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Closing session
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Toward equitable and transformative science partnerships: Which role for CIVIS?
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Universities in Transformation
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Language beyond learning
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Participatory action research in vulnerable contexts: a trans-continental perspective
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Preparedness and adaptability in Global Health
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Teaching complexity Through Real-World and Collaborative pedagogies
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Climate change and other challenges - building convergence through collaboration
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Transcultural memories and narratives
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Rethinking Aging: Scientific Evidence, Public Perception, and Cultural Practices
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Added-value collaboration between academic research&local stakeholders
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Migrant storytelling on home and belonging as transformative tools
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Experimentation and the making of experiential knowledge
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Equity and Inclusion in African–European Knowledge Partnerships
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Heritage for the future: promoting best practices for preservation and promotion
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Exploring opportunities and challenges of AI in research and teaching in Europe -Africa Alliance
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WE4LEAD: a cross-continental endeavor towards gender equality
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Decolonising African-European academic partnerships
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Cultural heritage and housing: protection, safeguarding, and belonging
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Building on PolyCIVIS Insights: Enhancing African-European Cooperation in Research and Evidence-Based Policy
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Challenging the complexities of informal elderly care. Towards African-European collaborative aging research and education
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Overcoming racism in healthcare: a European and African perspective on how to improve medical training
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Polycrisis and forced displacement across Africa and Europe
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Decolonising university museum collections
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Joint African-European studies and viewpoints on epidemiology
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CIVIS Research Council face-to-face meeting
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African-European teaching collaboration and instructional design
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The African Cancer Immunology and Infection Initiative
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Transregional sustainable development
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Welcome speech
Prof. Houssine Azeddoug, President of Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca (Morocco)
Prof. Stefan Lang, CIVIS Secretary General, University of Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Salzburg (Austria)
Prof. Estelle Doudet, CIVIS Research Council Chair, University of Lausanne, Lausanne (Switzerland)
Prof. Mustapha Lkhider, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca (Morocco)
Local Organising Committee - Organisational information
Emeritus Professor Abdelmajid Bouziane, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca (Morocco)
University 4.0: Bridging the global skills gap
Rapid technological changes driven by Industry 4.0 are fundamentally reshaping the global job market. Despite these shifts, many higher education institutions remain anchored in the "factory approach" of the University 1.0 and 2.0 eras, producing graduates whose profiles are increasingly misaligned with contemporary job requirements. This presentation identifies the critical skills gap that must be addressed to facilitate the transition to University 4.0, specifically focusing on competencies such as complex problem-solving, cognitive flexibility, and meta-learning. Particularly, a portion of the talk is devoted to the humanities—a sector with high enrollment that particularly suffers from entrenched teacher-centered narrative traditions, a digital pedagogy gap, infrastructure disparities, and curricular rigidity. The presentation concludes by suggesting strategic transformations, including the redefinition of the educator’s role, the adoption of open innovation models, and the implementation of "neoskilling" as a survival imperative in the digital age.