Two EURIDICE partners, Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) and the University of Iceland organized a Science Café on 20 October 2026, to discuss Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship” in a café in Reykjavik, Iceland. The event was hosted by Rannís, the Icelandic Centre for Research in Reykjavik, and Dr. Laurence Beierlein, from UPEC was the invited guest speaker.
Rögnvaldur Sæmundsson, Pro-rector of Science and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Iceland, and Laurence Beierlein, Associate Professor and Co-director of Studies for the Master Managing Corporate Social Responsibility, at UPEC, discussed and agreed upon the importance of research partnerships that cross national and disciplinary boundaries. Through the EURIDICE project, and networks like the Aurora Universities Network (https://aurora-universities.eu/), universities are increasingly strengthen global citizenship and ensuring that academic knowledge contributes to meaningful and sustainable societal change.
During her stay in Reykjavik, Laurence Beilerlein also met Kristinn Rúnar Thorrison, director of the Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines (IIIM)and discussed the role of AI in entrepreneurship and social responsibility. IIIM is one of EURIDICE’s two Icelandic partners, a local research institute which does scientific research on Artificial Intelligence. During her visit Laurence Beierlein could see the northern lights or Aurora Borealis.