| Title: |
Policy Recommendations for Higher Education Institutions to Begin Advancing from Digital Transformation to Bifurcation |
| Authors: |
Noel Fitzpatrick; Paul Hayes; Jan Cornelius Schmidt; Ester Toribio-Roura; Ceri Almrott; Camila D’Bastiani; Dominik Gager; Gerald Gallagher; Paul Grimm; Alessandra Sannella; Stela Stoykova |
| Contributors: |
Fitzpatrick N.; Hayes P.; Cornelius Schmidt J.; Toribio-Roura E.; Ceri Almrott; D’Bastiani C.; Gager D.; Gallagher G.; Grimm P.; Sannella A.; Stoykova S.; Fitzpatrick, Noel; Hayes, Paul; Cornelius Schmidt, Jan; Toribio-Roura, Ester; Almrott, Ceri; D’Bastiani, Camila; Gager, Dominik; Gallagher, Gerald; Grimm, Paul; Sannella, Alessandra; Stoykova, Stela |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
IRIS Unicas (Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale) |
| Subject Terms: |
Bifurcation · Digital Transformation · Sustainability · Ethics · Epistemology · Responsible Innovation · Education |
| Description: |
This paper advocates for a paradigm shift in how higher education institutions engage with digital transformation, proposing the concept of bifurcation as a normative and critical alternative. While digital technologies continue to reshape education, research, and society at large, the authors argue that universities must move beyond market-driven innovation to foster ethically and ecologically responsible digital futures. Drawing from interdisciplinary perspectives and practices within the European University of Technology’s ECT Lab+ and ESSLab+, the paper outlines the philosophical and epistemological foundations of bifurcation—emphasizing the need to critically reassess prevailing human-nature-technology relations. The authors propose a framework for institutional transformation grounded in responsible innovation, sustainability, and inclusion. A series of policy recommendations is offered, ranging from sustainable digital infrastructure and ethical education models to open-source governance and international collaboration. Ultimately, the paper positions universities as key actors in catalysing a cultural and digital bifurcation that responds to planetary and societal challenges. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
ELETTRONICO |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
volume:19; firstpage:1; lastpage:8; numberofpages:8; journal:NANOETHICS; https://hdl.handle.net/11580/116524 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/s11569-025-00476-x |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/11580/116524; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-025-00476-x; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11569-025-00476-x |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; license:Creative commons ; license uri:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.4EA66CE4 |
| Database: |
BASE |