Webpages tagged with «Green and digital transitions»
10-year anniversary publication 2016-2026 | 1 June 2026
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we have created a special publication covering the main highlights of our work from the past decade.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become omnipresent in our daily lives. As one of the most powerful tools ever developed, it carries enormous potential but also significant responsibility.
Position paper | 11 March 2026
The Guild shares its vision and key considerations for the new Data Union Strategy and Digital Omnibus.
Statement | 17 October
The Guild has submitted its response to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence on the Digital Omnibus - Digital Package on Simplification, highlighting that legal uncertainties are of equal challenge to the research community, especially universities.
The Guild has submitted its response to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence on the Digital Omnibus - Digital Package on Simplification, highlighting that legal uncertainties are of equal challenge to the research community, especially universities.
Annual Report 2024-2025 | 18 June 2025
Our annual report reflects how universities are navigating and shaping key challenges: advocating for a strong, standalone Framework Programme for R&I; empowering higher education through cross-border collaboration and innovative teaching; and advancing the European Research Area to unlock knowledge as a true "fifth freedom."
On the 1st of April, the launch event of our latest insight paper “Universities in the face of the climate and nature crises: Redoubling our commitment to a sustainable future” focused on how universities can best foster a sustainable and just transition in Europe and beyond, and how policymakers can best nurture the capacity of universities to address the climate and nature crises.
In its insight paper "Universities in the face of the climate and nature crises: Redoubling our commitment to a sustainable future", The Guild calls on European and national policymakers to collaborate with higher education institutions to ensure evidence-informed knowledge for a safe, affordable, just and sustainable transition.
Insight paper | 1 April 2025
This insight paper expresses the commitment of The Guild's member universities to contribute to the Green Deal objectives and urges EU and national policymakers to collaborate with higher education institutions to ensure evidence-informed knowledge for a safe, affordable, just and sustainable transition.
Position Paper | 19 November 2024
How can Europe harness the power of AI in research while keeping it responsible and human-centered? The Guild’s position paper outlines key strategies to advance AI innovation ethically, enhance research productivity, and strengthen Europe’s global leadership. Explore how responsible AI can drive transformative research across disciplines.
Annual Report 2023-2024 | 26 June 2024
The past academic year highlighted the growing importance of the R&I and higher education sector in Europe to respond to and anticipate global and societal challenges.
Position Paper | 15 May 2024
The European Union is about to start negotiations for its tenth framework programme for research and innovation (FP10). The Guild urges for a future-oriented outlook on FP10. The framework programme must be geared towards building Europe’s competitiveness and resilience based on its scientific leadership.
Insight paper | 21 September 2023
In this insight paper, Morten Dæhlen (University of Oslo) offers clear directions for policymakers, research funders, and higher education institutions to navigate towards a successful twin transition.
Annual Report 2022-2023 | 17 July 2023
In the past year, The Guild achieved remarkable progress and achievements in advocating for a sustainable and ambitious R&I and higher education landscape in Europe and beyond.
Joint Statement | 8 May 2023
The Guild, and other associations of universities and university libraries, formulate recommendations to the co-legislators engaged in the interinstitutional negotiations for the adoption of the Data Act to ensure that this piece of EU legislation promotes fair access to data for research purposes.
Position Paper | 22 February 2023
In this position paper, The Guild shares its recommendations for Horizon Europe, as part of the interim evaluation of the programme launched by the European Commission.
Position Paper | 14 February 2023
In this position paper, The Guild shares its priorities for digital and artifical intelligence research in Horizon Europe.
Annual Report 2021-2022 | 4 July 2022
In the past year, the EU has become increasingly important for universities and in turn, universities, through their research, innovation and education, have become more central to EU policymaking. The Guild engaged with a growing range of policy areas, while also bringing new depths to our work on Horizon Europe and Erasmus+, and the European Research and Education Areas.
Statement | 4 May 2022
The Guild welcomes the publication, on Tuesday 3rd May, of the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS).
Statement | 28 February 2022
The Guild voices its concerns on the Commission’s proposal for a Data Act, urging fair access to privately held data for research purposes.
Statement | 14 December 2021
The Guild voices its concerns on the burdens the European Commission’s proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act may impose on research and researchers and calls for the Commission to involve researchers in the future monitoring and amendment processes of the Act.
Annual Report 2020-2021 | 15 July 2021
In 2020-2021, The Guild network grew by one new member, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, the most highly ranked university on the Iberian Peninsula. Amidst the changes the pandemic has brought, The Guild’s Presidents reflected the key trends and challenges facing Europe’s universities in the coming decade.
Position Paper | 28 June 2021
To address the obstacles data-intensive medical research is facing, The Guild presents recommendations for the European Commission to shape the EHDS.