This project invites sociologists and scholars from around the world to reflect on the challenges facing higher education, including political censorship, marketisation, and institutional attacks on academic freedom. The call recognises that these pressures manifest differently across countries, from overt censorship in some nations to decades of marketisation and budget cuts in others, resulting in department closures and job losses.
The journal seeks commentary pieces that examine these conditions through multiple lenses: personal experiences situated within structural realities, historical and political analysis of current crises, and explorations of potential solutions. The project aims to provide a sustained platform for marginalised voices and to address long-term challenges facing academia globally, rather than serving as a short-term response to individual crises.