US linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky delivered the keynote "The University at Times of Crisis" as part of the international conference "Academic Freedom and Intellectual Dissent" coorganised by Scholars at Risk and ALLEA.

0:00:00 Introduction by Daniel Kaiser (ALLEA)
0:00:41 Keynote Noam Chomsky
0:42:10 Q&A moderated by Maria Baghramian (UCD)

The speech was preceded by an address by Ireland's President Michael D. Higgins and followed by a Q & A with the public moderated by Maria Baghramian (University College Dublin).

The conference focussed on the importance of intellectual dissent and academic freedom to democratic societies in a Western, particularly European, context. The speakers and the panel discussed the scope and the limits of academic freedom in the context of political populism, neoliberalism and the exigencies of the post Covid social and educational landscape. Topics included but were not limited to

Academic freedom in relation to other core academic values, e.g. openness, trustworthiness, research integrity, and social responsibility
The scope and limits of intellectual dissent and academic freedom
Ways of strengthening academic freedom in a changing university funding landscape
The impact of social media on academic freedom
Lessons from a global pandemic


More information: https://allea.org/academicfreedomevent