Read the latest press releases about PAUSE program activities, publications, and events

 

 

The PAUSE program calls for solidarity and mobilization of the higher education and research community towards our Afghan colleagues

August 18, 2021

 

Belarusian researcher Tatyana Kuzina arbitrarily detained in Belarus

July 22, 2021

 

PAUSE and CPU support to Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali

November 26, 2020

 

The Conference of Presidents of French Universities (CPU) and the PAUSE Program call on the Iranian government to suspend the death sentence of the Iranian-Swedish emergency doctor Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, and to release him, considering that the conditions in which his trial was held, which is in name only, were particularly unfair. We call for an immediate international mobilization in support of our colleague for justice to be rendered.

 

Adoption of the Bonn Declaration on the freedom of scientific research

October 26, 2020

 

On the occasion of a conference dedicated to the European Research Area (ERA), the "Bonn Declaration on Freedom of Scientific Research" was adopted. Its aim is to guarantee the fundamental principles of freedom of research, to strengthen the protection of researchers and to improve the bond of trust between society and research institutions.

 

A European forum in support of at-risk researchers

June 8, 2020

 

On Monday June 8, 2020 the InSPIREurope 2020 virtual forum was organized in support of researchers experiencing discrimination, persecution or violence. Universities, political policy-makers, foundations, at-risk researchers, and public and private sector employers took part in this European event.

 

A European forum in support of at-risk researchers

June 8, 2020

 

On Monday June 8, 2020 the InSPIREurope 2020 virtual forum was organized in support of researchers experiencing discrimination, persecution or violence. Universities, political policy-makers, foundations, at-risk researchers, and public and private sector employers took part in this European event.

 

Official launch at Maynooth University of InSPIREurope, the European project to support researchers at risk of persecution

October 14, 2019

 

InSPIREurope, a new initiative funded by the European Union to support at-risk researchers, was launched at Maynooth University in Ireland on October 14, 2019 by ten European partners.

 

In the face of increased global pressures on democracy, the PAUSE program launches a mobilization appeal

September 30, 2019

 

On October 2, 2019, the PAUSE program organized an event at the Gaîté Lyrique in Paris entitled “Sciences and Arts in Exile”. This event aim is to raise awareness and to launch a call for the mobilization of public-private actors for the reception of scientists and artists in danger in the framework of the PAUSE program.

 

Support Pinar Selek in the name of independence and autonomy in research

April 3, 2018

 

PAUSE Program Executive Committee meeting

April 21, 2017

 

Opening of the PAUSE program subscription fund

March 2, 2017

 

On Thursday March 2, 2017, the Collège de France played host to Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and the Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research, Thierry Mandon. An agreement between the Collège de France and the Fondation de France was signed to enable the PAUSE program to receive donations.

 

Launch of the Program for the urgent aid and reception of scientists in exile (PAUSE)

January 16, 2017

 

Thierry Mandon, Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research, signed an agreement on January 16, 2017 with the Collège de France and the Chancellery of the Universities of Paris to create the French hosting program for scientists in exile (PAUSE).