Including an exclusive preview of Spacebring’s new report on the Ukrainian coworking industry.

Hosted by VŠE, European Coworking Assembly & Spacebring as part of the EU-funded Horizon REMAKING project.

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Featuring:
🗣️ Jeannine van der Linden
🗣️ Helga Moreno
🗣️ Marko Orel

We’ll dive into wartime coworking realities, new collaboration models, and what global coworking can learn about resilience and solidarity.

Next comes Seed Factory — a platform linking academics, students, accelerators, and early-stage founders to support sustainable and socially responsible ventures.

“ZEEUS builds an environment where ideas can grow into impactful startups,” says Michal Andera.

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VŠE leads a key task: creating a toolkit for teaching social entrepreneurship.

It will equip educators with methods, case studies, and examples to help students develop ideas that generate economic, social, and environmental value.

“ZEEUS is truly international,” says coordinator Lukáš Válek.

The consortium spans the Global North and South — including Stellenbosch University — and corporate partners like xPORT VŠE Business Accelerator, bringing hands-on experience to the project.

The big message:
🌱 Sustainability and quality of life go hand in hand.

Countries investing in education, cohesion, and a healthy environment create better living conditions.

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Nordic countries still lead, but Central Europe brings surprises:

🇸🇮 Slovenia among the strongest,
🇵🇱 Poland rising fast,

while 🇪🇸 Spain and 🇩🇪 Germany fall lower than expected due to social and environmental pressures.

“We often feel we’re not doing well, but the data shows the opposite,” says co-author KlaraCermakova.

Czechia performs above average across all three pillars of sustainable development:

• economic
• social
• environmental

These workshops did more than connect academics — they kick-started future Horizon Europe projects.

When researchers step outside their usual circles, real innovation happens.

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The journey included:

🇮🇹 @bocconi.bsky.social — sustainability in healthcare
🇱🇹 Kaunas University of Technology — labour markets & workplace welfare
🇪🇪 Estonian Business School — circular economy
🇨🇿 VSE Prague — digitalization & AI

Each stop sparked new research connections.

Why imitation isn’t enough — and how innovation depends on education, institutions, and business culture.

Listen to the full conversation with Ayaz Zeynalov on Horizont VŠE:
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By building circularity from day one, startups are changing the rules of the food industry — and showing that innovation can make sustainability profitable. 🌱

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“These startups act as a compass for entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers,” say researchers Meisam Ranjbari, Michal Kuděj, Jan Kubálek, and Alberto Ferraris.

They highlight where the greatest potential for a sustainable food system lies. 💡

Researchers analyzed 79 agri-food startups and identified three main types driving the circular economy:

🥬 Biotech innovators – turn waste into resources
📲 Digital enablers – use data to reduce waste
📦 Packaging pioneers – make packaging reusable and sustainable

A thought-provoking discussion on how institutions shape progress — and how countries like the Czech Republic can thrive in the green transition 🌍

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