic freedom
  in democracy? What are the policies and policy initiatives that acknowled
 ge their relationship and support them? What trends do we observe in the s
 tate of both democracy and academic freedom?\n\nPROGRAMME\n\nModerator: Ro
 bert-Jan SMITS\, President of the Netherlands House of Education and Resea
 rch\n\n14.00 - 14.30 Opening and keynote speeches\n\n 	Opening: Christian 
 EHLER\, STOA Chair\, Member of the European Parliament\n 	Keynote speech: 
 Roberta METSOLA\, President of the European Parliament\n 	Keynote speech: 
 Cypriot EU Council Presidency\n 	Keynote speech: Ekaterina ZAHARIEVA\, Eur
 opean Commissioner for Startups\, Research and Innovation\n\n14.30 - 15.30
  Democracy and the role of academic freedom\n\nAcademic keynote "What is d
 emocracy today and how we measure it": Professor Svend-Erik SKAANING\, Aar
 hus University\, Department of Political Science\n\nPanel discussion with:
 \n\n 	Christian EHLER\, STOA Chair\n 	Carolina PLESCIA\, University of Vie
 nna\, Department of Government\n 	Tomas TOBÉ\, EU Democracy Shield Commit
 tee\, Rapporteur\, Member of European Parliament\n 	Maria Cristina RUSSO\,
  European Commission\, Deputy Director-General for Innovation\, Prosperity
  and International Cooperation\n\n15.45 - 16.00 Break\n\n16.00 - 16.50 Lat
 est trends in academic freedom: findings of EP Academic Freedom Monitor 20
 25\n\n 	Peter MAASSEN\, University of Oslo\, author of Academic Freedom Mo
 nitor 2025\n 	Paola MATTEI\, University of Milan\, author of Academic Free
 dom Monitor 2025\n 	Vasiliki KOSTA\, University of Leiden\, author of Acad
 emic Freedom Monitor 2025\n 	Lina GALVEZ\, STOA Vice-Chair\, Member of Eur
 opean Parliament\n\n16.50 - 17.00 Closing remarks\n\nIvars IJABS\, STOA Vi
 ce-Chair\, Member of European Parliament\n\n#EP4AcademicFreedom\n\n\nRegis
 ter here\n\n\nThe event will be webstreamed. The event will be held in Eng
 lish only\, without interpretation.\n\nPlease note that registration is n
 ot required if you plan to watch the conference online. The livestream lin
 k will be published shortly before the date of the event on the event page
 : https://www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/en/events/details/stoa-high-level-co
 nference-academic-free/20260202WKS06761
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