Free speech, academic freedom, and democratic backsliding in the Trump-era United States
International Political Science Review
Published online on December 29, 2025
Abstract
International Political Science Review, Ahead of Print.
This paper offers an account of the relationship between free speech and academic freedom. It argues that these principles, properly understood, sometimes cut against one another in practice. It then canvasses two sets of threats to academic freedom in ...
This paper offers an account of the relationship between free speech and academic freedom. It argues that these principles, properly understood, sometimes cut against one another in practice. It then canvasses two sets of threats to academic freedom in ...