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Contributions to the EAIR Forum 2026 in Vilnius

Group photo: The HdHf team in front of a poster advertising the EAIR Forum 2026 © private
Panourgias Papaioannou, Dr. Anna-Lena Rose, Prof. Liudvika Leišytė, Sude Pekşen, and Nina Bieling (from left to right) presented findings from current research projects at the 48th Forum of the European Higher Education Society.
Governance, academic work, digital transformation, and institutional change in higher education – The HdHf team provided a number of contributions on current research topics at the 48th EAIR Forum at Vilnius University in Lithuania.

The EAIR Forum 2026 offered the professorship’s team a great opportunity to present findings from research and dissertation projects and to discuss them with international researchers:

  • Nina Bieling
    Evolution of third-party funding acquisition and institutional expectations in German HEIs
  • Panourgias Papaioannou
    Between transparency and control? The implementation and lived experience of digital performance appraisal
  • Sude Peksen
    Performance-oriented governance and digital student recruitment in German higher education
  • Anna-Lena Rose
    Investigating the role of motivation and agency for the emergence of interdisciplinary structures
  • Nina Bieling, Sude Pekşen & Liudvika Leišytė
    Hacking diversity competence: Problem-based learning through hackathons

The Professorship of Higher Education extends its sincere thanks to the organizing team of the EAIR Forum 2026 and to Vilnius University for providing an excellent platform for stimulating academic exchange and inspiring discussions.