Abstract
The conference is organized by KREAS, Centre for Philosophy, Ethics and Religion. We were interested (mainly but not only) in: . the role of universities in contemporary societies; . the self-constituting aspect of universities; . the question of trust between universities and democratic societies; . the position of expertise and its change during the covid pandemic; . analyses of the covid pandemic and its lasting consequences for universities; . sources of continuing differences between universities in the so-called West and the post-communist countries; . and other philosophical and sociological questions.