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DTSTART:20260304T130000Z
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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. Academic freedom
  is widely recognised as a key condition for the functioning of open and d
 emocratic societies that adhere to the rule of law. Similarly\, full reali
 sation of academic freedom is unlikely when these values are being challen
 ged. At the times when academic freedom and trust in science gradually ero
 de in Europe\, this annual STOA conference focuses on the relationship bet
 ween academic freedom and democracy\, as well as policy initiatives that s
 upport these values.The conference will allow policy makers and scholars d
 iscuss the following questions: What is the role of academic freedom in de
 mocracy? What are the policies and policy initiatives that acknowledge the
 ir relationship and support them? What trends do we observe in the state o
 f both democracy and academic freedom?PROGRAMMEModerator: Robert-Jan SMITS
 \, President of the Netherlands House of Education and Research14.00 - 14.
 30 Opening and keynote speechesOpening: Christian EHLER\, STOA Chair\, Mem
 ber of the European ParliamentKeynote speech: Roberta METSOLA\, President 
 of the European ParliamentKeynote speech: Cypriot EU Council PresidencyKey
 note speech: Ekaterina ZAHARIEVA\, European Commissioner for Startups\, Re
 search and Innovation14.30 - 15.30 Democracy and the role of academic free
 domAcademic keynote "What is democracy today and how we measure it": Profe
 ssor Svend-Erik SKAANING\, Aarhus University\, Department of Political Sci
 encePanel discussion with:Christian EHLER\, STOA ChairCarolina PLESCIA\, U
 niversity of Vienna\, Department of GovernmentTomas TOBÉ\, EU Democracy S
 hield Committee\, Rapporteur\, Member of European ParliamentMaria Cristina
  RUSSO\, European Commission\, Deputy Director-General for Innovation\, Pr
 osperity and International Cooperation15.45 - 16.00 Break16.00 - 16.50 Lat
 est trends in academic freedom: findings of EP Academic Freedom Monitor 20
 25Peter MAASSEN\, University of Oslo\, author of Academic Freedom Monitor 
 2025Paola MATTEI\, University of Milan\, author of Academic Freedom Monito
 r 2025Vasiliki KOSTA\, University of Leiden\, author of Academic Freedom M
 onitor 2025Lina GALVEZ\, STOA Vice-Chair\, Member of European Parliament16
 .50 - 17.00 Closing remarksIvars IJABS\, STOA Vice-Chair\, Member of Europ
 ean Parliament#EP4AcademicFreedom		\n					\n									Register here\n					\
 n		The event will be webstreamed. The event will be held in English only\,
  without interpretation.Please note that registration is not required if 
 you plan to watch the conference online. The livestream link will be publi
 shed shortly before the date of the event on the event page: https://www.e
 uroparl.europa.eu/stoa/en/events/details/stoa-high-level-conference-academ
 ic-free/20260202WKS06761 
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