2026 Index sees "significant decline" in academic freedom in 50 countries over the last decade
A study on academic freedom reveals that it has significantly declined in 50 countries and territories between 2015 and 2025.
The 2026 update of the Index of Academic Freedom, published on 17/03/2026 by the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Germany, and the V-Dem Institute, Sweden, finds that of 179 countries analysed, 50...