Academic Freedom in Constitutions
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Abstract
The Academic Freedom in Constitutions (AFC) dataset is a global comparative dataset with de jure provisions on academic freedom at the level of national constitutions. It covers constitutional guarantees of the freedom of science, of academic freedom, of university autonomy, as well as of the freedom of teaching in 203 countries, spanning the period from 1789 to 2022.
The dataset is free to use, but please cite my paper Introducing Academic Freedom in Constitutions.
For a simplified but continuously updated version of this dataset, see v2caprotac.
The dataset is free to use, but please cite my paper Introducing Academic Freedom in Constitutions.
For a simplified but continuously updated version of this dataset, see v2caprotac.
Type
Publication
Harvard Dataverse
Authors
Researcher in Political Science
I am passionate about exploring and comparing human rights protection and state coercion in democratic as well as authoritarian contexts. For my work and studies, I have received various scholarships and awards, and spent considerable time abroad in countries on five continents. I was previously a visiting scholar at Stanford University, USA, and a research fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute, Germany, where I co-developed the Academic Freedom Index. I hold a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Freiburg.