nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/f462cbab8393d26f DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260617s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/f462cbab8393d26f doi eng 342 23 Uitz, Renáta Author aut Restoring Academic Freedom in Hungary Uitz, Renáta Verfassungsblog 2026-06-17 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Academic Freedom Democratic Transition Freedom of research Hungarian Constitution Ungarn Venice Commission (DE-588)4078541-5 gnd Ungarn Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/restoring-academic-freedom-in-hungary/ raw object