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On 23 April 2025, the Community for Educational Innovation (CEI) hosted the first webinar in its thematic strand on entrepreneurial education: “Integrating Entrepreneurial Competences in Higher Education Curricula.” The event brought together over 100 participants from across Europe to explore how entrepreneurial competences—such as creativity...

As European Universities alliances continue to grow and evolve, many are looking for tools to support their innovation and entrepreneurship strategies. This online workshop offers a chance to explore how HEInnovate — a self-assessment tool originally developed for individual higher education institutions — could be used and adapted at the alliance...

📅 Date: 19 May 2025 🕒 Time: 15:30–17:00 CET This webinar will explore the services that higher education institutions put in place to help students transform their entrepreneurial ideas into concrete initiatives. It will focus on the ways in which institutions support student-led entrepreneurship through extra-curricular and co-curricular offerings...

The new HEInnovate Expert Group brings together 21 professionals from 19 countries, selected for their expertise in driving innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education. Their insights and experience will help shape the next phase of institutional transformation across Europe and beyond. These experts have been selected for their deep...

Dr. ir. Peter Joore is professor of applied sciences and chair of the Open Innovation Research group at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. NHL Stenden is founding partner of RUN-EU, an alliance of eight higher education institutions from all regions of Europe, together forming a regional development-oriented...

Vilma Purienė is the Head of the Knowledge and Technology Transfer Centre at VILNIUS TECH. She has over 15 years of experience in research and innovation policy, as well as national and international project management. Additionally, she is the founder of a start-up focused on promoting entrepreneurship, intellectual property management, and...

Dr Victoria Galan-Muros is a globally recognised expert in higher education policy, management, engagement, sustainability, and innovation. With a career spanning 50+ countries, she operates at the intersection of universities, businesses, and policymakers, shaping the future of higher education worldwide. As a leading policy analyst and researcher...

Thomas Crispeels is a professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and chair of the Brussels Entrepreneurship and Innovation Lab at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His research centres on the role of academia in a modern, technology-driven society, with an emphasis on early-stage technology transfer and academic entrepreneurship. Thomas teaches...

With a background in Law (University of Lisbon), a Master’s in Creative Industries Management (Portuguese Catholic University – Porto), and currently pursuing a PhD in Management with a focus on Strategy and Organisational Development (ISCTE-IUL), I bring a multidisciplinary approach to leadership in higher education. My professional journey began...

María José Herrero Villa holds degrees in business and a PhD in Economics and Innovation Management from the Autonomous University of Madrid. She is the Head of the Innovation Ecosystem Development Unit at the Support Service for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). Additionally, she serves as the technical...

Dr. Marina Ranga is an international scholar in innovation studies, currently serving as Full Professor of Innovation and Technology Management at University Ramon Llull La Salle Barcelona, Spain. She holds a PhD and a MSc in Science & Technology Policy from SPRU – the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex, UK. Her career spans...

Marian Holienka is a professor of entrepreneurship and the Head of the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. He supervises the undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship study programmes that he helped design, develop, and implement. Additionally, he has co-developed and co-delivered several...

Manja Klemenčič researches, teaches, advises, and acts as a consultant in sociology and politics of higher education (HE), European HE, and various policy instruments in areas of student-centred learning and teaching, student representation, impact monitoring and evaluation, quality assurance, regional innovation ecosystems and international...

László is an economist who serves as an Associate Professor at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University's Institute of Education and as an associate editor for Tertiary Education and Management. His work centres on enhancing the strategic capabilities of higher education institutions. His PhD (2019) investigated how universities operate as learning...

Juliana Vassileva is an Associate Professor at New Bulgarian University (NBU) in Sofia, where she teaches and researches entrepreneurship, innovation, competitiveness, digital transformation, and the application of AI in business. She holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from NBU, a Master’s in Management Sciences from HEC Liège, and a...