Paderborn University prides itself on being a research and educational institution that is open to the world and is committed to teaching free, democratic, and social values. Academia relies on diverse perspectives and international networks. Democracy is the basis for academia. Any attack on fundamental democratic rights is also an attack on academic freedom and vice versa.
As a HRK member university, we stand firmly against hostility towards academia, restrictions on academic freedom, racism, and intolerance. There is no place at Paderborn University for hostile views and ideas built on exclusion that seek to undermine societal unity and our trust in free democracy. We are resolute in our support of the free democratic basic order.
