It’s a bright Monday morning. Outside summer is still clinging on, but for some students, vacation is over. One by one, they show up at the fourth iteration of the ENLIGHT course Innovation Game at Uppsala University. Two weeks of developing games to address global health challenges are waiting. Uppsala University ENLIGHT coordinator Jonathan Schalk tags along for part of the course.

Dr. Oleksandra Khalaim, ENLIGHT Blended Intensive Programme coordinator and researcher at Uppsala University, is reimagining higher education. By bringing serious games, theatre methods, and international collaboration into the classroom, she shows how innovative teaching can spark the mindset shifts needed to tackle today’s biggest global challenges. Click here and read more!

In the latest edition of Faces of ENLIGHT, we meet Anna Pilková, Professor and Head of the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Comenius University Bratislava.

After a successful career in top-level banking, Professor Pilková returned to academia with fresh insights into entrepreneurship and regulation. Through ENLIGHT, she contributes to international collaboration, bridges research with practice, and inspires colleagues to engage in cross-border cooperation.

“ENLIGHT is an association of very interesting and highly professional European higher education institutions,” she says. “It provides a great opportunity for students and teachers to take advantage of the European knowledge potential.”

Read the full interview to discover more about her journey, her passion for teaching, and her take on ENLIGHT's value to both research and education.

Are you passionate about human rights and curious about how authoritarianism is reshaping Europe? Don’t miss the second edition of the Online School on Human Rights, running from 26 August to 2 October 2025.