Rekindling the deeper purpose of higher education through Bildung and democratic citizenship.
Responding to AI, automation, and social change by transforming institutional models.
Supporting students, staff and communities to lead innovation from within.
Challenging marketisation and repositioning universities as civic, cultural, and ethical anchors.
Explore and develop frameworks that go beyond incremental reform, aiming instead for root-and-branch transformation of higher education. This includes revisiting foundational principles like Bildung—focusing on cultivating critical thinking, cultural understanding, and ethical judgment as key outcomes of tertiary learning, not just vocational readiness.
Facilitate collaborative inquiry into how universities can remain relevant in the face of rapid technological shifts (e.g., AI, automation) and systemic societal changes. This involves surfacing assumptions, assessing structural inertia, and imagining new institutional models that align with a world reshaped by emerging intelligence and automation.
Engage with the insights of Critical University Studies to critique marketisation and managerialism while charting practical pathways for repositioning universities as community-embedded institutions. The focus is not just critique but proactive exploration of models that serve societal well-being, inclusion, and democratic citizenship.
Support academic and professional communities in reconfiguring institutional norms and governance structures to empower individuals—students, staff, and wider stakeholders—as active agents in shaping the future of higher education. Promote the creation of shared language, tools, and practices to prototype the university as a living system in service of a self-actualising society..
