Universities are changing, but for better or for worse? Are political reforms slowly removing academic freedom, or are idealists preventing more efficient, robust and future oriented institutions?

The panel includes:

- Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, Minister of Education and Research

- John Higgins, Professor of Literature and Cultural Theory at the University of Cape Town

- Fanny Duckert, Professor of Psychology at the University of Oslo

- Knut Kjeldstadli, Professor of History at the University of Oslo