The project promotes international academic exchange on critical theory in order to address existing asymmetries in global knowledge production. To this end, it is developing the transnational publication platform critup.net, among other initiatives. In light of a global wave of authoritarian politics, CritUP places a particular focus on identifying current threats to academic freedom in order to better respond to them. As part of this effort, a network of expertise is being established for German and European journalists seeking independent and critical voices from South America and Turkey.

Researchers and institutions from Brazil, Peru, Chile, and Turkey are involved in the project. It is led by Professor Robin Celikates (Freie Universität Berlin) and Professor Rahel Jaeggi (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).

Visit the CritUP website here: https://www.critup.net/translations/counterpublics-and-the-new-conflicts-of-the-public-sphere/