As part of Denmark’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Aalborg University hosted a conference on Human Values and Grand Challenges on December 1-2, 2025 in Copenhagen. The conference was organised in collaboration with University of Southern Denmark and Copenhagen Business School and supported by the European Commission. Klaus Schuch from ZSI was Advisory Board member of this conference.
A core message of the conference was that a human-centric approach and societal focus should be the guiding principles for the next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10) and other EU’s funding programmes. The conference organisers have published recommendations and most recently also a report.
The report contains sections on:
- Recommendations from the organisers of the conference
- Structural proposals for FP10 and EU funding instruments
- Proposed actions for the wider European research and innovation community
- Conference report with key takeaways and input from the keynote speakers at the conference
