Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026The White House vision for #Science is tech-dependent, protectionist and sees knowledge as a zero-sum game. This needs a strong counter vision. Europe is where this answer should come from: research as a shared endeavour for the common good. #EUPol, #SciPol […] [Original post on eupolicy.social] 013 3
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026Is the digital civil society voice under-resourced? Some important observations from @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social @ilumium cfg.eu/strength-in-small-numbers 000 0
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026"Responsible #AI policies must start from how students actually learn, and not from what they are allowed to do... placing the responsibility for getting this right with the institution, not the individual student." A highly recommended read on AI in […] [Original post on eupolicy.social] 002 2
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026"#sustainability is both a scientific challenge and a redraft of the social contract" says Stella Tsani from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece […] [Original post on eupolicy.social] 112 2
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026AKA Life from bitbang.social/@NanoRaptor/11600638… 000 0
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026"... efficiency is rarely a means for achieving a pedagogical goal" - new @EUA report is out on #AI and #universities All about value-based implementation - even if the technology is based on values different from #academia #EdTech #ArtificialIntelligence #higherEd 111 1
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/12/2025#Democracy and #universities - how to retain #AcademicFreedom, critical thinking and dialogue in a context of polarisation and democratic backlash? Sign up for the @EUA webinar with a stellar panel here #Academia #HigherEd […] [Original post on eupolicy.social] 123 3
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/11/2025A 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 www.eua.eu/publications/reports/sus… 022 2
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2025#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] 042 4
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2025If you believe in the hype about #AI disrupting education, you should read this small piece by Stefan Lang from Salzburg University #HigherEd #EUAAIConf #EdTech www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/d… 010 1
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2025Europe 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 […] [Original post on eupolicy.social] 011 1
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2025Have 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. www.eua.eu/events/eua-events/eua-co… 011 1
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2025Good 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 042 4
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2025Start 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 000 0
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2025Save 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 […] [Original post on eupolicy.social] 001 1
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2025The proposal for an #EU umbrella #CompetitivenessFund is bold, but #research and #education funding must remain stable and sufficient. #EUPol #HorizonEU @EUA www.eua.eu/news/eua-news/stable-res… 113 3
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/01/2025A thread on #AI4Science: It has been a week of #AI events. First at #Swisscor and then at @euractiv Some take-aways: 100 1
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2025"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 Thread 1/4 121 2
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2025Much 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 000 0
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2024Great ending to our podcast series on #FuturesThinking - Renato Soldenhoff @zhdk talks about how to get collective wisdom working and imagining the future for universities. rss.com/podcasts/universities-futur… 000 0
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/12/2024This 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 rss.com/podcasts/universities-futur… 000 0
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2024#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. rss.com/podcasts/universities-futur… 000 0
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/11/2024Listen to this 'grey rhino' podcast if you want to know about risks to #universities and institutional structures to for #StrategicForesight rss.com/podcasts/universities-futur… #HigherED #FuturesThinking 010 1
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/11/2024Universities must step up and be partners, not tools in the #EU #competitiveness discussions. #EUpol #HigherEd #Universities www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr… 001 1
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2024#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 […] [Original post on eupolicy.social] 000 0
Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/11/2024Popcorn 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 210 2