How could justice, peace, and inclusivity be promoted in a world increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence? The EUPeace 2025 conference offered an interdisciplinary platform for discussing the implications of artificial intelligence for social conflicts, environmental justice, migration, human rights, and global health. The EUPeace Conference 2025, subtitled Advancing Justice, Peace and Inclusiveness in Times of AI, was held from 22-24 September at the Parkhotel in Pilsen and at the University of West Bohemia.
AI, Climate, and Human Rights Take Center Stage
The international conference of 200 academics began on Monday with introductory lectures on the use of AI in the Czech Republic and at the University of West Bohemia, and continued on Tuesday with parallel panels on climate change, migration, human rights, and health. On Wednesday, September 24, Creative Spaces concluded the programme – workshops and discussions that connected the academic sphere with art, civic engagement, and women’s health.
Creative Space 1, Beyond the Places of Pain – focused on the return of memory and trauma from the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with artistic interventions, visual and audio elements.
Creative Space 2, Framing, enabling, and teaching the concept of justice in the context of climate change – a discussion on how education reflects climate change, justice, and what a change of perspective means in teaching and society.
Creative Space 3, Social Mediation and Inclusive Justice: Bridging Grassroots Knowledge and Academic Perspectives in Europe – practical ways to connect grassroots community experiences and academia on issues of inclusion and fair dialogue.
Creative Space 4, Digital Tools and Women’s Pelvic Health Awareness – a focus on modeling, simulation, and digital technologies in women’s health, including a discussion on the diagnosis and awareness of pelvic floor disorders.
These Wednesday workshops, conducted in English, offered more than just expert lectures—they enabled dialogue, experience sharing, and the involvement of people outside the academic sphere: designers, clinicians, students, activists, and the general public.
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“For us, this was not only an academic event, but also an opportunity to show that universities are not isolated institutions. They are active partners in building a Europe based on cooperation, innovation, and critical dialogue,” said Miroslav Lávička, rector of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, at the opening of the conference. He emphasised that artificial intelligence is one of the most topical issues of our time and that universities should play a key role in its responsible and ethical use.
Pilsen, which celebrated 730 years since its founding this year, became the center of an international university meeting for several days. Representatives of universities from Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Türkiye, Finland, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ukraine came to the city.
“The EUPeace Alliance provides a unique platform where universities can inspire each other and seek common ways to face the challenges of today’s world,” was heard during the meeting. According to the participants, joint projects, student exchanges, and research initiatives should contribute not only to the development of science but also to strengthening European cohesion.
This article is based on the article “The EUPeace conference: European universities seek joint responses to the challenges of our time” (https://info.zcu.cz/The-EUPeace-conference–European-universities-seek-joint-responses-to-the-challenges-of-our-time/clanek.jsp?id=8543) by Kateřina Dobrovolná (UWB).
