Roadmap for a common science agenda (TORCH)

A detailed analysis conducted by the CHARM-EU research dimension (TORCH) and involving approximately 400 researchers highlights the common research strengths among the five partner universities and leads to a list of concrete research challenges to be developed further as pilot studies. This infographic describes the results of this analysis. 

CHARM-EU Days 2021

European Universities’ cooperation: towards sustainable transdisciplinary partnerships Context, agenda and materials of the second CHARM-EU Annual Conference on 13 January 2022. Cooperation between different stakeholders in Higher Education is becoming more relevant to enhance sustainable innovation, digital transformation, citizen wellbeing, equitable and inclusive societies, and economic development. This vision has been reinforced particularly by the […]

Programme structure and content creation guidelines: MSc in Global Challenges for Sustainability

This document consists of a Programme Structure building on the Curriculum Design Blueprint (Work Package 3). For each phase (Preparatory, Flexible, Capstone/Final Project) it gives an overview of detailed module learning outcomes, learning activities and content. Programme and module content was developed by Knowledge Creation Teams (KCTs). Work Package 4 supported KCTs in further refining […]

TORCH Infographic: Cooperation between Universities and Enterprises

An analysis conducted by TORCH highlights strategies and best practices implemented to collaborate with non-academic actors and detect innovation emerging from research teams at the five partner universities. “Cooperation between universities, enterprises and societal actors allows enhancing innovations and creativity by boosting the exchange of skills and ideas, creating long-term partnerships, and promoting entrepreneurial culture […]

Learn about the Joint Virtual Administrative Office

This infographic provides some basic information about the CHARM-EU Joint Virtual Administrative Office (JVAO) including: What is the JVAO?How is the JVAO structured?What are the tasks of the JVAO?Who do the JVAO work with? This inter-institutional office works on administrative, organizational and financial affairs for CHARM-EU.

Governance Terms of Reference

CHARM-EU is an alliance that was created in 2019 in response to the European University Initiative launched by the European Commission. Five universities (University of Barcelona, Trinity College Dublin, Utrecht University, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest and University of Montpellier) gathered to create a Challenge-driven, Accessible, Research-Based and Mobile European University. The purpose of this new […]

CHARM-EU Vision and Mission (2022)

This mission statement entails a full joint strategy outlining the long-term vision to drive systemic, structural and sustainable impact at all levels of the institutions involved in CHARM and across all areas of activity included in the CHARM alliance aligned with the European Strategy for Universities. Please note that this mission statement is an updated […]

Educational and Policy Outreach and International / Intercontinental Outreach

December 2022 CHARM-EU deliverable D9.5 – Educational and Policy Outreach and International / Intercontinental Outreach This deliverable analyzes and highlights the Alliance’s approaches and activities towards a specialized dissemination of the project results. This report is aimed at an expert educational and policy audience, although CHARM-EU social media channels were also used to reinforce the different […]

Capstone projects – Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability – 3rd Edition 2023 – 2025

Picture of a laptop, a notebook, coffee with the deliverable on a table.

Below the 15 capstone projects of the students from the 3rd edition of the master’s programme: CHALLENGE 1: Budapest, the City of Spas  Students: Maever Trainor, Clothilde Raysseguier, Anya can der Vleuten and Emily Ho Stakeholder: Andrea Velich (Eötvös Loránd University), Szilvia Czinefge (Budapesti Gyógyfürdők és Hévízek) Academic Supervisor: Andrea Velich and Attila Varga (Eötvös […]

How ITS and CHARM-EU collaborate on innovation

From left to right: Carolina Nijenhuis, Janina van Hees & Ecca Berhitu

Original article can be found at the Utrecht University website. Innovative experiments CHARM-EU is a European university alliance of nine institutions for higher education, including UU. CHARM-EU acts as a testbed for innovations and institutional changes, and can be an environment to test IT innovations at a small scale before they are deployed for UU […]