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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen

@thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy
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On my second decade in Brussels - looking at the world through the lens of research, education and innovation 🌉 bridged from ⁂ eupolicy.social/@thomasjorgensen, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
The 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]
Picture of the author writing on a computer with the text "European must present and alternative knowledge as self-serving efficiency [...] A vision that looks forward and accepts the change that comes from technology, but shapes it according to its own beliefs"
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026
Is the digital civil society voice under-resourced? Some important observations from @cfg-thinktank.bsky.social @ilumium cfg.eu/strength-in-small-numbers
Two circles showing the difference between the resources of the digitial industry lobby, 151 million €, and The European AI and Society Fund, 4 million €
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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]
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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]
A picture of the author with the text "the role of universities goes far beyond innovation. It is about preparing societies to navigate complex change and ensuring that the next generations have both the voice and the tools to shape the future."
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026
AKA Life from bitbang.social/@NanoRaptor/11600638…
NASA technical note entitled: "Excess processing capacity applied to trivial objectives in the absence of meaningful outcomes" by Marvin P. Android
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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
Card showing a person from above working on a laptop. Text: Adopting AI that serves the needs and values of universities. Final report of the EUA Task and finish group on artificial intelligence
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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]
Card with a picture of people listening to a presentation - text "Webinar. Universities and democracy in times of polarisation. 20 January 2026 14.30 CET"
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/11/2025
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 www.eua.eu/publications/reports/sus…
A card with the title Sustainability and greening in European higher education - EUA survey report
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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]
An image of the author, Genevieve Le Fort, and the text "The quality of a university today is also measured by its social responsibility and its commitment to sustainability"
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2025
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 www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/d…
A picture of the author with the qoute "The typical architecture of large language models  (LLMs) enforces a gigantic averaging of the existing corpus of knowledge, which may also lead - in the longer term - to an averaging of education"
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2025
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 […] [Original post on eupolicy.social]
A card saying "A research, education and innovation partnership for Europe's competitiveness"
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2025
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. www.eua.eu/events/eua-events/eua-co…
A card with the text "2025 EUA AI Conference - how universities are shaping the era of artificial intelligence"
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2025
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
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2025
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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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2025
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 […] [Original post on eupolicy.social]
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Elise Racine & The Bigger Picture / Better Images of AI / Web of Influence I / CC-BY 4.0
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2025
The 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…
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/01/2025
A thread on #AI4Science: It has been a week of #AI events. First at #Swisscor and then at @euractiv Some take-aways:
A tower of computers in a large room with books on the walls
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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
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2025
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
A picture of the Berlaymont Building in Brussels

By Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=122579736
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2024
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. rss.com/podcasts/universities-futur…
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/12/2024
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 rss.com/podcasts/universities-futur…
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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…
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/11/2024
Listen 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
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/11/2024
Universities must step up and be partners, not tools in the #EU #competitiveness discussions. #EUpol #HigherEd #Universities www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr…
EU flags waving outside the Berlaymont building in Brussels
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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]
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Thomas Ekman Jorgensen @thomasjorgensen.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/11/2024
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
A photo of the committee room in the European Parliament with Minzatu getting ready
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