EUTOPIA Review

Why a Review?

Over the past two centuries, reviews have significantly shaped Europe’s cultural and intellectual landscape. These publications have provided a platform for cultural dialogue, original thinking, and trans-frontier collaboration, leaving an enduring legacy on European thought and discourse. 

Although social media channels and streaming platforms emerged as dominant forms of communication in contemporary society, there is still a significant place for reviews in shaping an intellectual debate. They remain an original component of contemporary cultural life in Europe. Social media and streaming audiovisual channels provide unprecedented access to daily shortened information and misinformation; EUTOPIA bets for length, depth and rigour to provide a nuanced and critical analysis of issues understood in their complexity. Intellectual reviews help counterbalance an increasingly divisive public discourse. 

The EUTOPIA Review is also a place to showcase renewed and creative ideas and to provide a space for discussion while facilitating collaborative, cross-disciplinary and research-based approaches. Bringing together voices across Europe and the world will give a perspective on critical issues and contribute to shaping the European policymaking process. In areas such as humanities, science and technology, where abrupt shifts often present complex ethical and societal challenges, the publication could help bridge the gap between theory and practice.

The EUTOPIA Review also aims to promote greater collaboration between our ten universities and six global partners, growing a more engaged, vibrant intellectual community by encouraging a sense of shared identity and expertise. We aim to publish high-quality, original research and scholarship focusing on interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. We seek to facilitate a broad range of perspectives and voices, with scholars and researchers from different countries and cultures working in various languages and academic traditions. The review will prioritise articles that reflect academic excellence, rigour, and originality standards. It will also encourage contributions that challenge established disciplinary frontiers and seek to break new ground regarding theory, methodology, or empirical analysis. 

The EUTOPIA Review combines essays on different topics, interviews, and articles dedicated to science diplomacy as one of the main tools of our international cooperation.
 

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Contributors to the issue n. 3 (2025)

Jean-François Doulet

Jean-François Doulet is the Science and Higher Education Attaché at the French Embassy in Canada, where he advances Franco-Canadian collaboration in research, innovation, and higher education. A specialist in contemporary China and its urban transformations, he has more than thirty years of experience in research and academic cooperation with Chinese institutions. He became a practitioner and analyst of science diplomacy through his professional career, beginning with his first diplomatic posting at the French Embassy in Beijing in 2018. In Canada, he played a key role in supporting the creation of the Research Chair in Science Diplomacy at the University of Ottawa and in strengthening the Joint Committee between France and Canada on Science, Technology and Innovation. Holding a PhD in Geography, he is also Associate Professor at Université Paris-Est Créteil. His recent publications explore the evolving intersections between science, diplomacy, and global governance.

Adina Fodor

Adina Fodor, PhD, is the Head of the Office for Interuniversity Agreements at Babeș-Bolyai University (Romania). For the past 17 years she has been active in the internationalisation of higher education, with more recent focus on the entrepreneurial spirit of universities and the impact of their social mission. Dr. Fodor is involved in working groups on Responsible Internationalisation under the EUTOPIA alliance and The Guild—European Research-Intensive Universities and was an elected member of the Executive Committee of SGroup —Universities in Europe (Portugal). She has also served in advisory capacities for European institutions, including the Joint Research Centre (JRC) Advisory Group on Higher Education for Smart Specialisation and as a contributor to OECD/European Commission reports on entrepreneurial education. Dr Fodor has been actively promoting cultural understanding through her work which includes training on innovation frameworks (HEInnovate) across Europe and North Africa, contribution to projects and research on the social mission of higher education institutions, chiefly the social impact of the European Universities Initiative.

Eric Piaget

Eric Piaget is the Science Diplomacy Coordinator for EUTOPIA, based at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). He is also a researcher at the United Nations University’s Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), where he focuses on various facets of modern diplomacy within the Unit on Non-Traditional Diplomacy (UNTRAD). In the latter half of 2022, he served as Chair of the EU Science Diplomacy Alliance along with Luk Van Langenhove. Prior, he worked for the Swedish ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO), the EU Publications Office, and the EU think tank, Friends of Europe. He is a graduate from the University of Sussex and the VUB, where he specialised in modern history and international relations. As a dual national of Sweden and the United States, he is very passionate about maintaining strong transatlantic ties.

Luca Polizzi 

Luca Polizzi is a science, energy, and climate diplomacy expert, currently Research Fellow at the United Nations University—UNU-CRIS in Bruges and Manager for Strategy and Programme Reviews at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, where he leads regional engagement on R&I priorities, strategic foresight, and innovation policy. Previously, he served as EU Diplomat in Tel Aviv (2019–2021) and later as Policy Officer for Clean Hydrogen at the European Commission (DG RTD), contributing to the SET Plan, Clean Hydrogen Partnership, and Hydrogen Valleys initiative. He also managed R&I cooperation with Africa, the Gulf, the Eastern Partnership, and the Southern Neighbourhood, advancing EU policy dialogues and innovation partnerships. Earlier, he worked as Policy Assistant to the Director for Industrial Technologies and Policy Officer for Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials, helping develop the EU’s Key Enabling Technologies and Open Innovation Test Beds. He has held academic roles including Visiting Professor at the University of Sassari, Adjunct Professor in EU Law at Università Guglielmo Marconi, and guest lecturer at institutions such as the College of Europe, Ben-Gurion University, and the University of Glasgow. Luca holds a PhD in Science Diplomacy and International Studies from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), an MA in European Public Policy from KU Leuven, and a BA in Political Science from La Sapienza University of Rome.

Luciana Radut-Gaghi

Luciana Radut-Gaghi is a Full Professor in Information and Communication Sciences at CY Cergy Paris Université. Her research focuses on the sociology and epistemology of science with a focus on the experts’ and scientists’ discourses in the public arena, the media discourse as part of a larger interaction public system, and the European integration. She has been coordinating the Lemel (L’Europe dans les médias en ligne) research network since 2014 (several books published on the commemoration of WWI and on the war in Ukraine). She has led several national and international projects, including studies on climate discourse, commemoration, and European media. She served as vice-president of her university from 2019 to 2025 and currently holds a special advisor position on science diplomacy at CY.

Luk Van Langenhove

Luk Van Langenhove is Professor Emeritus at the Brussels School of Governance. He previously served as Director of the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) in Bruges and as Representative of the UNU Rector at UNESCO in Paris. Earlier, he held senior positions at the Belgian Federal Ministry of Science Policy (BELSPO), including Deputy Secretary-General and Deputy Chief of Cabinet to the Minister, and was a researcher and lecturer at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). At the VUB, he was amongst other missions, the academic lead for the creation of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance. He also coordinated the first EU-funded project on science diplomacy: EL-CSID (European Leadership in Cultural, Scientific, and Innovation Diplomacy). In 2022, he served as chair of the EU Science Diplomacy Alliance with Eric Piaget. A graduate of the VUB with a PhD in Psychology, he has published extensively on regional integration, social theory, positioning theory, and the social sciences. His books include De Opmars van de Regio’s (Die Keure, 2014), Building Regions (Ashgate, 2011), and People and Societies (Routledge, 2010). He has also contributed to leading journals such as The Review of International Studies, The Journal of European Integration, Global Policy, and Global Governance.

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Contributors to the Issue n. 2 (2024)

Miquel Olivier

Miquel Oliver is is Full Professor at the Department of Information and Communication Technologies of the Pompeu Fabra University-Barcelona. He received his Ph.D. from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in 1999, a Degree in Business Administration (UOC, 2009) and GloColl Executive Education (Harvard, 2011-12). Before joining UPF, he was Associate Professor at the UPC and Visiting Scholar at Rutgers University (US, 1999). He is leading the multidisciplinary Networking and Strategies Research Group (NeTS) since its foundation. He has been Visiting Scientist at the MIT (2013-14) and in Columbia University (2011). His research is on wireless communications, with a multidisciplinary view including regulation, telecom policies and economic impact.

Tünde Petra Szabó

Tünde Petra Szabó, PhD, is an associate professor and researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She has a PhD in Mathematics. She is the national coordinator for the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) for Romania, the most important and comprehensive international study of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial environment. Her research interests include entrepreneurship and fixed point theory.

 

Annamária Dézsi-Benyovszki

Annamária Dézsi-Benyovszki, PhD, is an associate professor and researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj- Napoca, Romania. She has a PhD in Finance. She is a member of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Romania team, the most important and comprehensive international study of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial environment. She studies various topics in the field of finance and entrepreneurship. 

Davor Kržišnik

Davor Kržišnik, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Wood Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana. He currently works as an assistant professor and his teaching activities include conducting laboratory exercises and lectures in the courses of the Wood Science and Technology, Biotechnology and Conservation and Restoration programmes at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design at all three levels of education. His research focuses mainly on fungal biotechnology and the development of fungal composites, with an emphasis on the green transition and the circular economy. He is also active in the professional field, working with companies and the Timber Cluster to introduce environmental requirements in the wood industry. 

Jamel Boukouray

Jamel Boukouray, PhD, is an academic, author and keynote speaker specialising in predictive management, frugal innovation and digital transformation. His expertise is revitalising business models and implementing innovative strategies across organisations of all sizes. He is currently Director of International Relations and Vice President of Marketing and Digital Transformation at the International University of Rabat. His executive career includes positions as President of Pierre Cardin Cosmetics & Fragrances in Canada, CEO of Airtel Telecom, VP Marketing and Business Development at Multidev Technologies, and Vice President of the Atlantis think tank. Jamal has taught at NYU Stern, McGill University, Osaka University and ESCA Ecole de Management in Morocco. His work appears in publications such as Stanford Social Innovation Review and CEO World Magazine.

Eric Piaget

Eric Piaget is the Science Diplomacy Coordinator for EUTOPIA. He is also a researcher at the United Nations University’s Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies, where he focuses on various facets of modern diplomacy. In the latter half of 2022, he served as Chair of the EU Science Diplomacy Alliance along with Luk Van Langenhove. Prior, he worked for the Swedish government, a human rights NGO, and a leading EU think tank.

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Contributors to the Issue n. 1 (2023)

Emrah Atasoy

Emrah Atasoy, an Associate Professor of English, is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie EUTOPIA-SIF COFUND Postdoctoral Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study, working at the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. As part of his fellowship, he is currently a visiting Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University’s Department of English, US, from February 2024 to May 2024. He served as a visiting scholar at the University of Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain, from September to November 2023 and at the University of Oxford’s Faculty of English Language and Literature from September 2021 to September 2022.

Emma Björner

Emma Björner, PhD, is a researcher in marketing at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Emma is the coordinator of an EUTOPIA community on tourism and experiences. She is affiliated with the Centre for Tourism and the Centre for Consumption Research. Her research focuses on the branding and development of sustainable places, destinations and organisations, with a focus on co-creation, inclusion, digitalisation, culture and food. Emma has published several articles and book chapters on these topics and presented her work at various international conferences. content.

Eva Maria Jernsand

Eva Maria Jernsand, PhD, is a researcher and lecturer in marketing at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is the coordinator of an EUTOPIA community on tourism and experiences and is affiliated with the Centre for Tourism, a transdisciplinary research centre with over 20 years of tourism research. Her research interests include sustainability, place branding, experiences, innovation, design, inclusion, and co-creation. She enjoys working in close collaboration with the public, private and idea-based sectors. Eva Maria has published in journals such as Tourism Recreation Research and Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, books on tourism experience and community-based tourism management, and is the editor of a book on tourism, knowledge, and learning. She teaches master’s courses such as Marketing Case Analysis, Marketing in the Service Economy, and Blue Economy.

Lučka Kajfež Bogataj

Lučka Kajfež Bogataj is professor emeritus at the University of Ljubljana. Her research areas include biometeorology, climate change impacts on ecosystems and human wellbeing. Her expertise as a climate scientist is internationally recognised, and she was, as a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2002-2016), the joint recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. She was also a member of the Steering Committee for the Global Climate Observation System at the World Meteorological Organisation. In 2016, she became a member of the UNESCO Expert Group on the Declaration on Ethical Principles in Relation to Climate Change. She was listed among Women Who Inspire Europe in 2012 by the European Institute for Gender Equality. She has shared her expertise at many national and international conferences and in various media.

Carla Lancelotti

Carla Lancelotti graduated in Archaeology at the University of Bologna and, after a Master’s in Archaeological Science at the University of Milan, she obtained a PhD in Archaeobotany from the University of Cambridge. In 2014, she co-founded the Culture and Socio-Ecological Dynamics research group, recognised by the Catalan Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR) as an excellence group. In 2017, she was awarded a Starting grant from the ERC to work on the role of drought-tolerant crops in long-term resilience and adaptation to drylands (RAINDROPS ERC-Stg-2017, 759800). She is currently co-vice president of the Institutional Committee for Ethical Review of Projects at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (CIREP) and part of the Group of Experts on Climate Change (GEC) for the Barcelona City Council. From 2022, Carla is the director of the Centre for Studies on Planetary Wellbeing at Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Ariadna Moreno Gay

Ariadna Moreno Gay graduated in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, complemented by a Master’s degree in Industrial Management and Innovation from Uppsala University in Sweden. Over the past years, Ariadna has been managing projects in the field of health innovation, global health, and planetary health and is now committed to advancing holistic well-being on a global scale, being involved in planetary wellbeing activities at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Thus, she is currently working as a Project Manager at the Centre for Studies on Planetary Wellbeing at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Also, Ariadna is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Medical Anthropology and Global Health at Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona to continue expanding her expertise and deepen her understanding of the complex interplay between health, culture, the environment, and society.

Éric Piaget

Éric Piaget is the Science Diplomacy Coordinator for EUTOPIA. He is also a researcher at the United Nations University’s Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies, where he focuses on various facets of modern diplomacy. In the latter half of 2022, he served as Chair of the EU Science Diplomacy Alliance along with Luk Van Langenhove. Prior, he worked for the Swedish government, a human rights NGO, and a leading EU think tank.

Chiara Rinaldi

Chiara Rinaldi is a researcher at the Agrifood Management and Innovation Lab, Department of Management, Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy. She joined Ca’Foscari in 2021 after spending more than five years at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research interests focus on sustainable place development and management strategies, such as place branding, place marketing and tourism in food and wine. More recently, her research explores twin transitions in agrifood. She published several articles on these topics and presented her work at various international conferences.

François Taddéi

François Taddéi is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, has a doctorate in genetics and is director of research at INSERM (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research). He has received numerous scientific awards, notably for fundamental research and educational innovations. A recognised specialist in evolution, he campaigns for interdisciplinary approaches. He set up in Paris the Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire (CRI)—now the Learning Planet Institute—to explore and promote new ways of learning, teaching, doing research and harnessing collective intelligence. 

Publishing director
Balint Marko, Vice-Rector, Babeș-Bolyai University

Deputy publishing director
Luciana Radut-Gaghi, Vice-President, CY Cergy Paris University

Editor-in-chief
Armando Uribe-Echeverría, Head of the EUTOPIA Impact & Dissemination Unit

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Editorial Board 

EUTOPIA MORE is co-funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 101089699. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

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