Monitoring academic freedom: reflections for advocates

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https://doi.org/10.7213/rev.dir.econ.soc.v16i2.31359

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academic freedom; , indicators; , human rights monitoring; , human rights advocacy; , human rights.

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This paper reflects on the challenges and opportunities of academic freedom monitoring from an advocacy perspective. Based on the review of two existing academic freedom indexes and the author’s experience building scientific freedom indicators, the paper discusses three challenges: conceptual, methodological, and political. The conceptual challenges are of four kinds: undertheorization, complexity, necessity of specification, and variation. The paper concludes by identifying three strategies (theory-building, interoperability, and cosmopolitanism) to strengthen monitoring and make it a more effective advocacy tool.

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Andrea Boggio, Bryant University

Professor of Legal Studies in the Department of Politics, Law, and Society and a Faculty Fellow of the Center for Health and Behavioral Sciences at Bryant University (Smithfield, RI, USA). Graduated with a Doctor of Science of Law (JSD) from Stanford Law School and undergraduate in law at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milano, Italy).Professor of Legal Studies in the Department of Politics, Law, and Society and a Faculty Fellow of the Center for Health and Behavioral Sciences at Bryant University (Smithfield, RI, USA). Dr. Boggio graduated with a Doctor of Science of Law (JSD) from Stanford Law School and completed his undergraduate studies in law at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milano, Italy).

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2025-06-05

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BOGGIO, Andrea. Monitoring academic freedom: reflections for advocates. Revista de Direito Econômico e Socioambiental, Curitiba, v. 16, n. 2, p. e519, 2025. DOI: 10.7213/rev.dir.econ.soc.v16i2.31359. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucpr.br/direitoeconomico/article/view/31359. Acesso em: 8 dez. 2025.

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v. 16 n. 2 (2025): maio/agosto

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