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Abstract:
In this episode of SCAS Talks, Linda Wedlin, Professor of Business Studies at Uppsala University, discusses how individual freedom and university independence are linked, and how different ways of running a university affect this. She elaborates on current challenges to academic freedom, especially the growing distrust in knowledge. At the same time she stresses how important it is to find a balance between trusting knowledge and questioning it. Linda Wedlin also mentions the "A Week on Academic Freedom" event coming up on 20-23 October 2025, a joint initiative by the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, the research program Democracy and Higher Education, and Higher Education and Research as Objects of Study. To round off with, she shares her thoughts on the benefits of being a short term researcher at SCAS, where she got to connect with international scholars from many different disciplines.
