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European Universities – Critical Futures

About the Project

To rethink the role of European universities in a context of political, social and geopolitical upheaval, a network of senior and early stage researchers and 17 European research centres, asks:

What are the future roles of universities in creating social and regional integration in Europe, in a shifting global context?

Through sharing knowledge, new research and PhD courses, they will develop a new agenda on European university research and discuss this with national and European policy makers.

Researchers from 17 European research institutions participates in the network activities from 2019-2021.

The project is funded by The Independent Research Fund Denmark.  


23-24 October 2023

‘European Universities – Critical Futures’ Final Conference


At the University Foundation, Egmontstraat 11/rue d’Egmont 11, 1000 Brussels and Online.

The conference is free, hybrid and open to academics, students and administrators. Register by 13th October at events.au.dk/europeanuniversities-criticalfutures

Conference invitation and programme are available here.