Through the Innovation Fund Calls, the Arqus Alliance aims to incentivise innovative bottom-up initiatives with an impact on the entire Alliance, led by Arqus staff and students with a joint approach. Two of the initiatives awarded with funding had a focus on students and scholars at risk.
The first, “Implementing academic freedom for responsible internationalization in Arqus”, brought together five Arqus partner universities and the National University of Kyiv – Mohyla Academy. The initiative was organised in close collaboration with the SAR – Scholars At Risk – Network, to which some of the partners of the Alliance are members of. It engaged students, academic and professional staff from each participating university in exchanging best practices and in pinpointing common actions in relation to the SAR pillars of protection, advocacy and learning. Within the initiative, different materials are being developed and will be disseminated throughout the Alliance as useful tools to raise awareness about the most recent European developments on academic freedom.
