The event recording can be accessed above or via the ECS Youtube channel.

Emerging frameworks of reference and conceptual references for academic freedom and related values and principles

The School of Education, Communication and Society hosted an event that brought together some of the most important organisations and agencies that are currently engaged in academic freedom and related values and principles.

Introductory remarks were given by Prof Michael Mainelli, Lord Mayor of the City of London.

A full agenda can be viewed here 

Speaker presentations are available below:

• Dr Whitfield Green, Chief Executive Officer, Council on Higher Education of South Africa
• Dr Vivi Stavrou, Executive Secretary of the Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science, International Science Council
• Denise Roche, Advocacy Manager, Scholars at Risk Europe ( to follow)

• Dr Cezar Haj, Co-Chair, Working Group on the Fundamental Values of Higher education, European Higher Education Area (moderator)
• Dr Valentina Musso, Consultant – Public Policy Consultant at ICF S.A., Protecting Fundamental Academic Values Project of the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sports and Culture; European Commission
• Prof Liviu Matei, Global Observatory on Academic Freedom; King’s College London, School of Education, Communication and Society

The event was organised and hosted by the Global Observatory on Academic Freedom at King's College London.

The first two decades of the 21^st century brought about significant challenges to the fundamental values of higher education in all parts of the world. At the same time, in particular after 2015, a series of powerful efforts to address these challenges has emerged as well at the national, regional, and global level, mostly independently, in developing, updating, or refining frameworks of reference for academic freedom, freedom of research, institutional autonomy, academic integrity, and related concepts, values and principles.

These frameworks include new or updated (shared) conceptual references for these values and principles (more than just simple definitions); norms (sometimes including legislation); guidelines for implementation, protection and promotion; and monitoring tools and mechanisms.

This event convened those currently engaged in such transformative endeavours, in an effort to facilitate mutual information about their work.