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vol. 63, no. 1, 2021 Special Issue Published by NTEU ISSN 0818–8068 Academic freedom’s precarious future AURAustralian Universities’ Review AUR Australian Universities’ Review Editor Editorial Board Dr Ian R. Dobson, Monash University Dr Alison Barnes, NTEU National President Guest Editor Professor Timo Aarrevaara, University of Lapland Professor Jamie Doughney, Victoria University Professor Kristen Lyons, University of Queensland Professor Leo Goedegebuure, University of Melbourne AUR is available online as an Production Professor Jeff Goldsworthy, Monash University e-book and PDF download. Visit aur.org.au for details. Design & layout: Paul Clifton Dr Mary Leahy, University of Melbourne In accordance with NTEU Editorial Assistance: Anastasia Kotaidis Professor Kristen Lyons, University of Queensland policy to reduce our impact Cover photograph: Faculty of Economics and Professor Dr Simon Marginson, University of Oxford on the natural environment, Business, University of Melbourne. 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Graphs with web references unless source mate- Advertising rates are available on coloured bars are often illegible in rial changes over time (e.g. wikis). application to [email protected]. black-and-white print. vol. 63, no. 1, 2021 Special Issue Published by NTEU ISSN 0818–8068 Academic freedom’s precarious future Australian Universities’ Review 2 Letter to the editor 45 Slippery beasts: Why academic freedom and media freedom are so difficult to protect 3 Letter from the guest editor Fred D’Agostino & Peter Greste Kristen Lyons Through an analysis of both academic freedom and freedom of the press, Fred D’Agostino and Peter Greste explore a diversity of 4 Introduction to the Special Issue: Academic threats that bear down upon the search for ‘truth’. freedom’s precarious future. Why it matters and what’s at stake 53 Beyond the usual debates: Creating the Kristen Lyons conditions for academic freedom to flourish Sharon Stein ARTICLES & OPINION In the afterword to the special issue section of this issue of AUR, Sharon Stein explores some of the intellectual, affective and 8 What crisis of academic freedom? Australian relational conditions that might foster a vision for academic universities after French freedom that is also within the context of our ‘complex, Rob Watts uncertain and unequal world’. This paper is an exploration of a series of themes related to Hon. Robert French AC’s recent review of freedom of speech 57 ATARs, Zombie ideas & Sir Robert Menzies in Australian universities, and critically explores whether Robert Lewis universities face a ‘crisis in academic free speech’. BOOK REVIEWS 19 Corporate power and academic freedom Andrew G. Bonnell 65 The Idea of the University – A review essay In this critical appraisal of corporate influence across universities, The Idea of the University: Histories and Contexts by Andrew Bonnell examines the impact of corporate power for Debaditya Bhattacharya (ed.) academic freedom and argues for the urgent need for transparent Public Universities, Managerialism and the Value of and accountable governance and oversight. Higher Education by Rob Watts Politics, Managerialism, and University Governance: 26 Precarious work and funding make academic Lessons from Hong Kong under China’s Rule since freedom precarious 1997 by Wing-Wah Law Jeannie Rea Reviewed by Thomas Klikauer & Catherine Link In her opinion piece, Jeannie Rea describes how university staff and students who speak out against state, military, religious and 75 The peasants are revolting other powers face an increasing