The University of Bergen (UiB) is hosting the conference. Rector Dag Rune Olsen is honored, but also concerned about a knowledge based Europe underpressure.
The theme of the conference is Autonomy and freedom: The future sustainability ofuniversities.
- This is the first time the conference is held in Norway, and with all the rectors gathering to discuss issues in the years to come, which is important in itself. But autonomy, academic freedom, and freedom of speech is under attack, in parts of Europe as well. How people regard fact and truth is also under pressure, he says to Khrono,adding:
-This challenges universities and knowledge institutions on the role of knowledge insociety.
Along with Olsen and EUA president Rolf Tarrach,Norwegian Minister of Education and Research, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, will be opening the conference. He says to Khrono that the EUA has chosen an important topic for this year'sconference.
- In an increasingly volatile world, with rising populism and an abundance of fake news, academic freedom and the autonomy of our academic institutions is more important than ever. Academic freed
