European Universities Initiative – a Policy of Scientific Cooperation on the Basis of Transform4Europe and The 4EU+ Alliance

Kacper Mateusz Skalmierski; Zuzanna Czernicka

doi:10.31261/polpre.2023.1.47-64

Published: 2023-09-28

Vol. 31 No. 1-2 (2023)

European Universities Initiative – a Policy of Scientific Cooperation on the Basis of Transform4Europe and The 4EU+ Alliance

Kacper Mateusz Skalmierski

, Zuzanna Czernicka

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.31261/polpre.2023.1.47-64

Abstract

The motivation for the analysis is the European Year of Skills 2023 announced by the European Commission. The mian purpose of the article is to show the problems of the contemporary functioning of European science cooperation policy. Knowledge in a broad sense, including scientific and expert knowledge, is increasingly important in the process of political decision-making. The article presents the evolution of the approach and spread of the European Uniosą activity in the internal and external dimensions of its science policy. The authors analyzed the operational tools of European Union’s (EU) scientific cooperation, which include the European Universities Initiative, Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe programs. The following research methods were used to achieve this goal: case studies, statistical analysis and analysis of sources such as policy documents, normative acts, university rankings, available scientific literature and Internet sources. The subjects of the study are "European universities" – members of alliances: Transform4Europe and The 4 EU+ Alliance, subjected to qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Keywords:

science policy , European scientific cooperation , European Universities Initiative , European integration

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Skalmierski, K. M., & Czernicka, Z. (2023). European Universities Initiative – a Policy of Scientific Cooperation on the Basis of Transform4Europe and The 4EU+ Alliance. Political Preferences, 31(1-2), 47–64. https://doi.org/10.31261/polpre.2023.1.47-64

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