nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/46f0c07d9225d61d DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240129s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/46f0c07d9225d61d doi eng 342 23 Kosta, Vasiliki Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-5123-4059 A Way Forward? - Protecting Academic and Scientific Freedom in the EU Kosta, Vasiliki Verfassungsblog 2024-01-29 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier While included in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR), academic and scientific freedom were for years hardly a focus for the EU. This no longer holds true. On 29 November 2023, the European Parliament invited stakeholders to discuss the state of academic freedom in Europe (STOA conference), including the role of the EU in its legal protection. The conference intertwines with two important developments, both driven by the EP. First, on 22 November 2023, the EP adopted its proposals for the amendment of the Treaties, with some relevant for academic freedom protection. Earlier this month, on 17 January 2024, the EP approved the Report calling on the Commission to initiate a legislative proposal on the promotion of the freedom of scientific research in the EU and providing recommendations on its content. In this blog post, we briefly discuss these two EP calls aimed at enhanced protection of academic and scientific freedom to assess to what extent they address the concerns raised by various stakeholders. CC BY-SA 4.0 Academic Freedom EU Treaty Reform European Union Ceran, Olga Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-1394-2550 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-way-forward/ raw object