The aim of this study circle is to create a Movement for a Free Academia that can lay the foundation for future universities and an alternative academic system whose logic is based on an ethics of care and trust. It is a key priority of this study circle to explore – not just theoretically – but also physically and organizationally ways to create true academic freedom for researchers.

Summer Symposium “Alternative Ways of Organizing Universities” 29^th of July – 5^th of August 2024 at Løgumkloster Højskole in Denmark.

The call is now closed.

See full program here.

Content of the Summer Symposium: It is a key priority of this study circle to explore – not just theoretically – but also physically and organizationally ways to create true academic freedom for researchers. The Summer Symposium will build on the Gothenburg Manifesto (from the Spring Symposium) and the movement that has been created from there. The program contains workshops that are more focused on tangible actions and activities now and in the future.

Past events:

Spring Symposium “Amo, Ergo Cogito” at University of Gothenburg 5^th – 7^th of April 2024. Here we wrote a manifesto for the Movement for a Free Academia and a vision of an academic system based on an ethics of care. The manifesto was shared 15th of April. The program and detailed purpose of the symposium can be found here.

The webpage of the Movement for a Free Academia incuding the Gothenburg Manifesto can be found here: www.freeacademia.org

Maria Toft

Coordinator Study Circle A

Mads Ejsing

Coordinator Study Circle A