Audience: Policymaker

CHARM-EU Funds Fourteen New Inter-Institutional Projects to Advance Innovative and Collaborative Education

A diverse group of five people sits around a wooden conference table in a bright, white room, engaged in a collaborative meeting. A woman with glasses and a green sweater gestures while speaking, holding a reusable coffee cup. To her right, a young woman with curly hair and a blue snowflake sweater types on a laptop covered in colorful stickers. In the foreground, hands are visible holding a pen over yellow sticky notes and blank paper, alongside a smartphone and pens. Everyone is wearing blue lanyards, suggesting a professional or academic workshop setting.

The CHARM-ED Call supports the creation, enhancement, and redesign of higher education and lifelong learning activities across CHARM-EU partner institutions. The selected projects exemplify CHARM-EU’s commitment to educational innovation and collaboration. They were chosen for their clear alignment with CHARM-EU’s educational vision and potential to create meaningful impact at both institutional and alliance levels. An […]

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 […]

Alba Graells

Alba Graells, profile picture

“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 Celebrates the Graduation of Its 4th Cohort of the Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability in Barcelona

Group picture of the Graduation 4th cohort at the Paraninf at the University of Barcelona.

The ceremony opened with Avelina Tortosa, Coordinator of the Master’s programme at the University of Barcelona, who highlighted CHARM-EU’s innovative approach to learning and teaching higher education. Built on collaboration, transdisciplinarity, and real-world impact, the master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability places students at the centre of a rich, multicultural learning environment shaped by European […]

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 […]

Lingua Franca Tandems: Practicing English through Virtual Exchange

Photo group of the Polyglot group at the University of Barcelona.

The project emerged from the Polyglot Group, a CHARM-EU–created network of language educators formed through CHARM-EU networking events. This group provides a collaborative space for experimenting with innovative language learning practices across partner institutions. Following initial discussions within this network, one of the initiatives that was launched after the CHARM-EU Language Teachers’ Meeting in Turku […]

CHARM-EU and the Transformative Impact of European University Alliances at the University of Montpellier

Assessment report. Qualitative assesment of the "transformative effect" for six French institutions of being members of a European University Alliance.

The report urges policymakers to bridge the divide between Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe, advocating for sustainable, coordinated, and long-term funding under a strategic vision spanning at least a decade. Now entering a phase of institutionalisation, the European Universities Initiative is presented as a powerful driver of organisational and cultural change, offering a model for 21st-century […]

Grand Finale 2026: Showcasing Transformative Capstone Projects

4th cohort of the CHARM-EU master's in global challenges for sustainability group photo in the gardens of the Faculty of Information, University of Barcelona. 40+ students pose for the group photo smiling and happy and relieved to have presented their 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 […]