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Publications by Ilyas Saliba

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  • Commentary 03 Feb 2025

    Das Ende der Wissenschaftsfreiheit

    By Ilyas Saliba
    Der Bundestag ist sich sicher: Was wirklich hilft im Kampf gegen den Antisemitismus, ist noch eine Resolution, die den Hochschulen vorschreibt, wie sie arbeiten sollen. Warum er irrt.…
  • Policy brief 25 Oct 2023

    Shrinking Spaces in the Middle East and North Africa: Supporting Civil Society Resilience

    By Ilyas Saliba
    Civil society organizations in the MENA region face mounting challenges, especially in authoritarian states where they encounter restrictions, persecution and smear campaigns. This should worry European policymakers.…
  • Journal article 08 Dec 2021

    Global Data on the Freedom Indispensable for Scientific Research: Toward a Reconciliation of Academic Reputation and Academic Freedom

    By Katrin Kinzelbach, Janika Spannagel, Ilyas Saliba
    So far, international university rankings do not factor academic freedom into their scores. To set the record straight will require reconciling academic reputation and the state of academic freedom.…
  • Policy brief 22 Oct 2021

    Enabling Fieldwork in Difficult Environments

    By Ilyas Saliba, Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, John Heathershaw
  • Podcast 02 Jul 2021

    How COVID-19 Affects Academic Freedom

    By Ilyas Saliba, Benjamin Schürmann
    COVID-19 has had a huge impact on Academic Freedom. What has changed and what are the implications for universities going forward?…
  • Commentary 11 May 2021

    COVID-19: Field Research Needs to Find a Way Back Fast After the Pandemic

    By Ilyas Saliba
    The COVID-19 pandemic has major consequences for academic fieldwork and they reach far beyond the scientific community. What can universities do to turn the tide?…
  • Commentary 11 Mar 2021

    Why University Rankings Must Include Academic Freedom

    By Robert Quinn, Janika Spannagel, Ilyas Saliba
    So far, academic freedom does not factor into the world’s leading university rankings. To keep students and scholars safe, that needs to change fast.…
  • Report 11 Mar 2021

    Free Universities: Putting the Academic Freedom Index Into Action

    By Katrin Kinzelbach, Ilyas Saliba, Janika Spannagel, Robert Quinn
    The second iteration of the Academic Freedom Index compares the state of academic freedom worldwide. Here is how policymakers, universities and others can put it to use.…
  • Book 16 Dec 2020

    Researching Academic Freedom

    By Katrin Kinzelbach, Janika Spannagel, Ilyas Saliba, et al.
    How can researchers better understand academic freedom worldwide? This book offers research guidelines and in-depth case studies on the situation in Brazil, Ireland, Russia, and Egypt.…
  • Book 23 May 2020

    Safer Field Research in the Social Sciences

    By Ilyas Saliba, Jannis Grimm, Kevin Köhler, Ellen M. Lust, Isabel Schierenbeck
    Exploring the challenges and risks of social science fieldwork, this book shares best practice for conducting research in hostile environments and pragmatic advice to help you make good decisions.…
  • Commentary 28 Oct 2019

    Deutschland sollte Tunesien unterstützen

    By Mariam Salehi, Ilyas Saliba
    Bei allen Erfolgen im Demokratisierungsprozess: Tunesien steht vor großen politischen und wirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen.…
  • articles 31 Dec 2018

    Academic Freedom in the MENA Region: Universities Under Siege

    By Ilyas Saliba
  • Journal article 31 Dec 2017

    Free Research in Fearful Times: Conceptualizing an Index to Monitor Academic Freedom

    By Ilyas Saliba, Jannis Grimm
  • Commentary 01 May 2017

    No Rivals to the King

    By Ilyas Saliba, Isabelle Werenfels
  • Commentary 18 Aug 2016

    Europe’s Misguided Applause for Morocco’s Reform Process

    By Ilyas Saliba
  • Article 18 Dec 2015

    Falsche Solidarität

    By Ilyas Saliba, Jannis Grimm
  • Commentary 03 Jun 2015

    Schuss vor den Bug für Millionen Ägypter

    By Ilyas Saliba

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