At the 6th ASEF Higher Education Innovation Laboratory (ASEFInnoLab6) Conference convened at Fudan University in Shanghai from 14-17 October 2025, our cohort articulated the powerful Shanghai Manifesto on Universities’ Role in Developing Skills for an AI-Powered Future.
Co-created by 24 higher education professionals, academics, and researchers from Asia and Europe, the Manifesto presents 13 principles as a collective call to action that urges universities to respond to AI not merely as a technological trend, but as a profound societal and ethical turning point that reshapes the mission, practices, and responsibilities of higher education.