We are proud to announce the recipients of this year’s EUNIS Awards, recognizing outstanding contributions to digital transformation in higher education across Europe:
- Best Paper Award has been granted to Konstantinos Tsibanis, et. al., from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) & Greek Universities Network (GUnet), Greece, for their paper: Digital Readiness in Higher Education: A Multi-Institutional Evidence Study and AI-Assisted Approach.
- Elite Award awarded to Anne Kathrine Haugen and Geir Magne Vangen from Sikt, Norway for their paper: FS 1993–2026: How Student Administration Became a Digital Collaborative Effort.
- Emerging Professionals Award went to Johannes Zimmer from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). He gave the presentation on: What does digital sovereignty actually look like when you try to build it?
- EUNIS26 Congress Best Session Award has been granted, by votes of attendees, to Georgios Roussos and Stavros Demetriadis from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece for the presentation: Navigating Global Complexity in Digital Learning Spaces through FOSMA and Hybrid 2.0: Advancing Learning Freedom at Aristotle University.
AVIXA/EUNIS Learning Technology SIG Award for Best Overall AV-enabled Education Space:
- Winners of the category AV enabled lab/maker/specialist educational space: Mixed Reality Avatars for In Situ Technical Education, by Anjela Mayer from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Inés Miguel-Alonso from University of Burgos and Kevin Kastner from Mannheim University of Applied Sciences.
- Winner of the category AV enabled classroom space and Overall Winner Best Overall AV-enabled Education Space Beyond VR: Designing a connected immersive classroom for collaborative learning, Xavier Moulin and Tom Servière from Nîmes University.
👏 Congratulations to all winners for their innovation, dedication, and outstanding contributions to the higher education IT community. Your work continues to inspire and shape the future of digital transformation in higher education.
