“Connected, empowered, renewed: The HESPRI project improves Higher Education by turning evidence into decisions that shape learners’ futures worldwide.”
Prof. Nicoleta Popa
Elevating Higher Education Public Policies: an empowering Springboard (HESPRI)
(A blueprint for better university research, teaching, and policymaking)
Project duration: 1 January 2023 - 31 December 2026
Funding scheme: MSCA Staff Exchange
Net EU contribution: € 1 439 800,00
Strategic topic: Democracy
Project impact
As part of the HESPRI project, academic and non-academic organisations from Europe, Japan, Chile and Kuwait came together to find out what works and what doesn’t in their higher education policies. They joined forces to develop quality indicators and improve how they communicate with policymakers. They have developed quality indicators across digitalisation, social equality and sustainability dimensions, and have helped researchers in STEM and SSH strengthen their communication with policymakers. This included comparing higher education systems to identify key tensions, particularly around gender and internationalisation; exploring how digitalisation and open science are reshaping universities; and contributing scientific evidence to policymaking processes. Overall, the project has enhanced university research, teaching, and policy engagement across Europe. It has developed tools to modernise university governance and improve the use of digital technology. By bringing science closer to citizens, the HESPRI project also helps strengthen social cohesion and supports universities in addressing real-world challenges in their regions and communities.
Coordinator
Romania, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi
Participating and partners countries
- France
- Université de Strasbourg
- Sorbonne Université
- Institut Européen d’Études du Développement
- Germany
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
- Italy
- Universita degli Studi di Torino
- Moldova
- Asociatia Obsteasca Institutul pentru Politici si Reforme Europene
- Universitatea Americană din Moldova
- Universitatea de Studii Politice si Economice Europene Constantin Stere
- Portugal
- Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior
- Chile
- Universidad Andrés Bello
- Japan
- Okayama University
- Doshisha University
- Kuwait
- The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training