Explore our baseline study: “Conditions, Needs and Challenges for Displaced Members of Academia of Ukrainian Higher Education Institutions.” This publication sheds light on the realities faced by Ukrainian academics in exile, identifying key barriers, needs, and...

Discover our latest publication: “Mapping the integration of displaced Ukrainian members of academia into the higher education sector in selected countries in the EU.” Featuring case studies from Austria, Greece, Italy, and Poland, it showcases successful approaches...

Group 3: Freedom of Academic and Cultural Expression A third group of international students at the Summer School took on the subject of freedom of expression: How free are students, teachers, and cultural creators to express their views in academic and artistic...

Group 2: Campus Integrity in Times of War and Crisis As part of this year’s FreeAc Summer School on Academic Freedom, a group of students from across Europe came together in Poznań to explore a pressing question facing higher education institutions today: How can...

In this first feature from our series of student projects, we highlight elements of the outstanding work by Group 1, who tackled the complex issue of institutional autonomy in Ukrainian higher education. Team members: Kira Ruban – Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland...

The Ukraine conflict has transformed civic engagement, with society actively producing public services as state institutions weaken. As a young democracy, Ukraine has granted civil society greater freedom, though questions persist about power redistribution and...

Dr. Petro Katerynych explored this question during his fascinating lecture on 'Resilient Minds, Fragile Networks: Protecting Academic Freedom and Rebuilding Ukraine's Higher Education Amidst Cyberwars and AI Threats' at the Free Ac Summer School. Dr. Katerynych...

On 30 June 2025, a constructive monitoring meeting was held at the ETC Uni Graz to review the progress of the FreeAc project, with participation from FreeAc project coordinator Lisa Heschl and project manager Svitlana Andreichenko. Representatives from OeAD, Veronika...

From 23 to 27 June 2025, the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism at Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU) in Poznań hosted an international Summer School on Academic Freedom in Times of War. Organised within the framework of the Erasmus+ project “Promoting Academic...

On 3 June 2025, Dr Svitlana Andreichenko took part in the session "Research Cultures in Crisis: Universities and the War in Ukraine" during the Research Culture Week held at the University of Hull, England, from 2 to 5 June 2025. In her presentation,  Svitlana...