Manca Drobne holds a Master's degree in Political Science from the University of Ljubljana. She is a PhD candidate and works as a researcher at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Political Science Research. Her main interest is higher education policy and the role of the modern university, especially in the context of the current European higher education policy agenda, i.e. European University alliances. In addition to the eWBLthe eWBL project, which explores the pedagogical and technological challenges related to the transition from work-based learning to a digital environment, she is currently involved in two other projects, namely FLECSLABFLECSLAB, which focuses on the potential of transnational lifelong learning, EUTOPIA MORE, where she is conducting a needs analysis of the main challenges of the EUTOPIA university alliance.EUTOPIA).