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EUTOPIAn Futures

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Tuesday 13 April 2021, 19:00-21:00
This event is free of charge, but registration is mandatory.

The future of Europe and the role of Higher Education in shaping it - a conversation with Federica Mogherini, Jonathan Holslag and Luc Soete

“We are at a critical and indeed historical point with regard to the significance of education for the new Europe”, the OECD stated back in 1973. It’s 2021, the roaring twenties are hopefully about to kick in, and this statement still holds unequivocally true.

Universities operate in turbulent times, and innovative ways of thinking, working, learning and researching together, locally and globally, are needed to face today’s and tomorrow’s grand societal challenges.

So how is Higher Education best organized in order to rise to its infinitely ambitious goals? 

With EUTOPIAn Futures, EUTOPIA wants to stimulate reflection on this very topic.

EUTOPIAn Futures: the future of Europe and the role of Higher Education in shaping it - join EUTOPIA, Brussels School of Governance and College of Europe in a conversation with rector Federica Mogherini, professor Jonathan Holslag and professor Luc Soete.

And when EUTOPIA says ‘join our conversation’, we mean that in the most literal way: we want to hear from you. 

What have you always wanted to ask rector Mogherini, professor Holslag or professor Soete? Perhaps you want to know more about the societal challenges calling for a transformation of Higher Education? How can we strengthen the position of the EU in the global Higher Education market? Or maybe you’re concerned about employability for young graduates? 

Send us your burning questions and most pressing concerns, and perhaps you’ll be one of ten selected students from across Europe to join our virtual panel debate as a panelist! 

Speakers: 

  • Rector Federica Mogherini (rector of the College of Europe and former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission),  

  • Professor Jonathan Holslag (professor International Politics at VUB, former special adviser to the Vice-President of the European Commission)  

  • Professor Luc Soete (Dean of the Brussels School of Governance, Honorary Professor of International Economics at Maastricht University) 

  • Students of EUTOPIA, Brussels School of Governance and College of Europe

Agenda: 

  • 19.00: Introduction by Luk Van Langenhove, VUB’s academic lead for EUTOPIA

  • 19.10:  Intervention by rector Federica Mogherini, rector of the College of Europe

  • 19.25 - Intervention by professor Jonathan Holslag, professor International Politics at VUB

  • 19.40 - Debate with student panelists, moderated by Luc Soete, Dean of Brussels School of Governance

  • 20.45 - Closing remarks by professor Luc Soete

 

The event took place online, you can view the recording here:

 

 

EUTOPIAn Futures: the future of Europe and the role of Higher Education in shaping it - a conversation with Federica Mogherini, Jonathan Holslag and Luc Soete is a virtual event organized by EUTOPIA European University in the context of EUTOPIA week, in cooperation with Brussels School of Governance and College of Europe. 

 

About EUTOPIA 
EUTOPIA is an alliance of 6 likeminded universities  ready to reinvent themselves: Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, CY Cergy Paris Université, University of Warwick, University of Gothenburg, University of Ljubljana and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Together, these 6 pioneers tackle the immense challenge of building the university of the future. 
The EUTOPIA alliance is a connected and inclusive community. Through collaborative research, greater student and teacher mobility and shared innovations, among others, EUTOPIA seeks to address local and global challenges, ultimately contributing to creating a new model for higher education in Europe.  
In June 2019, EUTOPIA2050 was chosen as one of the initial 17 winning projects of the new European Universities Initiative competitive call launched by the European Commission to build a European Higher Education Area.