Scholars at Risk 2020 Global Congress: The Promise of Higher Education in Challenging Times

Scholars at Risk (SAR) Network 2020 Global Congress convened in partnership with Johns Hopkins University and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

The 2020 Global Congress theme, Truth, Power & Society: The Promise of Higher Education in Challenging Times reflected three core roles of higher education: research and teaching leading to new insights and understanding, evidence-based contributions to public discourse and policy, and meaningful engagement with the broadest public good. How scholars, students, leaders, and the public understand these roles goes to the heart of increasing pressures on higher education around the world—from outside infringements on autonomy to violent protests to wrongful prosecutions, imprisonment and more.