Chinese Translation Published

It was exciting to learn yesterday that a book I developed with Jon McCollum is now being published in Chinese translation by a team of outstanding music scholars.

Click HERE for more details (in Chinese language).

AI vs. IP in Music: An Issue for Ethnomusicology

I eagerly look forward to co-hosting the 2025 SEM Historical Ethnomusicology Section meetings with its current Chair, Otto Stuparitz, and to giving the following presentation at the 70^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology. 

AI vs. IP: Who Owns the World’s Music Today?

David G. Hebert (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences) 

Abstract: 

At the 2025 Paris AI Summit, VPOTUS Vance declared to world leaders that “excessive regulation” harms the AI industry and will not be tolerated by the USA. His position contrasts with another VP, that of the world’s largest music company (Universal), who denounced AI’s “wholesale hijacking of the intellectual property of the entire creative community.” Indeed, as Suchir Balaji showed, the “fair use” doctrine cannot reasonably apply to the “training” of AI, whether in the form of text, images, or music, since the resulting synthetic products are designed to compete commercially with human-made creations. Law has arguably not kept pace with new technologies, including music AI, which flagrantly violates the spirit of copyright. How are ethnomusicologists to respond to AI in ways consistent with our values? Currently, the US, China, and Europe are the main centers of AI innovation, and of these the EU most explicitly protects privacy and AI safety (e.g. GDPR, EU AI Act). The US is also one of the only major countries that is not a signatory to major international agreements for safe AI development. Since SEM is a US-based organization, its members must consider the impact these US policies will ultimately have on music ownership and music creation worldwide. Based on a decolonial approach to IP in the context of international law, this presentation will identify established ethnomusicological values, then outline the legal arguments (and counterarguments) for regulating AI to protect musicians, promote cultural survival, and even ensure the future of human personal identity.

 

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This theme is also related to the work that our new postdoctoral researcher, Karan Choudhary, will pursue over the next few years, and who I hope may join me in future SEM conferences. His earlier work appears in the book Ethnomusicology and Cultural Diplomacy as well as various law journals. 

 

Image source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta#/media/File:Atlanta_Skyline_-_Piedmont_Park.png

 

Invited Lecture in Taiwan

National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) is the most international university in Taiwan, and among the highest ranked in Asia for teacher education and educational research. With a history of more than 100 years, it was founded during the Japanese occupation, known then as Taihoku College.

The College of Music at NTNU is also the most prominent Music institution in Taiwan.

I look forward to the opportunity to give an invited lecture there in Autumn 2025, during which I will share insights gained from the Global Competence Partnership project.

 

Decolonization of Musical Arts Education

It was a pleasure to learn just a few days ago that an article co-authored with my PhD student Erisa Walubo has been accepted by the journal Philosophy of Music Education Review. We expect it to be published sometime in the next six months.

The article offers a novel philosophical analysis of differing views on the notion of decolonization and how it can be applied to music education, or what is called “musical arts” education in much of Africa (since there it often entails the integration of singing, drumming, dancing, story-telling, and other practices).

Erisa Walubo is now revising what promises to be a strong PhD dissertation on Indigenous music and dance practices in Ugandan education, and has other interesting research articles in various stages of writing. Our collaboration, and Erisa’s doctoral studies, are sponsored by the CABUTE project, which also has many other publications under development, including by our postdoctoral researchers in music education James Isabirye and Milton Wabyona.

We eagerly look forward to seeing what the entire team will accomplish through the CABUTE project and the long-term impacts that their work will have for the improvement of education in Uganda. 

Congratulations to Erisa and the entire CABUTE team!  

Keynote Speech in China

I look forward to giving a keynote speech on Music Diplomacy for a major event in September 2025 at the Hong Kong Palace Museum. Some of my favorite music scholars will be there. 

Click HERE for details.

Fieldwork Begins in Sapmi

It is exciting to be visiting Sapmi, the Sami homeland in the far north of the Nordic countries, for research on the Sami joik and singing practices. The Sapmi Singing Map project is probably the largest research project ever on Sami singing, involving a team of researchers (interdisciplinary, both Sami and non-Sami) across the next four years, with the purpose of not only documenting the joik but also developing research-based and culturally appropriate educational resources.

As part of the first phase of fieldwork, the team is visiting Kautokeino, Maze, and Øksfjord to interview and film notable joikers from diverse localities and generations. Yesterday we also crossed the Finnish border, filming the local nature and wildlife to help show the context of this heritage. There will be several more visits across the coming years, in different seasons, to help us better understand how to meaningfully describe this remarkable land and its unique people.

 

Hong Kong Summer School 2025

Five PhD students and postdoctoral researchers are now accompanying me to participate in the 2025 International Postgraduate Roundtable cum Summer School (IPRRFSS) hosted by the Graduate School, Education University of Hong Kong.

 

Established in 2011, the IPRRFSS offers an array of interdisciplinary research presentations in various formats. This is my second time to participate.

 

The 2025 theme is “Interdisciplinary Frontiers: Exploring Mind, Language and Environment for a Sustainable Future” and keynote speakers include psychologist Tatia Lee, linguist Xiaofei Lu, social psychologist Ying-yi Hong, educationist Marcus Pietsch, and other renowned scholars. I will be performing some music for the event's Gala Dinner along with EdUHK pianist Philbert Li (links to some of our previous performances are HERE and HERE).

 

We look forward to seeing the outcomes from this exciting event which is likely to inspire the young scholars who come to IPRRFSS from many different countries.

 

Below is a video from the 2024 IPRRFSS …

Image source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong#/media/File:Kowloon_Panorama_by_Ryan_Cheng_2010.jpg

More recordings are available HERE.

ISME Board in Montreal

Montreal is one of the largest cities in North America, with a diverse and vibrant arts scene. Above is a photo of downtown Montreal that I took shortly after arriving here.

It is a pleasure to be visiting Montreal for a board meeting of the International Society for Music Education (ISME), held here since we plan to hold the 37^th ISME World Conference in Montreal in one year: 26-31 July 2026.

The deadline to propose presentations for ISME 2026 is coming very soon!

Here is the conference website: https://www.ismeworldconference.org/isme26

Global Philosophy of Education

Details have now been announced for a unique conference on Global Philosophy of Education scheduled for 19-20 March 2026 in Amsterdam.

Posted here is the Call for Papers and other essential information. I am thankful to be one of the Invited Speakers along with distinguished scholars from around the world. 

The deadline to propose standard paper presentations is 15 November 2025. 

It is exciting to see a shared impetus toward more formally establishing this field, which is particularly coming from the conference hosts in Amsterdam. I look forward to participating and hope to see many colleagues there with a deep interest in global educational theory. 

 

Activities in Australasia, Summer 2025

It is exciting to now be visiting Australia for a meeting of the Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research (APSMER). This trip is sponsored by the Global Competence Partnership project since I will give a presentation here in Perth with our Hong Kong-based partner Koji Matsunobu.

Earlier in this voyage, I also gave a speech on AI for a symposium at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, joined a Board meeting of the Open Global Music Academy (OGMA), and taught Arts Policy for law students at China University of Political Science and Law.

Displayed here are photos from the event in Thailand, the CUPL course, the OGMA Board meeting, and a visit to the University of Melbourne school of music led by its former director Gary McPherson.

Music Diplomacy in Europe

It was thrilling to finally have a chance to visit a uniquely important center for music diplomacy in Europe, the Barenboim Said Academy, in Berlin, Germany.

I am so grateful for the invitation to give a lecture, meet students and staff, and learn all about their innovative activities. Particularly during this time, when tensions in the Middle East are surely as difficult as ever before, it is exciting to see what is being accomplished in Berlin through the unique power of music. 

I am eager to return, and look forward to new collaborations and opportunities to report on their inspiring activities. 

Approaches: Music Therapy

 

A special issue has just been published, Ethical Questions in Transforming Music Practices, in the journal Approaches – The Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy. 

It was a pleasure to serve on the Board under the leadership of Sanna Kivijärvi and Taru Koivisto.

 

The published issue is available online through these links: https://journals.qmu.ac.uk/approaches/issue/view/36/34 (PDF) and here https://journals.qmu.ac.uk/approaches/issue/view/36 (Journal's website). 

 

Echoes of the Anthropocene

I look forward to giving an invited presentation for the Association for Future Music Education (AFME)’s 5th International Conference in Seoul, Korea (February 6-7, 2026).

The conference is titled “Echoes of the Anthropocene: Rethinking Music Education in an Era of Crisis.”

Seoul is a very high-tech city that I have very much enjoyed visiting over the years, and here is a link to one of my publications that contains discussions of Korea:

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-68434-5

 

Image source: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul#/media/File:Seoul_(175734251)_(cropped).jpg 

BSRS 2025 PhD Candidates

It is nearly time for the 2025 Bergen Summer Research School! 

The PhD Candidates for the first cohort of our new course Creative Innovations in Higher Education are coming to Bergen, Norway from 17 different countries and territories: South Africa, Madagascar, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Philippines, China, India, Spain, Norway, Germany, Czech Republic, and the Faroe Islands. 

They also represent a broad array of academic fields, from the natural sciences to social sciences, arts, and humanities. 

We expect two weeks of exciting discussions that may lead to some long-term collaborations to strengthen conditions and practices at universities worldwide.

This year, BSRS is led by Birgit Kopainsky, a prolific researcher and professor of systems dynamics at University of Bergen.

Click HERE to access the original song we presented at the Opening Event of BSRS 2025. 

APSMER conference in Perth

It is exciting to soon be giving presentations at the Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research (APSMER) conference in Perth, Australia.

APSMER is the Asia and Pacific regional conference of ISME, a global organization for which I serve on the Executive Committee and Board.

My presentations this year include (1) a co-authored paper with Koji Matsunobu that expands further on the concept of eco-musicality that we propose as a basis for philosophy of music education, and (2) a symposium presentation with Jiaxing Xie on our new book (now in the final editing stages) called A Philosophy of Music Education for the Era of AI: Dialogue between Chinese and Western Perspectives (Routledge).

We will also launch an innovative project that has been in development for several years, the Open Global Music Academy (OGMA) network, which will now be affiliated with APSMER.

I look forward to seeing colleagues and learning about the latest research in this field from across the Asia and Pacific regions.

 

Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth#/media/File:Perth_CBD_skyline_from_State_War_Memorial_Lookout,_2023,_04_b.jpg

 

Keynote at Philosophy of Education conference

 

I look forward to giving an invited keynote speech for the Global Philosophy of Education conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in March 2026.

This event is being organized as part of the project Global Philosophy of Education (GlobalPhilEd), sponsored by Volkswagen Stiftung, and led by philosophers in Germany and the Netherlands, including Anders Schinkel, Johannes Drerup and Anouk Zuurmond.

This event promising to be very interesting, with discussion of ideas concerning educational philosophy from around the world.

 

Image source: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam#/media/File:KeizersgrachtReguliersgrachtAmsterdam.jpg

 

Doctoral Dissertation Seminar

It is exciting to now be hosting a joint doctoral dissertation seminar through the GAME research group, with participants from several countries and regions: China, Japan, Hong Kong, Spain, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Norway, and Uganda. 

Here is our seminar schedule for 16 April 2025:

Presenter and Respondent;  Presentation Title 

Sherry Qiaoyue Liu  (respondent, Dr. David G. Hebert)

Impact of Participating in a Community Choir on Adults in Shenzhen, China

 

Flora Jinhan Wei  (respondent, Dr. James Isabirye)

Pre-Service Music Teachers in Mainland China: A Mixed-Method Research

 

Kristian Tverli Iversen  (respondent, Dr. Yuki Morijiri)

Research Design for a Study of AI in Music Education

 

 

SHORT BREAK

 

Elizabeth Anne Oltedal  (respondent, Dr. Yuki Morijiri)

Conviction and compromise: An exploratory study of social moderation in the assessment of music performance

 

Marianne Løkke Jakobsen  (respondent, Dr. Luna Ning Luo)

A Study of Interactions and Learning Experiences in the Cross-Cultural Virtual Learning Space: Case Studies of Instrumental Music Education between Denmark and China

 

Kay Wing-Ki Li  (respondent, Dr. David G. Hebert) 

Cultural Differences in Metacognitive Teaching: A Study of Instrumental Music Learning in Hong Kong

 

SHORT BREAK

 

Erisa Walubo  (respondent, Dr. Luna Ning Luo)

Decolonising Ugandan Primary Music Teacher Education through exploration of Indigenous practices of Amayebe musical tradition

 

Sergio Garcia-Cuesta  (respondent, Dr. James Isabirye)

Citizens Are/As Artists: An integrative approach to music education

 

Knut Eysturstein  (respondent, Dr. Milton Wabyona) 

Tracing Faroese Music Heritage in Education: Archival and Interview-Based Approaches

 

David G. Hebert: Concluding Remarks

 

Intensive Nordic Master Course in Finland

The Nordic Network for Music Education (NNME) has offered joint intensive Master courses for decades that have contributed to developing a shared professional community across Nordic and Baltic countries. Today we are excited to announce that we have funding to offer a course in 2025.

 

The 2025 NNME course is titled Socially, Ecologically, and Ethically Responsible Music Education and will be hosted by University of the Arts Helsinki at the Kallio-Kuninkala villa on 3-7 November 2025. Prof. Marja-Leena Juntunen is the local course host.

Grants are available to cover the costs of travel, lodging, and food for a limited number of participants.

This will be an outstanding opportunity for Master students in Music Education from across the Nordic and Baltic countries to present the concepts and ongoing work on their final thesis or project and obtain useful feedback. 

 

Participants will also have the chance to learn traditional songs and folk dances, make music with peers from other Nordic and Baltic countries, and learn from presentations related to the conference theme by Katya Thomson, Marja-Leena Juntunen, Heidi Partti, David G. Hebert, and others. Additionally, there will be traditional sauna, hikes, shared meals, and a visit to the Ainola, the home of Sibelius.

 

Here are links for more information about NNME and its courses:

https://www.hvl.no/en/collaboration/networks/nordic-network-for-music-education/

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781351045995/advancing-music-education-northern-europe-david-hebert-torunn-bakken-hauge

 

Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kallio-Kuninkala_-_Sibelius_Academy_-_panoramio_%281%29.jpg

Board Meeting in Montreal

I eagerly look forward to participating in a Board meeting of the International Society for Music Education (ISME) in Montreal, Canada, during summer 2025.

This will be an opportunity to discuss and collectively make decisions regarding ISME and its array of activities, while also making detailed plans regarding its upcoming world conference to be held in Montreal in summer 2026.

There are very interesting people on the ISME Board, from several different countries worldwide, and with expertise in diverse subfields of music education. We also have excellent leadership from the President, President-Elect, Past-President, and CEO, and the dedicated support of friendly and competent staff with the ISME executive office. This will also be my first time to Montreal, which seems to be an amazing city with a great history.  

ISME is commited to democratic governance, and members are welcome to share any issues or concerns they would like to see raised for discussion at the meeting. We hope for ISME to satisfy all members for its role in supporting music education worldwide. 

Public domain image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mtl_from_mont_royal_(cropped).jpg

 

Postdoc from Japan

It is an honor to announce that we will be hosting a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)-funded researcher during part of 2025-2026.

Yuki Morijiri (Associate Professor, Tokyo Gakugei University) has proposed research that will develop cross-cultural insights into Music Performance Anxiety, and other important topics, in collaboration with the GAME research group in Bergen, Norway.

Several years ago I lived in Japan, where I worked for Nichibunken, Yamanashi Gakuin University, and Tokyo Gakugei University, and ultimately produced some publications in the field of Japanese Studies. Japan has seen many changes across the years, and remains a globally prominent center for innovation in such fields as musical instruments and music technology. 

We are very pleased to have this opportunity to host an accomplished researcher from a country that is so important in the fields of music and education.

Public domain image source: https://snl.no/Japans_historie_etter_1945

 

Music Postdocs in Uganda

 

We are very happy to announce that James Isabirye (Kyambogo University) and Milton Wabyona (Makerere University) are being awarded postdoctoral fellowships, funded by the Norwegian government, through the CABUTE project.

It will be a pleasure to offer some mentoring as these accomplished scholars proceed toward completion of their research on music teaching and learning in Uganda. 

Their proposed studies promise to bring new insights to the field of music education, with both local and international applications. 

New PhD-Level Courses 2025

It is a pleasure to announce some PhD-level courses that will be offered in online format in 2025.

 

Doctoral students and postdoctoral junior faculty members (e.g. Assistant Professors, Lecturers, etc.) affiliated with any university are welcome to participate in these two courses:

 

• RESEARCH METHODS IN HIGHER EDUCATION (20 May – 3 June)

https://www.hvl.no/en/studies-at-hvl/study-programmes/research-methods-in-higher-education-sotl-module/

 

• RESEARCH SUPERVISION IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT (21 May – 4 June)

https://www.hvl.no/en/studies-at-hvl/study-programmes/research-supervision-in-an-international-context-module/

  

Doctoral students affiliated with any university can participate in this course as well (and in special cases, it may also be open to advanced Master students):  

 

• NON-WESTERN EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND POLICY (3-13 November)  

https://www.hvl.no/en/studies-at-hvl/study-programmes/courses/2025/phd911/

 

We also look forward to the upcoming PhD course Creative Innovations in Higher Education at Bergen Summer Research School: https://www.uib.no/en/rs/bsrs/173600/creative-innovations-higher-education

 

Ecomusicality

Through the exciting collaboration enabled by the Global Competence Partnership project, it was a pleasure to produce an article recently with Koji Matsunobu that endorses the notion of Ecomusicality as a basis for environmentally-conscious ways of teaching music.

 

Our co-authored work is now being published in the oldest arts-related scholarly journal Arts Education Policy Review.

 

Our article extends on several of Matsunobu’s notable publications in this field, and some aspects are related to an article I published a few years ago in the Canadian Journal of Environmental Education.

 

Here is the complete bibliographic reference and a link:

 

Matsunobu, K., & Hebert, D. G. (2025). Advancing sustainability in music education through eco-musicality. Arts Education Policy Review, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10632913.2025.2466440

 

PhD Course Admissions

It is exciting to see that we had 45 applicants for the PhD course Creative Innovations in Higher Education at the 2025 Bergen Summer Research School.

The applications came from all around the world: so many strong doctoral students across an array of academic fields. Unfortunately, we can only accept about 20 and there is a limited number of scholarships to support course fees, as well as airfare and/or lodging costs.   

I understand the applicants will soon be contacted about the results and offers, and I eagerly look forward to seeing who will join us for this unique summer school experience.

 

New PhD Dissertation on Cantonese Opera

It was a pleasure to serve recently as External Examiner for the PhD defense of Dr. Kimmie Sin-Yee Ma with the Education University of Hong Kong.

Kimmie Sin-Yee Ma’s dissertation is on the teaching and learning of Pai-he, the instrumental accompaniment for Cantonese opera, a form of traditional Chinese cultural heritage that is especially associated with Hong Kong. 

Prof. Bo-wah Leung was the main supervisor for this study, and Koji Matsunobu was another supervisor. Through the Global Competence Partnership project, I participated as External Examiner along with Chee Hoo Lum.   

At the doctoral defense, all reviewers indicated the study has many strengths and makes important new insights into this field. In addition to offering robust empirical research on how this unique music is professionally taught, Dr. Ma also developed a theoretical model for how her findings can be applied in diverse educational settings. The findings promise to be relevant for the transmission and institutionalization of traditional music heritage not only in Hong Kong, but also in other settings worldwide, especially in relation to opera traditions.  

The final version of Dr. Ma’s dissertation will soon be made publicly available, and if possible I will provide a link here to it.

One image shown here is from a recent Cantonese opera performance I attended in Hong Kong and the other is from Dr. Ma’s defense.

Visit to Faroes

Recently I had the pleasure of visiting University of the Faroe Islands where I am an Affiliated Professor. There I gave some presentations for the Faculty of Education’s professors and lecturers: one on how to creatively sustain one’s research productivity across time through interdisciplinary collaboration, and another on the new challenges of AI for philosophy of education.

I also met with my PhD student, who is doing excellent work in the fields of music education and historical ethnomusicology, as well as the Dean regarding opportunities for future research collaborations. Additionally, we visited several sites, including the national gallery and museum, the main music school, and ancient cathedral ruins.

The Faroe Islands is a remarkably beautiful place with a long history and unique identity. I am impressed by the work at its university in the capital, Torshavn, where it has been a great pleasure to cooperate with the education faculty across recent years.

Keynote for AI & Artistic Innovation Conference

I eagerly look forward to giving a keynote speech “Quality and Originality in AI-Enhanced Higher Education Arts Programs” for the AI & Artistic Innovation conference at Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand), in late June, 2025.

This exciting event brings together experts from many different art forms and promises to advance important and timely discussions regarding the opportunities, safety, and long-term impacts of AI development in the arts and higher education.

Click HERE for more details.

 

Links for related information:

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/recommendation-ethics-artificial-intelligence

https://www.unesco.org/en/forum-ethics-ai

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unescos-ai-readiness-assessment-boost-ethical-governance-ai-thailand-host-country-2025-global-forum

https://www.chula.ac.th/en/news/209112/

https://www.chula.ac.th/en/news/167840/

https://medium.com/chulalongkorn-university/the-ai-era-is-here-chula-is-all-set-for-change-and-introduces-generative-ai-c362c4b176cd

 

 

ISME Book Series Editorship

UPDATE (29 May 2025): Due to a delay in negotiating the new book series contract between ISME and Routledge, I will not formally take up the editorship until sometime in Summer, 2025, although I accepted the position at the start of the year. For now, Gwen Moore (who is doing a great job) continues in the role for a few additional months. 

 

I am pleased to announce that as of February 2025, I have just been appointed Senior Editor of the book series formally affiliated with the International Society for Music Education (ISME).

Since 2017, the ISME book series has been making notable scholarly contributions to the field of music education internationally through monographs and edited volumes around two thematic areas: (1) global perspectives and (2) specialist themes. The 15th book in this series is now published, and it has been a pleasure to serve on its Editorial Board, which was only recently established.

Until now, the series has been published by Routledge. ISME is in the process of renegotiating the contract for this series, which may involve consideration of alternative presses. Routledge is a fine press, and I am hoping we can secure better terms for our authors to ensure the series has a deeper impact that shapes the future of music education globally.

I am also Editor of a book series in the field of historical ethnomusicology and serve on the Board of a book series on research methodologies. 

Displayed above is one of the recent books from the ISME series in music education.

Music Law Postdoc and other Grants

It is a great pleasure to announce that Judge Karan Choudhary, PhD, has been awarded a 2-year fellowship from the EU’s MSCA postdoctoral program to join the GAME research group in Bergen, Norway. He will be traveling from India, where he has worked as a judge across recent years. Karan's project is titled “Legal Challenges posed by AI Generated Music: A Comparative study of Copyright Laws of China, India, Norway, USA and UK, to develop a suitable Global Legal Framework specifically for AI Generated Music (Music Law)”.  

Here is an announcement on the university website: https://www.hvl.no/en/news/marie-curie-eng/

Most of the 2-year postdoctoral appointment (2025-2027) will be spent working with me in Norway, but Karan will also have a residency with Prof. Robert Burrell at Oxford Law School. The outcome of this postdoc will be co-authored journal articles and a new book on the implications of AI for music law. We are very grateful to the European Commission for its generous support of this project. 

The GAME research group also had another outstanding candidate for the EU’s MSCA postdoctoral fellowship this year, and that application scored quite highly but was placed on the waiting list. We remain hopeful that project too might receive funding soon for an important study that explores the impact of climate change on music and dance heritage in southern Africa. 

GAME also continues to await the results of a Horizon Europe application on political expression in minority musics that scored very highly and was placed on a waiting list, as well as an application to the Norwegian government to establish a new AI research center in Bergen (for which I co-lead a work package in the field of Higher Education). Additionally, we are leading a new Horizon Europe application on the theme of culture virtualization.