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Old challenges, new risks   Recent events on many US campuses draw on long-standing debates in US higher education and society, and are complicated by a number of social and cultural factors which together have led over several years to incidents involving violence, threats, intimidation and...

The Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian National Science Fund have announced open call for proposals for the National Scientific Program “Petar Beron i NIE” (P. Beron) 2021.  General goal of the program The overall objective of the program is to accelerate reintegration...

 Paris, October 2025 — The French hosting programme for scientists and artists in exile, known as PAUSE (Programme d’Aide à l’Accueil en Urgence des Scientifiques et Artistes en Exil), has issued an urgent call to the French State and to civil society. The Collège de France–led initiative warns that...

Scholars at Risk, in partnership with the Polish Academy of Sciences, presents Researchers in Crisis, a conversation highlighting the research, challenges, and hopes of Ukrainian scholars two years after the full...

The Institute of Entrepreneurship of the UNWE hosted a webinar on the topic ‘Practices in Scientific Entrepreneurship’, organized within the framework of the ‘Hub for Scientific Entrepreneurship in Bulgaria’ project (EURAXESS ERA TALENT).Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kostadin Kolarov, Director of the Institute...

The new report Researchers at Risk: An Update on National-level Actions in Europe 2024 is available. Under the banner of Inspireurope+, PAUSE, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, this report profiles examples of initiatives supporting researchers at risk from 15 different...

The Supporting at-risk researchers with fellowships in Europe project will provide up to 2-year fellowships for 56 international academics at risk to continue their research in the European Union.  The Supporting at-risk researchers with fellowships in Europe (SAFE) project has announced the results...

The 2024 Global Congress will be held from June 25-27, 2024 in partnership with the European Humanities University (EHU) in Vilnius, Lithuania. The theme, "Sustainable knowledge: Lessons from universities, scholars and students in exile," will explore and capture the experience of  academic...

Mihreteab, a Tigrayan scholar from Ethiopia, was deeply involved in teaching and researching African legal systems and reforms, contributing to critical discussions affecting millions. However, his focus on human rights put him at great risk due to the Ethiopian government’s crackdown on ethnic...