CHARM-EU and the Transformative Impact of European University Alliances at the University of Montpellier
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
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 […]
A shared virtual campus for CHARM-EU: one environment, one login
A joint programme requires a joint digital environment CHARM–EU is running a joint programme, the Master ‘Global Challenges in Sustainability’. The students of this programme receive their education from academic staff at several CHARM-EU institutions simultaneously. A well-accessible joint virtual campus that everyone can access without problems is therefore crucial. So far, this was solved […]
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 […]
Mobile Geo-location Learning Experiences using the Peek App
Learn how CHARM-EU uses a mobile geo-location app for active learning with its students. Situated learning, one of the CHARM-EU educational principles, is where students learn through social interaction in authentic, realistic contexts. Walking through a city or field trip location and observing its culture, nature, and infrastructure can transform how students understand global challenges. […]
From Design to Action: PATH EMDM Project Concludes with Launch of Transdisciplinary PATH Network
Since October 2024, the international PATH project team has been designing a Transdisciplinary Master’s programme in Planetary Health with the support of an Erasmus Mundus Design Measures grant. On 26–27 November 2025, representatives of the project partners – ELTE (coordinator), ÅAU, UB, JMU, and TCD – along with interested students and stakeholders, gathered in the […]
Montpellier Cross Thematic Mobility (UM)
A Blended Intensive Programme within the CHARM-EU Master’s. The major aim of this activity is to concentrate the essence of the CHARM-EU Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability and provide students with an intensive hands-on international learning and mobility experience based on CHARM-EU principles and strategic themes. It brings together students, faculty, and local experts […]
Grand Finale
A major CHARM-EU event to commemorate the conclusion of a cohort in the CHARM-EU Master’s. The Grand Finale comprises the ceremonial closing event of cohorts concluding their CHARM-EU Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability. It provides opportunity to evaluate the final presentations (Capstone phase/Final Master thesis) of the actual cohort’s students, spotlighting the achievements of […]
CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2025 Poster Proceedings
The CHARM-EU Annual Conference was held on the 12th of November 2025 in Utrecht University. As part of the conference, a poster session was held related to the theme “Boosting European Competitiveness: European University Alliances as Catalysts for Innovation and Sustainability in Higher Education”. A broad view of European competitiveness was posed, and a diversity […]
CHARM-EU R&I Days 1st Edition
Building multidisciplinary research proposals: a co-creation workshop to address the Global Water Challenges. The major aim of this activity is to foster collaboration in research projects within and beyond CHARM-EU. The first edition of the CHARM-EU R&I Days in 2023 brought together a group of diverse background researchers across partner universities in the Alliance as […]