As autocratization proceeds in the U.S. and elsewhere, it's time for a stock-take. Where are we, where are we going? What works? What might work better? Nearly 6 months after we published the Anti-Autocracy Handbook https://sks.to/autocracy the SciBeh team is hosting its next big event ....

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.. the Anti-Autocracy Summit on Thursday 4 December | 14:00–18:00 UK (15:00–19:00 CET, 9 am–1 pm EST, 6 am–10 am PST).

Details here: https://www.scibeh.org/events/workshop2025_antiautocracy_summit/.

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This first meeting in a new SciBeh series will convene scientists, academics, researchers, and science communicators who are actively working—or wish to work—against autocratic backsliding and its corrosive effects on scholarship.

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Our goal is to connect existing initiatives, identify synergies, and build a sustainable community over the coming months through 2 further online workshops (Q1 2026) leading to an in-person event at the Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention in Barcelona on 27 May 2026.

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Participants in this first summit will help shape the strategic agenda for the online workshops and the Barcelona event—deciding together which themes, tools, and collaborations can most effectively strengthen academic resilience and collective action.
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Join us to share experiences, learn from others, and co-create the next phase of our shared effort to defend scholarship and democratic values.

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