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SUMMARY:European Universities 2030: Building Knowledge Ecosystems for Euro
 pe’s Strategic Capacity in an Age of Polycrisis
DTSTART:20260603T070000Z
DTEND:20260605T194500Z
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UID:indico-event-882@conferences.lu.lv
CONTACT:agnese.rusakova@lu.lv
DESCRIPTION:FORTHEM international conferenceEuropean Universities 2030: Bu
 ilding Knowledge Ecosystems for Europe’s Strategic Capacity in an Age of
  PolycrisisJune 3-5\, 2026This conference brings together researchers and 
 practitioners from biosciences\, engineering\, social sciences\, humanitie
 s\, and education to co‑create responsible\, democratic\, and sustainabl
 e innovation for Europe. We invite contributions that connect cutting‑ed
 ge science with ethics\, inclusion\, governance\, and societal impact\, dr
 awing inspiration from the FORTHEM Alliance’s efforts to connect worlds 
 of science and society.We particularly welcome transdisciplinary work\, co
 ‑authorship\, external to the FORTHEM interventions and submissions that
  pair scientific advances with social sciences and humanities analysis.We 
 invite submissions on but not limited to the following topics:Cultural Her
 itage\, Identity & Democratic Cohesion: From Preservation to Political Fun
 ction [memory infrastructures\; symbolic power\; contested heritage\; civi
 c identity formation\; digital preservation systems\; conservation science
  as epistemic authority\; crisis narratives\; resilience cultures\; identi
 ty under disruption\; heritage in polycrisis]Multilingualism\, Language Ju
 stice & Knowledge Infrastructures: Who Gets to Know-and in What Language? 
 [linguistic inequality\; translation as governance\; epistemic access\; kn
 owledge mediation technologies\; inclusive pedagogy systems\; AI-driven la
 nguage infrastructures\; knowledge interoperability\; cross-border communi
 cation systems\; crisis communication infrastructures\; linguistic resilie
 nce]Democratic Innovation\, Participation & Epistemic Justice: Who Is Reco
 gnized as a Knower? [epistemic authority\; legitimacy of expertise\; parti
 cipatory governance\; open science\; citizen science\; trust formation\; r
 esearch evaluation regimes\; crisis governance\; legitimacy under uncertai
 nty\; adaptive participation models\; knowledge trust ecosystems]Transform
 ing Higher Education: Governance\, Values & Alliances as Strategic Systems
  [institutional transformation\; alliance governance models\; strategic c
 apacity building\; cross-border integration\; value-driven leadership\; sy
 stemic coordination mechanisms\; ecosystem governance\; strategic autonomy
 \; capacity building under constraint\; inter-institutional coordination a
 rchitectures\; resilience of alliances\; Alliance as knowledge ecosystem n
 ode]Learning Futures: Teaching\, Engagement & Cognitive Transformation [c
 ognitive architectures of learning\; AI-mediated education\; digital epist
 emologies\; learner agency\; engagement dynamics\; decolonizing knowledge 
 systems\; adaptive learning environments\; future skills ecosystems\; cogn
 itive resilience\; adaptive learning systems\; lifelong learning infrastru
 ctures]Migration\, Belonging & Plural Knowledge Systems: Beyond Integratio
 n to Epistemic Plurality [negotiated belonging\; epistemic plurality\; kno
 wledge coexistence\; migrant knowledge systems\; indigenous epistemologies
 \; inclusive citizenship models\; social integration vs transformation\; m
 obility in crisis contexts\; transnational knowledge flows\; social resili
 ence systems\; integration under systemic stress]Technology\, Ethics & Hum
 an Impact: From Innovation to Consequence [algorithmic governance\; data 
 sovereignty\; surveillance systems\; ethical AI frameworks\; power asymmet
 ries\; human-centered design\; regulatory infrastructures\; technological 
 sovereignty\; crisis technologies\; digital resilience infrastructures\; s
 ystemic risk and governance]Environmental Humanities & Societal Futures: N
 arratives That Shape Transitions [climate narratives\; cultural imaginari
 es\; ecological belonging\; sustainability transitions\; environmental sto
 rytelling\; wellbeing frameworks\; socio-ecological systems thinking\; pol
 ycrisis narratives\; socio-ecological resilience\; futures literacy\; tran
 sformation pathways]\n\nhttps://conferences.lu.lv/event/882/
LOCATION:ONLINE
URL:https://conferences.lu.lv/event/882/
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