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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen
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On my second decade in Brussels - looking at the world through the lens of research, education and innovation

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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
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November 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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#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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June 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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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
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May 19, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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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
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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
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March 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Good discussions yesterday with MEP Marcos Ros about the #EuropeanUniversities Initiative, breaking down barriers for transnational #university cooperation and pioneering reforms in #highered 👍

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March 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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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
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February 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Save the date - and prepare your contribution!

@EUA is organising an online conference on #AI and #universities, focusing on use cases, practices and policies, 22-23 May 2025. The call for contribution is open, registrations will open in the coming weeks […]

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February 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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The proposal for an #eu umbrella #competitivenessfund is bold, but #research and #education funding must remain stable and sufficient.

#eupol #HorizonEU @EUA

https://www.eua.eu/news/eua-news/stable-research-innovation-and-education-programmes-are-needed-to-build-a-competitive-europe.html
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February 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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A thread on #ai4science: It has been a week of #AI events. First at #swisscor and then at @euractiv

Some take-aways:
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January 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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"Coordination, coordination, coordination" said @vonderleyen about the #competitivenesscompass.

I am hearing a lot of top-down steering here in selecting key sectors and where to invest

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January 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Much ado about the leaked #competitivenesscompass from the EC today. There are worries about #HorizonEU, but at least we will know where to act.

It is also a strategy for simplification that requires at least 9 big pieces of regulation...

#eupol #EUPolicy
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January 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Great ending to our podcast series on #FuturesThinking - Renato Soldenhoff @zhdk talks about how to get collective wisdom working and imagining the future for universities.

https://rss.com/podcasts/universities-futures-lab/1808640/
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December 19, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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This week on the University Futures Lab podcast we talk about the big issue of #tech, hypes and the future of #universities - and who better for this than lead futurist @Guul at @SURF

#FuturesThinking #strategicforecast #digitaleducation

https://rss.com/podcasts/universities-futures-lab/1798290/
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December 12, 2024 at 9:39 AM
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#FuturesThinking and #foresight need that you play a little oracle with a lot of evidence - great talk about how to think about the future in a #university setting.

https://rss.com/podcasts/universities-futures-lab/1786890/
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December 10, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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Listen to this 'grey rhino' podcast if you want to know about risks to #universities and institutional structures to for #StrategicForesight

https://rss.com/podcasts/universities-futures-lab/1775702/

#highered #FuturesThinking
November 28, 2024 at 10:25 AM
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Universities must step up and be partners, not tools in the #eu #competitiveness discussions.

#eupol #highered #universities

https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe-views-of-europe-2024-11-the-eu-must-treat-universities-as-partners-not-tools/
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November 26, 2024 at 10:19 AM
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#universities are working to create learning opportunities across borders and institutions - lots of ambitions, lots of challenges.

Read about the present and the future in this @EUA publication on #interoperability in #highered

#academia […]

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November 18, 2024 at 9:49 AM
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Popcorn out! Good to go for the hearing of Roxana Minzatu - three hours of people, skills and preparedness (and hopefully a little #education - even #highered)

#eupol #hearings
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November 12, 2024 at 1:34 PM