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T4EU Quarterly Newsletter: News for Students, Researchers, and Staff

The Newsletter of the Transform4Europe Alliance, whose members include Vytautas Magnus University, highlights a range of activities and opportunities for students, researchers, and staff.

VMU to Hold Conference on Heritage in War and Peace

VMU Vytautas Kavolis Transdisciplinary Research Institute, Faculty of Law, and Department of Public Communication invite you to the international scientific conference Heritage in War and Peace: Technology and Heritage through Past, Present and Future, to be held at Vytautas Magnus University on 4-5 December 2025.

T4EU Science Communication Workshop on Communicating Sustainability Sustainably

The Transform4Europe alliance invites students, researchers, and staff to the upcoming T4EU Science Communication Workshop “Communicating Sustainability Sustainably: Case Studies on Burnout and Being the Change,” hosted by the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA).

Intelligent Governance: Democratic Governance That Involves Citizens, Algorithms, and Human Sensitivity

"[Crises demand] solutions that are flexible and oriented to current issues and needs, to technological and other changes. That is exactly what intelligent governance is for", explains Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jurga Bučaitė-Vilkė, Head of the Department of Sociology at VMU and Acting Director of the Vytautas Kavolis Institute for Interdisciplinary Research.

Dr. Una-May O’Reilly from MIT: AI Can Help Address Tremendous Challenges in the World Today

“Have you ever used an AI system, such as a language model? Doesn’t it persuade you that it's very intelligent or that it actually kind of likes you? It seems like it has emotion and an attitude. I think that's one of the challenges: people create a persona around chatbots, but they’re still machines”, says Dr. Una-May O’Reilly from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

International Conference Inspired Discussions of Europe’s Resilience: Universities are Crucial in Uncertain Times

Former President of Finland Sauli Niinistö, the special adviser to the President of the European Commission, delivered the keynote address at VMU during T4EU Strategic Policy Conference “Universities Shaping the Future: Building Resilient Societies through Innovation and Global Impact”.