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Andrew Gunn
reflects on the first few years of the initiative and assesses how it might help shape the future of European higher education.
The idea of a European University is as old as Europe’s political union itself. A supranational university was first mooted in 1948, and various proposals were discussed amongst the founding members in the early years of the European Community. However, none of these proposals came to fruition, owing to a lack of consensus amongst member states over what form it should take.
These discussions identify what would be an enduring fault line running through the European political project: is it about economics and trade or culture and social solidarity, or both? And where does higher education fit into both of these differing rationales?
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As a member of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU), Dublin City University is jointly working towards establishing a Virtual Research Institute as part of the recently launched ‘ECIU University Research Institute for Smart European Regions (SMART-ER) project.’
The Virtual Research Institute will provide a framework for collaborative research that complements ECIU University s existing activities and responds to the Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG11), in line with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
An important aspect of the project is the development of an effective collaboration model between science and society to conduct research activities that align innovations with societal needs, values and expectations.