SAR_Finland

Finnish section of the Scholars at Risk network. Representing Finnish member universities of Scholars at Risk International.

[SAR_Finland @Finland_SAR]

Nearly all Finnish universties are members of Scholars at Risk and form the SAR Finland Section under the auspices of @unifiry . The Section is currently co-ordinated by @helsinkiuni and chaired by professor Elina Vuola.

[Scholars At Risk @ScholarsAtRisk]

#HigherEd communities are suffering from violence, insecurity, and threats to #AcademicFreedom in connection with the crisis in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank. Read SAR's call to support at-risk scholars, protect higher ed, and safeguard academic freedom: https://t.co/pTJw1vbTlE

[Afghan Women Scholars @AWS_platform]

Our Founder Sweeta Akbari and Co-Founder Annina Rautalahti attended the event for the International Gender Equality Prize in Tampere, Finland.

#genderequality #aghanistan #afghanwomen

[Scholars At Risk @ScholarsAtRisk]

Looking forward to European Student Advocacy Days on Dec. 14-15 at @UniTrento! The event brings together students, faculty, & civil society partners to learn best practices in advocacy for #WrongfullyImprisoned scholars. #SARAdvocacyDays
Start a seminar: https://t.co/YKIPQQLpaD

[Scholars At Risk @ScholarsAtRisk]

#China: Professor Dawut’s family, along with human rights groups, suspects that she is among a growing number of Uyghurs who are being held at so-called “re-education camps,” in prisons, or at other detention facilities. #FreeDawut

Take action here: https://t.co/rFDvTxg7bS

[SAR_Finland @Finland_SAR]

SARF Chair 2024-2025 Juha Teperi closing the #SARFDay2023 and underscoring the need to take @ScholarsAtRisk work to the next level both in terms of operations as well as funding.

[SAR_Finland @Finland_SAR]

@LaaksoLiisa @SariLindblom @gyoengyik @tiedekulma @FinAcademies Thank you, @LaaksoLiisa for enriching our discussion!

[SAR_Finland @Finland_SAR]

Our biennial SARF Day Open Event is underway and the first panel is discussing how to mainstream SAR work at Finnish universities. @SariLindblom @LaaksoLiisa @gyoengyik offering their views at @tiedekulma #SARFDay2023 Elina Vuola chairing!

[SAR_Finland @Finland_SAR]

#SARFDay2023 continues with a 2nd panel. Under the guidance of next SARF Chair, professor Juha Teperi from @TampereUni the panelists @Kallekorh (@KoneenSaatio), @S_Ojala (@BusinessFinland), @FlooraRn (@SuomenAkatemia)
Sari Eriksson (@okmfi) discuss funding.

[Maija Airas @Maija_Airas]

How to better support academic freedom globally? How to strenghten the contribution by the Finnish academic community to support scholars at risk? Important perspectives by @SariLindblom Liisa Laakso and Gyöngyi Kovacs at SAR open meeting @unifiry @helsinkiuni @EDUFI_HigherEd

[SAR_Finland @Finland_SAR]

@SariLindblom from @helsinkiuni just announced the creation of an internal funding instrument for @ScholarsAtRisk based on experiences gained from a Ukraine-specific mechanism. Great news! #SARFDay2023

[SAR_Finland @Finland_SAR]

Privileged to host Karolina Catoni from SAR Sweden sharing perspectives in protecting threatened scholars. Join us later this afternoon (13:00 CET+1) at @tiedekulma for a public discussion of the same! Or tune in at: https://t.co/RUIS5aejVP #SARFDay2023

[SAR Europe @SAR_Europe]

The EU and its’ institutions should work with academia to ensure that the standards of #academicfreedom and academic thought and freedom of thought are upheld.

Without such freedom, we deny humanity societal progress....@EP_President speaks at the EP forum for #academicfreedom

[SAR_Finland @Finland_SAR]

We are eagerly waiting for our biennial SARF Day event next week. Please join us at @tiedekulma /@helsinkiuni or online: https://t.co/RUIS5aejVP

[SAR Europe @SAR_Europe]

"It is only when academics and researchers are free to pursue their own projects, their own initiatives, that the result of their work is truly groundbreaking and innovative" says President of European Parliament @RobertaMetsola @EP_President

#EP4academicfreedom

[#ScienceForUkraine 🇺🇦 @Sci_for_Ukraine]

#GERMANY 🇩🇪 The Technische Universität Darmstadt (@TUDarmstadt) offers 1 position to researchers threatened by the war in Ukraine. Funding available!

✉️ [email protected]
🔗 https://t.co/6SBP50rlBX

https://t.co/CO4gIESXfd

#ScienceForUkraine

[SAR Europe @SAR_Europe]

Read the excellent recommendations for the reconstruction of Ukrainian science made by our colleagues @AvHStiftung. Measures proposed include support for scientists in #Ukraine, and inclusion of #Ukraine in the European Research Area.

#MSCA4Ukraine

https://t.co/FWFUUXTyqZ

[Scholars At Risk @ScholarsAtRisk]

#Myanmar is the second lowest ranked country in the #AcademicFreedomIndex. Violence related to the February 2021 military coup limits #StudentExpression and negatively affects #HigherEd. Read in #Free2Think2023: https://t.co/mMmFJzdaS4

[#ScienceForUkraine 🇺🇦 @Sci_for_Ukraine]

In 2024, we’re launching the #ScienceForUkraine Micro Travel Grant Program, offering 500€ per grant.
Would you also care to support Ukrainian scholars in fostering their international collaboration? 🌍🚀🤝

Contribute to our fundraising campaign here: https://t.co/xeEawHRcPi! 🇺🇦

[Scholars At Risk @ScholarsAtRisk]

#Russia's government has increasingly sought to control the content of #HigherEd and to quell dissent with increasing restrictions on #AcademicFreedom and cultural expression. Read more in #Free2Think2023: https://t.co/f6B7gQwbuL

[SAR_Finland @Finland_SAR]

We are gearing up for our biennial SARF Day on Dec 7-8 and as part of the activities, organising an open event for Finnish university community and stakeholders at @tiedekulma of @helsinkiuni Fore more info: