The Role of Academia in Protecting Freedom of Expression as a Driver for Other Human Rights.




As part of UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day 2023, an academic conference will take place at Columbia University in New York on 1 May 2023 as a hybrid event. The academic conference focuses on freedom of expression as a driver for other human rights, linking to UNESCO’s overall theme for World Press Freedom Day 2023. Academia has played an important role in World Press Freedom Day by hosting an academic conference that provides a forum to hear from scholars who research constraints on media freedom in all their complexity. As this is the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, the first part of this year’s academic conference will provide an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate academia’s contributions to better understanding the challenges of journalism safety and media freedom, as well as looking ahead at how it can contribute to these pressing issues in a future where freedom of expression is being threatened around the world. This interactive workshop will provide an opportunity for scholars to come together to discuss how we can continue to build stronger interdisciplinary academic capacity and greater collaboration between academia and civil society. An action statement will be produced on the next steps academia can take.

The second half of the conference will be a panel session featuring papers that discuss current challenges to freedom of expression as a driver for other human rights.


UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day 2023 Academic Conference: The Role of Academia in Protecting Freedom of Expression as a Driver for Other Human Rights
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.

Location: MLK Conference Room 527, Riverside Church, Columbia University

Sponsored by: Columbia GFoE, University of Liverpool, University of Sheffield, and Worlds of Journalism Study

Speakers: Jackie Harrison, University of Sheffield; Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova, University of Liverpool; Gemma Horton, University of Sheffield; Sejal Parmar, Cardiff University; Edward L. Carter, Brigham Young University; Emily Harmer, University of Liverpool; Diana Maynard, University of Sheffield; Benjamin P. Tetteh, Syracuse University; Leire Iturregui Mardaras, University of the Basque Country; Rosalynd Southern, University of Liverpool; Ivor Shapiro, Toronto Metropolitan University; Smitha Khorana, Independent Journalist and Academic; Colette Wahlqvist and Binod Bhattarai, International Media Support and Tribhuwan University.


We look forward to seeing you at the academic conference as part of UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day!



Panel Discussion I - The Role of Academia in Protecting Freedom of Expression as a Driver for Other Human Rights


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