The Government Against the University: Reports from Colombia, Hungary, Poland & Turkey

What happens when governments view universities as adversaries? How have universities successfully defended academic freedom? How much autonomy over internal decision-making should universities concede in the face of what seem like existential threats?

To explore these questions, the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs at Northwestern University and the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University organized an online panel discussion featuring university leaders and faculty members from around the world who have confronted—and in some cases fended off—state attacks.

Speakers included István Rév of Central European University in Hungary and Austria, Andrzej Rychard of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Can Candan of Boğaziçi University in Turkey and Johanna Mick Clausen of the Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia. Moderated by Alexander Cooley of Columbia University.