From Mobility to Democratic resilience: The Role of European University Alliances (CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2026)
14 October 2026 @ 9h45 – 10h45 – Join Us Live | CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2026European University alliances are often framed as vehicles for mobility and institutional cooperation, yet their potential role in supporting democratic values remains underdeveloped. In a context of growing political fragmentation across Europe, this panel examines how alliances can move beyond exchange formats such as Erasmus+ and contribute to […]
Kanika Chakraborty
The Education for Sustainable Development workshop deepened my understanding of sustainable development. Before the session, I mainly associated sustainability with environmental protection, climate responsibility, social justice, and economic balance. Through the workshop, I learned that sustainability is also shaped by people’s worldviews, values, assumptions, power relations, institutional roles, and ethical responsibilities. It is not only […]
EHESO Annual Conference: Student-Centred Higher Education Data
5 November 2026 @ All day – This event is organised by EHESO, not CHARM-EU. You can find more information on their website here. The EHESO annual policy-oriented conference will focus on student-centred higher education data. This will be a full-day hybrid event, with participation possible both in Brussels and online. They will examine how EHESO data can support policies that better reflect students’ […]
EHESO Online Policy Workshop on Monitoring European Universities Alliances
13 October 2026 @ 14h00 – 17h00 – This event is organised by EHESO, not CHARM-EU. You can find more information on their website here. This workshop will bring together alliances, HEIs, student representatives, and policymakers to discuss evidence-based monitoring of the European Universities Initiative and its added value. More information and pre-registration: https://national-policies.eacea.ec.europa.eu/eheso/events/save-the-date-eheso-online-policy-workshop-on-european-universities-alliances-13-october- Pre-registered participants will receive updates and the formal invitation […]
FOREU4ALL Workshop 4 | Open and Shared European Research Infrastructures: The Accelerator Role of Alliances of European Universities
28 September 2026 – 29 September 2026 @ All day – Poitiers on 28–29 October 2026. Research infrastructures such as laboratories, databases, instruments, and scientific collections are fundamental to advancing research and innovation, yet access to them is often fragmented and resource-intensive. European University Alliances have a unique opportunity to address this challenge by opening, sharing, and jointly developing research infrastructures across institutions. This workshop will present the first […]
Banks Going Green, and Against Everyone
“We will drill, baby, drill” – Donald Trump’s campaign slogan set the tone, and it certainly wasn’t a green one. In the wake of his election in 2024, six major U.S. banks announced their withdrawal from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). This United Nations program, which aimed, among other things, to stop financing fossil fuels and had brought together […]
University of Barcelona and Trinity College Dublin Strengthen Collaboration through GERI-CHARM
The meeting was hosted by Professor Antoni Trilla, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, and brought together representatives from the University of Barcelona, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, CHARM-EU, the UEMS Geriatric Medicine Section, and Trinity College Dublin. Participants included Professor Roman Romero-Ortuño (Trinity College Dublin); Dr Alfons López-Soto and Dr […]
Triassic Inferno: Fires raged across Europe for thousands of years during past global warming
The end-Triassic mass extinction, 201 million years ago, is linked to volcanism that resulted from the break-up of Pangea and which pumped out vast amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere, causing extreme global warming of 5 to 10 degrees Celsius. As a result, tree-dominated vegetation collapsed, and the highly disturbed landscapes were colonised by ferns that […]
2023 CHARM-EU Annual Conference
The 2023 CHARM-EU Annual Conference “Alliances for Society” was held on the 7th of November 2026 in Julius-Maximilians, Universität Würzburg, Germany. The information of the 2023 CHARM-EU Annual Conference:
CHARM-EU secures €7 million from the European Commission to continue its impact in European Education
The 2026 Erasmus+ call featured a dedicated total budget of €145.6 million to provide 2 years of financial support specifically designed for higher education institution consortia engaged in existing, deep transnational cooperation at the institutional level. Intended as crucial bridge funding ahead of the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the call targets experienced consortia […]