CHARM ON
CHARM ON is a monthly online series where academic and support staff can explore innovative practices and share experiences across the community. Each session features a panel discussion with invited guests from across the university community, providing testimonials of concrete examples. The panels will include educators, researchers, students, and support staff. Together they will bring […]
Alba Graells
“With the CHARM-EU master’s programme, students can experience the kind of work they might actually do in the future, for example, in the public or food sector. It’s a great way to put academic knowledge into real-life practice.”
CHARM-EU and Capstone Collaboration: Turning Academic Learning into Regional Impact
During the Grand Finale 2026, held on 27 and 28 January 2026 at the University of Barcelona, students from the 4th cohort of the master’s programme presented their capstone projects. We had the opportunity to engage in a discussion with Alba Graells from the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Government of […]
Grand Finale 2026: Showcasing Transformative Capstone Projects
The Grand Finale serves as the ceremonial closing of the Master’s programme, where students present their capstone projects—team‑based research and solution proposals developed in partnership with external stakeholders from public, private, and non‑profit sectors. These projects address pressing societal and environmental challenges through intercultural, transdisciplinary approaches, reflecting the programme’s mission to bridge academic knowledge with […]
Capstone projects – Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability – 4th Edition 2024 – 2026
The capstone phase is designed to build on students’ knowledge, skills, and prior learning gained during the previous modules of the Master’s programme. Students will, in collaboration with extra-academic actors, investigate and evaluate a complex societal challenge from a variety of intercultural and transdisciplinary perspectives. They will cooperatively work on the challenge in teams of […]
CHARM-EU Student Reflections at the UN Regional Academy
The RAUN programme combines expert-led lectures, interactive workshops, and practical hands-on research in cooperation with the UN and international organisations, structured around two three-day in-person conferences (the 2024/2025 edition took place in Barcelona and at the UN Headquarters in Vienna) and several online sessions between October and May. Participation in the program is voluntary and […]
Strengthening the Link Between Research and Education
Training the next generation of researchers by immersing them in research challenges that closely reflect the needs of patients—this is the pedagogical and scientific ambition of the elective module entitled “Tackling Health Challenges in Internationally Linked Research Hubs”, or simply “Research Hubs”. Entirely delivered in English, the module was co-designed by the University of Montpellier […]
CHARM-EU Cultural Festival
A major CHARM-EU event to celebrate cultural diversity. The CHARM-EU Cultural Festival was designed to celebrate cultural diversity through a range of challenge- and team-based, playful activities. Its goal is to raise awareness of CHARM-EU amongst key target groups, to support community building and encourage cultural exchange following the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. […]
CHARM-EU Annual Conference
A major CHARM-EU knowledge-sharing and networking event. The main goal of this major event is raising awareness of CHARM-EU amongst key targetgroups, knowledge-sharing around good practices, research and lessons learned as well as networking and community-building within and beyond the Alliance. Keywords: awareness raising, networking, knowledge sharing, best practices, inter-institutional engagement CHARM-EU principles: Transnational and […]
Great success of CHARM-EU Annual Conference: Top experts and an engaged community discussed the leading role of European University alliances
Held in Utrecht, the Netherlands, the CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2025 brought together key opinion leaders, European policymakers, university leaders, innovators, academic staff members and students to discuss how European University alliances could contribute to Europe’s leadership in professional skills development, talent attraction, mobility, internationalisation and regional development, among others. Through inspiring plenary sessions with top […]