Thomas Ekman Jørgensen is Director of Policy Co-ordination at EUA. His responsibilities include ensuring coherent policies for universities as well as overall policy development and managing cross-cutting issues with policy relevance.

Dr Jørgensen worked with EUA as Head of the Council for Doctoral Education for a number of years. He studied History and German Studies at the University of Copenhagen and the Free University Berlin. He received his PhD in History and Civilisation from the European University Institute in Florence in 2004 and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Copenhagen and at the Université libre de Bruxelles before coming to EUA. As a historian, he has worked on students and left-wing movements around 1968. He has also published on youth movements during World War I.

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Interoperability and Beyond: Building Consensus on the Future of HE in Europe

What kind of common vision is needed to ensure access, quality, and shared values in European higher education? Thomas Ekman Jørgensen, Director for Policy Coordination and Foresight at the European University Association, argues that digital interoperability raises political questions that require more than technical fixes – above all, they call for consensus on the future shape of European higher education.

Foto von Thomas Ekman Thomas Ekman Jørgensen 18.06.25