Best practices for designing a joint micro-credential

Two colleagues sitting at a wooden table in a bright, modern indoor space work together on a laptop. The person on the right, wearing a black shirt, points at the laptop screen while explaining something. The person on the left, holding a smartphone, looks closely at the screen. Both are wearing light blue event lanyards. On the table are two patterned coffee mugs, a smartphone, and a small lit candle holder, with green leaves softly blurring the top right foreground.

Learn from practitioners of joint micro-credentials in CHARM-EU best practices for developing these innovative educational programmes. 📅 27th October 2026 ⏰ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM GMT 🔗 ONLINE – Registration is required In this one hour workshop you are invited to explore a novel 7 step model for designing joint micro-credentials with practitioners from CHARM-EU. […]

CHARM‑EU Doctoral Researcher Summer School

Developing transdisciplinary practice with doctoral researchers. The activity, implemented in 2025, aimed at enabling doctoral researchers to co‑create transdisciplinary research proposals addressing real‑world sustainability challenges and encouraging autonomy, reflexivity and responsibility among “adult learners” working intensively on their own projects. It equipped participants with conceptual and practical tools for transdisciplinary research and provided them with […]

CHARM-EU Winter School 2026: Exploring Citizen Science for Societal Impact

A group photo with all the participants of the Winter School 2026, in the stairs in front of the Faculty of Economics.

Organised by CHARM-EU and coordinated by Prof. Josep Perelló (University of Barcelona), this three-day Winter School was designed for PhD candidates from all disciplines who are interested in strengthening the social dimension of their research. The programme is a certified training programme, via a CHARM-EU digital credential, for PhD students and took place at the […]

Doctoral Researcher Summer School 2026 Developing Transdisciplinary Practice to tackle complex challenges

Are you ready to expand your research horizons in a stimulating international environment? Do you want to experience teamwork in a transdisciplinary setting? Åbo Akademi University is hosting an interdisciplinary Summer School dedicated to doctoral researchers from all fields. You will develop transdisciplinary skills working on real-life challenges together with other doctoral researchers and stakeholders […]

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 […]

CHARM-EU Open Science Training (ELTE)

Banner of the 2nd CHARM-EU Open Science Day

Building an Open Science ecosystem in CHARM-EU context and beyond. Aligned with one of the CHARM-EU principles, the goal of this activity is to raise awareness of the importance of Open Science (OS), offer tailored skill trainings for all areas of OS (including digital technologies for OS), encourage participants to join the local OS community, […]

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 […]

CHARM-EU Winter School 2026 

Specifications  Calendar: 4-6 February 2026  PhD Students  1 ECTS  Location: Barcelona  Course Director: Prof. Josep Perelló (Faculty of Physics, University of Barcelona)  Organising Institution: CHARM-EU (activity coordinated by the University of Barcelona) Download the information document with the full training programme   DESCRIPTION This hands-on training program, organised with the active involvement of trainers from […]