Empowering skills Across Europe: Highlights from Cross-Border Doctorials 2025
The Cross-Border Doctorials 2025: How to Structure a Research Project Based on European Program (6–8 October 2025, Aigues-Mortes, France) represented a cornerstone moment for doctoral training and cross-institutional collaboration. Co-organised and hosted by the University of Montpellier, the three-day event brought together doctoral candidates and early-career researchers from across Europe to explore how to design […]
The CHARM-EU Experience: Start of the Fifth Edition of the CHARM-EU Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability
Students from around the globe enjoy the CHARM-EU Experience In September 2025, the fifth cohort of the master’s programme began with 62 students. For the first phase, students could choose from four universities: Trinity College Dublin (16 students), Utrecht University (17 students), Eötvös Loránd University (15 students), and the University of Würzburg (14 students). In the […]
How to build equality in community-engaged learning across Europe and Africa? Reflections from a CHARM-EU Master’s Capstone
A new article, “Community-Engaged Learning in a European Universities Alliance: Reflections on Equality and Reciprocity Across Europe and Africa,” has been published in the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Written by authors involved in CHARM-EU’s Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability, in collaboration with the University of Pretoria , the experts examine how international community-engaged […]
CHARM-EU: A Doctoral Summer School Showcasing the Future of European Research
On June 23, twenty-six doctoral students from diverse academic backgrounds—psychology, education, ecology, art, health, sociology, IT, and more—arrived in Montpellier to take part in this pioneering initiative. Representing the nine prestigious institutions of the CHARM-EU alliance, they came together to explore new ways of thinking and work across disciplinary boundaries. The workshops were carefully designed […]
Strong presence of European Universities Alliances at EAIE 2025: co-creating to transform higher education
How is higher education transforming Europe and fostering new pathways for global collaboration? This question will be central at the 35th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the European Association of International Education (EAIE), taking place in Gothenburg from 9 to 12 September, 2025. A record of 35 European Universities alliances, nearly double the participation from […]
Reimagining Higher Education: CHARM-EU Hackathon in Würzburg Sparks Innovation and Collaboration
Organized by the work package on Professional Inter-Institutional Development and Educational Research led by Dr. habil. Nataliia Lazebna (JMU) and co-led by Annet van der Riet (Utrecht University), the event offered a hybrid format, enabling both in-person and remote participation. The local programme coordinator Prof. Dr. Nadja Simons and CHARM-EU Project Manager Martin Kufferath-Sieberin (both JMU) welcomed the […]
Call for Posters for CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2025
Have you developed, researched, implemented or benefitted from an initiative that has strengthened European competitiveness? Share your experience at the CHARM-EU Annual Conference. We are inviting poster submissions for the CHARM-EU Annual Conference “Boosting European Competitiveness: European University Alliances as Catalysts for Innovation and Sustainability in Higher Education” taking place on November 12th 2025 in […]
The ESA 2025 experience: inspiring testimonials from CHARM-EU delegation and students
The European Student Assembly (ESA) is more than an academic exercise; it is an immersion into the heart of European policy-making. This year, participants delve into pressing issues such as artificial intelligence regulation, sustainable development, and migration policies. Through panel discussions and workshops, students not only debated these topics but also crafted concrete policy recommendations […]
Choose Europe for Science: CHARM-EU representatives participate at high-level event in Paris
Representatives from the European Universities alliances were called last May 5th to participate in a high-level event in Paris. The morning session was co-organised by the French President Emmanuel Macron and the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen to launch the programme ‘Choose Europe for Science’, encouraging researchers and entrepreneurs to choose […]
Discover the CHARM-EU Sustainability Hub
As part of CHARM-EU’s commitment to promoting inclusive, innovative, and future-oriented education, the Sustainability Hub serves as a dynamic platform dedicated to fostering sustainable development within and beyond the alliance. Launched to centralise and showcase the wide range of sustainability-related initiatives, tools, and research across CHARM-EU partner institutions, the Hub supports collaboration, learning, and action […]