Articles

The Criminalization of Knowledge
Why the struggle for academic freedom is the struggle for democracy
Sustainable Development Goals: from science to action
Universities and scientific research play a prominent role in the knowledge society and economy. As Daniel Innerarity says in his excellent book The Democracy of Knowledge , the problems faced by mankind today require major mobility of knowledge.
Transform Catalonia, improve the world
A few days ago, Barcelona hosted the International Conference on the Sustainable Development Goals: Actors and Implementation , where experts from 21 countries from all around the world debated in depth ways of deploying the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) both on an international and national...
Global and local universities? Moving towards socially responsible universities
The 6th Higher Education in the World Report 'Towards a Socially Responsible University: Balancing the Global with the Local' analyzes the contradictions and potential conflicts that arise from the fact that universities must respond to local (regional/national) and global demands.
Global Pressing Problems and the Sustainable Development Goals
This article attempts to critically discuss how HEIs can firmly engage in producing and sharing relevant knowledge , proposing and debating solutions , scrutinizing mechanisms and supporting awareness and preparing students for the challenges that lie ahead.
University Social Engagement: current trends in Latin America and the Caribbean at global/local Universities
This article explores the regional context, orientations in the transformation of higher education during the last decades of the twentieth century and the beginning of the XXI in Latin America and the Caribbean .
The Integration of Migrants to Europe: The role of higher and further education: a summary
The purpose of this article is to identify the importance of the further and higher education in supporting integration in Europe.
The global (and Catalan?) 2030 Agenda
“Catalonia must be able to construct its own development model if it is to become a leader in the collective values established by the UN goals”
Beyond rhetoric. Some obstacles for a responsible glocal university
Each university aspires to become glocal. In this article, Mircea Miclea claims that this identity change occurs rather in rhetoric than in actual practices. So, in order to create a new, glocal, identity, higher education institutions should overcome several obstacles, which he mentions here.
The best tool for development
Education has huge power to transform, but only 2% of humanitarian aid was assigned to educational projects. Education has huge power to transform. We are all agreed on this: academic experts, international organizations, governments, NGOs. Extending education in all its stages and aspects foments...
The “Glocal” University
Francesc Xavier Grau, the new Non-Executive Director of GUNi, shares his views about the need for engaged universities, both at regional and global level. The vision of a university as an "inescapable social force for good" makes engagement with the immediate needs of our local societies and...
New GUNi regional office in Latin America and the Caribbean recently stablished in the University of Guadalajara, in Mexico.
An agreement between GUNi and the University of Guadalajara (UDEG), Mexico, was signed on July 18 to stablish the regional office of GUNi-LAC at this University with the aim of reinforcing the network in this region.
GUNi joins the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site Knowledge Center
This UNESCO World Heritage Site is now home of a unique research center in Europe set up by leading institutions in the fields of sustainability, health, education and culture. Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site hosts seven cutting-edge offices of international organizations that aim to develop joint...
GUNi starts new period with ACUP as host Institution
The Global University Network for Innovation was created by UNESCO, the United Nations University (UNU) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (UPC) 15 years ago. In the last eight years the network has consolidated its activities, increased its international presence and become...
See the updated list of the GUNi Report presentations worldwide: More than 30 events in 20 countries
Since its publication, the new GUNi World Report is being launched in more than 30 events scheduled in countries such us USA, Canada, India, Jordan (regional presentation in Arab States), Denmark, Argentina, United Kingdom, Italy, Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia and South Africa, among others.