Thomas Ekman Jorgensen
@thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy
On my second decade in Brussels - looking at the world through the lens of research, education and innovation
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A great, insightful, critical yet constructive discussion on #universities #innovation and #greentech - it is not every day that you get to moderate a debate like this
@EUA
https://youtu.be/MAelYsZ2ov8?si=eooxIh6WlM5-UAqa
@EUA
https://youtu.be/MAelYsZ2ov8?si=eooxIh6WlM5-UAqa
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A great, insightful, critical yet constructive discussion on #universities #innovation and #greentech - it is not every day that you get to moderate a debate like this
@EUA
https://youtu.be/MAelYsZ2ov8?si=eooxIh6WlM5-UAqa
@EUA
https://youtu.be/MAelYsZ2ov8?si=eooxIh6WlM5-UAqa
A reference work for anyone interested in #sustainability, #SDGs and #universities - the @EUA report with lots of data on sustainability and greening in Europe's universities
#academia #highered
https://www.eua.eu/publications/reports/sustainability-and-greening-in-european-higher-education.html
#academia #highered
https://www.eua.eu/publications/reports/sustainability-and-greening-in-european-higher-education.html
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A reference work for anyone interested in #sustainability, #SDGs and #universities - the @EUA report with lots of data on sustainability and greening in Europe's universities
#academia #highered
https://www.eua.eu/publications/reports/sustainability-and-greening-in-european-higher-education.html
#academia #highered
https://www.eua.eu/publications/reports/sustainability-and-greening-in-european-higher-education.html
#genai should not make us fast and skip thinking, here is how it can make you slower and more reflexive - not least in #academia
https://theslowai.substack.com/
https://theslowai.substack.com/
Slow AI | Sam Illingworth | Substack
Get Slow AI prompts and short reflections throughout the week that support mindful, creative, human-centred use of AI. Click to read Slow AI, by Sam Illingworth, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
theslowai.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#genai should not make us fast and skip thinking, here is how it can make you slower and more reflexive - not least in #academia
https://theslowai.substack.com/
https://theslowai.substack.com/
We are out with the @EUA report on #universities and #competitiveness - some take-aways (thread)
https://www.eua.eu/publications/reports/universities-and-competitiveness.html
https://www.eua.eu/publications/reports/universities-and-competitiveness.html
Universities and competitiveness
EUA - European University Association
www.eua.eu
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
We are out with the @EUA report on #universities and #competitiveness - some take-aways (thread)
https://www.eua.eu/publications/reports/universities-and-competitiveness.html
https://www.eua.eu/publications/reports/universities-and-competitiveness.html
Great session on #edtech and #AI - it makes me an even firmer believer in the #AIAct 😃
@JulieLuepkes @etui
https://www.etui.org/events/challenges-edtech-fix-technosolutionism-education-sector
@JulieLuepkes @etui
https://www.etui.org/events/challenges-edtech-fix-technosolutionism-education-sector
October 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Great session on #edtech and #AI - it makes me an even firmer believer in the #AIAct 😃
@JulieLuepkes @etui
https://www.etui.org/events/challenges-edtech-fix-technosolutionism-education-sector
@JulieLuepkes @etui
https://www.etui.org/events/challenges-edtech-fix-technosolutionism-education-sector
The US playbook for attacking #universities could well be used in Europe as well.
Some concrete and practical thoughts on #academicfreedom from @EUA's Monika Steinel.
#academia #highered […]
Some concrete and practical thoughts on #academicfreedom from @EUA's Monika Steinel.
#academia #highered […]
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eupolicy.social
October 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The US playbook for attacking #universities could well be used in Europe as well.
Some concrete and practical thoughts on #academicfreedom from @EUA's Monika Steinel.
#academia #highered […]
Some concrete and practical thoughts on #academicfreedom from @EUA's Monika Steinel.
#academia #highered […]
#sustainability is a culture, not a department.
I really like this example of sustainability in a #university - starting with awareness of where the institution is, and then getting practical.
#highered […]
I really like this example of sustainability in a #university - starting with awareness of where the institution is, and then getting practical.
#highered […]
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eupolicy.social
October 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
#sustainability is a culture, not a department.
I really like this example of sustainability in a #university - starting with awareness of where the institution is, and then getting practical.
#highered […]
I really like this example of sustainability in a #university - starting with awareness of where the institution is, and then getting practical.
#highered […]
Can #AI promote equity and inclusion in education? Certainly yes! Here are some examples well argued here by M McKenzie (S. Andrews) & E Spaeth ( @advancehe.bsky.social)
#highered #neurodiversity #edi
https://www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/using-ai-to-serve-inclusive-education.html
#highered #neurodiversity #edi
https://www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/using-ai-to-serve-inclusive-education.html
Using AI to serve inclusive education
EUA - European University Association
www.eua.eu
July 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Can #AI promote equity and inclusion in education? Certainly yes! Here are some examples well argued here by M McKenzie (S. Andrews) & E Spaeth ( @advancehe.bsky.social)
#highered #neurodiversity #edi
https://www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/using-ai-to-serve-inclusive-education.html
#highered #neurodiversity #edi
https://www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/using-ai-to-serve-inclusive-education.html
Going against the #generativeAI anti-hype - interesting arguments why we should take progress in the latest models more seriously.
@cfg
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/llms-path-general-intelligence-possibly-max-reddel-ypute/?trackingId=YT4PVrurT3j1hN4vjzim5Q%3D%3D
The catch: the evidence is not […]
@cfg
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/llms-path-general-intelligence-possibly-max-reddel-ypute/?trackingId=YT4PVrurT3j1hN4vjzim5Q%3D%3D
The catch: the evidence is not […]
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eupolicy.social
July 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Going against the #generativeAI anti-hype - interesting arguments why we should take progress in the latest models more seriously.
@cfg
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/llms-path-general-intelligence-possibly-max-reddel-ypute/?trackingId=YT4PVrurT3j1hN4vjzim5Q%3D%3D
The catch: the evidence is not […]
@cfg
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/llms-path-general-intelligence-possibly-max-reddel-ypute/?trackingId=YT4PVrurT3j1hN4vjzim5Q%3D%3D
The catch: the evidence is not […]
“As long as we don’t have an #AIAct that is being enforced, we keep systems on the market of which you don’t know whether these function well or [if] these are safe.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/how-the-eu-ai-rules-turned-into-massive-headache/
https://www.politico.eu/article/how-the-eu-ai-rules-turned-into-massive-headache/
EU’s waffle on artificial intelligence law creates huge headache
Industry, lawmakers and safety campaigners begin new lobbying scramble as AI laws are revisited.
www.politico.eu
June 17, 2025 at 7:17 AM
“As long as we don’t have an #AIAct that is being enforced, we keep systems on the market of which you don’t know whether these function well or [if] these are safe.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/how-the-eu-ai-rules-turned-into-massive-headache/
https://www.politico.eu/article/how-the-eu-ai-rules-turned-into-massive-headache/
Thinking a lot about the future of #highered, this is an important signal: a cancelled course being continued outside the context of the university:
"They can try to cancel us all they want. But this is the community we are going to build anyway."
Is the future of #academicfreedom an […]
"They can try to cancel us all they want. But this is the community we are going to build anyway."
Is the future of #academicfreedom an […]
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eupolicy.social
June 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Thinking a lot about the future of #highered, this is an important signal: a cancelled course being continued outside the context of the university:
"They can try to cancel us all they want. But this is the community we are going to build anyway."
Is the future of #academicfreedom an […]
"They can try to cancel us all they want. But this is the community we are going to build anyway."
Is the future of #academicfreedom an […]
#sustainability action requires a vision - example from #HES-SO in Western Switzerland how to apply #FuturesThinking for that vision:
"Universities, including my own, tend to report on this standard by describing existing strategies and actions without […]
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"Universities, including my own, tend to report on this standard by describing existing strategies and actions without […]
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June 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
#sustainability action requires a vision - example from #HES-SO in Western Switzerland how to apply #FuturesThinking for that vision:
"Universities, including my own, tend to report on this standard by describing existing strategies and actions without […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
"Universities, including my own, tend to report on this standard by describing existing strategies and actions without […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
If you believe in the hype about #AI disrupting education, you should read this small piece by Stefan Lang from Salzburg University
#highered #euaaiconf #edtech
https://www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/does-ai-risk-averaging-knowledge-and-sacrificing-creativity-in-academia.html
#highered #euaaiconf #edtech
https://www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/does-ai-risk-averaging-knowledge-and-sacrificing-creativity-in-academia.html
May 19, 2025 at 7:35 AM
If you believe in the hype about #AI disrupting education, you should read this small piece by Stefan Lang from Salzburg University
#highered #euaaiconf #edtech
https://www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/does-ai-risk-averaging-knowledge-and-sacrificing-creativity-in-academia.html
#highered #euaaiconf #edtech
https://www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/does-ai-risk-averaging-knowledge-and-sacrificing-creativity-in-academia.html
April 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Taco driver #junkfoodmovies #HashtagGames
April 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Taco driver #junkfoodmovies #HashtagGames
We are about to start the @EUA Annual Conference on #sustainability at the University of Latvia
#eua2025ac - 10 years after the launch of the #SDGs
Some thoughts about the last decade and the years to come […]
#eua2025ac - 10 years after the launch of the #SDGs
Some thoughts about the last decade and the years to come […]
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eupolicy.social
April 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
We are about to start the @EUA Annual Conference on #sustainability at the University of Latvia
#eua2025ac - 10 years after the launch of the #SDGs
Some thoughts about the last decade and the years to come […]
#eua2025ac - 10 years after the launch of the #SDGs
Some thoughts about the last decade and the years to come […]
Europe should play to its strengths: a unique and strong system of #research based on cooperation. This will really put research and innovation at the heart of European competitiveness, as @vonderleyen aspires to […]
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March 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Europe should play to its strengths: a unique and strong system of #research based on cooperation. This will really put research and innovation at the heart of European competitiveness, as @vonderleyen aspires to […]
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Have a look at the programme for @EUA's conference on #AI and #universities this May - loads of practices and ideas from across Europe - and there is more to come.
https://www.eua.eu/events/eua-events/eua-conference-on-artificial-intelligence.html
https://www.eua.eu/events/eua-events/eua-conference-on-artificial-intelligence.html
March 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Have a look at the programme for @EUA's conference on #AI and #universities this May - loads of practices and ideas from across Europe - and there is more to come.
https://www.eua.eu/events/eua-events/eua-conference-on-artificial-intelligence.html
https://www.eua.eu/events/eua-events/eua-conference-on-artificial-intelligence.html
Reposted by Thomas Ekman Jorgensen
The promise of AI in education is it will save educators time. That's rubbish. It's sapping all our time already in working groups, committees, workshops, and marking anxiety. It's the most time-sapping, exhausting and frankly boring thing I've ever encountered in HE - and it's in my research area.
March 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The promise of AI in education is it will save educators time. That's rubbish. It's sapping all our time already in working groups, committees, workshops, and marking anxiety. It's the most time-sapping, exhausting and frankly boring thing I've ever encountered in HE - and it's in my research area.
Are #universities being taken over by the "analytics-industrial complex"? Maybe, but I think the author conflates actual developments and data company dreams and sales pitches.
#academia #university_rankings
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2025031909283299
#academia #university_rankings
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2025031909283299
March 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Are #universities being taken over by the "analytics-industrial complex"? Maybe, but I think the author conflates actual developments and data company dreams and sales pitches.
#academia #university_rankings
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2025031909283299
#academia #university_rankings
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2025031909283299
Quality and access are main concerns regarding #AI in #highered - regulation is a solution, not a barrier
#edtech #academia
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/futures-ai-higher-education-more-might-less-thomas-ekman-j%C3%B8rgensen-zpc9e
#edtech #academia
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/futures-ai-higher-education-more-might-less-thomas-ekman-j%C3%B8rgensen-zpc9e
Futures of AI in higher education – more might be less
Over the last months, I have been involved in a number of deep discussions with higher education practitioners about the future of AI, some of these organised with colleagues at the European University Association others in the European Digital Education Hub guided by SURF futurist Gül Akcaova. Duri
www.linkedin.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Quality and access are main concerns regarding #AI in #highered - regulation is a solution, not a barrier
#edtech #academia
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/futures-ai-higher-education-more-might-less-thomas-ekman-j%C3%B8rgensen-zpc9e
#edtech #academia
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/futures-ai-higher-education-more-might-less-thomas-ekman-j%C3%B8rgensen-zpc9e
Good discussions yesterday with MEP Marcos Ros about the #EuropeanUniversities Initiative, breaking down barriers for transnational #university cooperation and pioneering reforms in #highered 👍
@mrossemp.bsky.social
@mrossemp.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Good discussions yesterday with MEP Marcos Ros about the #EuropeanUniversities Initiative, breaking down barriers for transnational #university cooperation and pioneering reforms in #highered 👍
@mrossemp.bsky.social
@mrossemp.bsky.social
Start with art! Great checking in to today's #EuropeanUniversities event in Brussels with a dance performance! ... before we all do our various policy performances 😉
#eupol #EUPolicy
#eupol #EUPolicy
February 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Start with art! Great checking in to today's #EuropeanUniversities event in Brussels with a dance performance! ... before we all do our various policy performances 😉
#eupol #EUPolicy
#eupol #EUPolicy
"Of the five EU missions—on cancer, climate, oceans, cities and soil—agreed only five years ago, not one focuses on the new Commission’s top priorities of AI, advanced materials and life sciences. This bodes ill for the capacity of any policymaker to pick a topic and sustain a long-term R&I […]
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eupolicy.social
February 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"Of the five EU missions—on cancer, climate, oceans, cities and soil—agreed only five years ago, not one focuses on the new Commission’s top priorities of AI, advanced materials and life sciences. This bodes ill for the capacity of any policymaker to pick a topic and sustain a long-term R&I […]
We had good talks yesterday with MEP Laurence Farreng, talking about the role of #universities in Europe's competitiveness, the #Erasmus Programme and the #europeanuniversityinitiative - exciting times for European #highered where many policy threads are coming together
@EUA #eupol #EUPolicy
@EUA #eupol #EUPolicy
February 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We had good talks yesterday with MEP Laurence Farreng, talking about the role of #universities in Europe's competitiveness, the #Erasmus Programme and the #europeanuniversityinitiative - exciting times for European #highered where many policy threads are coming together
@EUA #eupol #EUPolicy
@EUA #eupol #EUPolicy