Introduction to the ‘Special issue: Academic freedom in decline’
Annika Marlen Hinze and Daniel Stockemer
The contentious politics of academic freedom: Some reflections on recent threats in the context of the protests for a Free Palestine
Donatella della Porta
Science attacks in context of democratic backsliding: An analysis of Brazil during Bolsonaro’s government
Michelle Fernandez
The sequencing of academic freedom violations during democratic erosion: Comparing the cases of Hungary and Poland
Ellen Bos and Marianne Kneuer
Illiberal democracy and the erosion of academic freedom in the ‘new’ Türkiye
Ayla Göl
Free speech, academic freedom, and democratic backsliding in the Trump-era United States
Thomas M. Keck
Can free academia withstand democratic backsliding? Why some universities wither while others survive
Lars Lott, Katrin Kinzelbach and Staffan I. Lindberg
Original Research Articles
The egalitarian paradox: Democratic values, perceived inequality and political support
Diego Fossati and Mathew YH Wong
Disruptive identity politics around Black Lives Matter and Blue/All Lives Matter
Ahmed Al-Rawi, Betty Ackah and Mina Einifar
