Report indicates anti-pluralist parties threaten academic freedom

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Academic freedom is a disgrace to those who dream of a society that could not be called into question.

Report indicates anti-pluralist parties threaten academic freedom

The increasing influence of anti-pluralist parties is often associated with lower academic freedom in the respective country. This is one of the findings of the latest Academic Freedom Index (AFI) which is being released March 13, 2025. Scholars at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) publish the index every year in collaboration with colleagues at the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg. It covers 179 countries ac…

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