http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/f462cbab8393d26f https://verfassungsblog.de/restoring-academic-freedom-in-hungary/ Restoring Academic Freedom in Hungary Uitz, Renáta eng 2026-06-17 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Academic Freedom Democratic Transition Freedom of research Hungarian Constitution Ungarn Venice Commission Ungarn Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Hungary’s experience with illiberal democracy exposed several uncomfortable truths about constitutional democracy, including vulnerabilities at the foundations. Higher education is a case in point. If the Magyar government chooses to engage in constitution making, it will face a robust architecture created by illiberal knowledge politics and nestled in transnational networks. It may decide to seize a historic opportunity to set a constitutional script that provides protection for academic freedom and safeguards university autonomy for a post-illiberal constitutional democracy.