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Digital Futures for Education: Back to the future! What do universities look like in 2040?

Digital Futures for Education is a new series of conversations and events that bring together key actors from academia, civil society, and the private and public sectors. The mission is to provide a colloquial space for discussion and reflection on the digital transformation in education and the role of universities in today’s complex societies. The goal is also to build a community with key national and international educational actors.

Now Digital Futures welcome interested in participating in these conversations about the digital futures for education – starting 25 May!

Date and time: 25 May 2022, 13:00 – 14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Title: 
Back to the future! What do universities look like in 2040?
Where:
Online – Zoom link will be distributed upon registration

In this conversation, we bring together experts from political science, education, and sustainable human-computer interaction to discuss visions about the futures of higher education.

Moderator: Teresa Cerratto Pargman, Stockholm University – Associate Director Societal Outreach and Member of Working group Educational Transformation at Digital Futures.

Confirmed speakers are:

More information on the conversation schedule and link to the registration

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