Responsible Entrepreneurship Seminar in Paris
Paris, 23 May 2024 – At the Centre for student entrepreneurship and innovation (IAE) of the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) we attended a fantastic seminar, in which 18 students from various universities (including the EURIDICE universities UPEC, CBS, ULusofona, VU Amsterdam), and their lecturers, successfully participated. This Blended Intensive Programme, successfully organized by Dr. Laurence Beierlein from IAE-UPEC in the framework of the Erasmus mobility programme was the first activity ... Read more
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Digital Transformation Under Fire: A Ukrainian University Perspective
The ability to continue education is vital, even during times of crisis. A recent event at UPJŠ brought together faculty and students for a discussion with Assoc. Prof. Igor O. Shnitser about the role of digital tools in Ukrainian universities facing martial law. Learn about the specific challenges faced by teachers and students, and the innovative approaches being used to overcome them.
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A Successful Story of Entrepreneurship
Amsterdam, May 30, 2025 – we meet Tom Siebring, a young digital entrepreneur who, together with two business partners, is successfully leading a start-up named Caddy Software BV. Caddy is based at the VU’s StartHub incubator. While talking to Tom, we are sitting at the building’s rooftop, (which has actively been regreened by VU) and we enjoy the sun, while discussing responsible entrepreneurship in the digital society. Tom did his ... Read more
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EURIDICE’s Joint European Master: Digital Society, Social Innovation, Global Citizenship
Are you ready to drive change in digital transformation building on your Bachelor’s degree? Have you always wanted to use hybrid settings to learn and build global connections? Have you always approached problems with an interdisciplinary mindset? Would you like to find out how? Join us online: Friday, March 28, at 1 p.m. CET. Next information sessions about the master for interested students: Friday, May 16, at 1 p.m. CESTFriday, ... Read more
EURIDICE Biannual Event in Lisbon
From March 10–12, the EURIDICE Consortium gathered for a productive and inspiring three-day meeting at Lusófona University in Lisbon. Representatives from nearly all partner institutions participated—coming from Portugal, Spain, Iceland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, and Ghana—with a few joining the sessions online. The meeting was marked by dynamic exchanges on joint education initiatives, including microcredentials and international collaboration. In addition, participants had ... Read more
Hybrid Meeting Marks Milestone
in EURIDICE’s Joint Master’s Programme on Digital Society, Social Innovation, and Global Citizenship Universität Innsbruck, in cooperation with Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy) and Palacký University Olomouc (Czech Republic) and representatives of the Université Paris-Est Créteil (France), successfully convened a hybrid working meeting to launch the hybrid Joint Master’s Programme entitled “Digital Society, Social Innovation, and Global Citizenship”. This innovative joint programme aims to address the pressing ... Read more
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Student cultural event
EURIDICE’s dissemination and ecosystem expanded in the cultural domain On February 26th, 27th, and 28th, 2025, the small local theater Insblau in the historic city of Leiden, the Netherlands, hosted a spectacular musical performed by 40 students from the MFLS (Medische Faculteit der Leidse Studenten) medical student association at Leiden University. The musical production was directed by Leeuw van Moerkerken, who had been training and mentoring the students weekly, since ... Read more
Open letter on the Urgent Need to Regulate Digital Technologies
The Digital Humanism Initiative urges regulation of digital technologies by the EU in the light of latest threats. We, the signatories of this letter, believe that the European Union (EU) must stand up to the overt threats to its digital regulatory framework which has been and continues to be constructed in order to safeguard its humanistic and democratic values. These threats emanate from an unprecedented confluence of immense political and ... Read more
New book about Digital Humanism
Hannes Werthner was interviewed by Walter Famler – Alte Schmiede Wien – on 25 January 2025 about his new book. In this book, which recently appeared in German, titled: Digitaler Humanismus. Über Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz, Hannes Werthner addresses the topic of advancing digitalisation including artificial intelligence, and describes the enormous opportunities that arise from it and also analyses its serious shortcomings. His concept of digital humanism (he initiated the ... Read more
SDGs in the light of Digital Transformation
A round table discussion with Saa Dittoh, Julia Neidhardt, Marcel Stelte, Auke Schuringa, Oleksandr Zakotianskyi, took place at VU Amsterdam, this was a session of the Conference “Navigating the Anthropocene”, Amsterdam, 30 January 2025. During this event, two major frameworks for a better world are linked. These are (1) the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, c.q. SDG1 zero hunger, SDG5 gender equality, and (2) Digital Humanism, the initiative that aims to ... Read more
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