Higher Education Autonomy in Europe: supranational, national, and institutional trends (HEAE-SNIT)

On 30 January 2026, the conference Higher Education Autonomy in Europe: supranational, national, and institutional trends (HEAE-SNIT) took place at the Fundação Cupertino de Miranda.

Throughout the day, case studies from Finland, France, Poland, Portugal and the Netherlands were presented, followed by a debate on the impact of these transformations on the governance of higher education institutions, research, innovation and academic autonomy.

The conference was held within the framework of the HEAE-SNIT project (2023–2026), which adopts a multi-level approach to understanding how institutions strategically respond to economic, political and labour-market pressures, challenging the assumption of uniform responses to so-called “global models”.