Academic Freedom in a Plural World

Frédéric Mégret is a Professor of Law and a William Dawson Scholar at McGill University. He is also the Co-Director of Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. Nandini Ramanujam is the Co-Director and Director of Programs of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism at McGill University's Faculty of Law.

Acknowledgements


Introduction

Nandini Ramanujam and Frédéric Mégret


Part I: Imagining, Defending, Conceptualizing Academic Freedom


Academic Freedom as Freedom of Complex Association

Jacob Levy


Academic Freedom and University Autonomy: An Agenda for Professional Public Engagement

Sijbolt Noorda


The Political Cosmetology of Academic Freedom

Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens


How Structure, Culture, and the Individual Together Constrain and Enable Academic Freedom in China: A Historical Perspective

Zhidong Hao


Beyond the Periphery? Academic Freedom as a Matter of Human Rights

Sejal Parmar


 Part II: Diversity and the Democratization of Academic Freedom


Nationalist Backlash to Anti-Racist Education: A Transnational Blueprint for Academic Unfreedom

Vincent Wong


Coloniality and Diversity of Academic Freedom: The African Context

Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua


Freedom for All: Academic Freedom in a Pluralistic Society

Tamara Thermitus


Academic Freedom and Social Justice in Quebec

Sophie Bisping


The Simultaneous, Crucial Pursuit of Academic Freedom and Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) through a Relational Approach

Angela Campbell


Part III: Between Authoritarianism and Populism: State Interference with Academic Freedom


The Crisis of Academic Freedom at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Europe in a Plural World

Liviu Matei


A tale of two stories: visible and less visible assaults on academic freedom in France

Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchezz


Academic Freedoms in Modern Russia: “Dawn” and “Dusk” of the Higher School of Economics

Andrey Shcherbovich


Challenges of Academic Freedom in India: Considering the Human Rights Education Framework for Amplifying Marginalized Student Voices

Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal and Brigid Freeman


China’s Transnational Impact on Academic Freedom: Spectrum, Impacts, and Response

Teng Biao and Catherine Malanga


 


Part IV: Emerging Threats and Challenges


Restricting Academic Freedom at Universities: How Corporations Contribute to the Problem

Hani Morgan


Academic Freedom and Dark Money Donors: The Cases of Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Florida

Isaac Kamola


Beyond Academic Freedom: Australian Universities and Post-Reform China

John Fitzgerald


Mining and Fossil-Fuel Entanglements with the University in an Era of Climate Change: Impacts for Academic Freedom and Climate (In)Action

Kristen Lyons


Academic Freedom in Online Learning

Katarzyna Kaczmarska and Corinne Lennox


Academic Freedom and University Rankings

Chris Brink


Academic Freedom: Swimming against the Technological Tide

Chavan Kissoon and Terence Karran


Contributors

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