Publications by Ilyas Saliba

• 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 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.…
• 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
• Commentary 03 Jun 2015

  Schuss vor den Bug für Millionen Ägypter

  By Ilyas Saliba