What future for marine life in a changing world?

Photo: Chiara Castelletti (left), Pawel Burkhardt (right). Using advanced modelling techniques to digitalize marine species and their environment, the Michael Sars Centre and its partners aim to study the challenges faced by marine life in a changing ocean. On the left, a sea squirt larva, on the right, the nervous system of a comb jelly. Multiscale […]
CHARM-EU Intercultural Toolkit & Annual Calendar

December 2024 The CHARM-EU Days 2024, themed “Bridging Cultures, Embracing Diversity,” brought together over 900 participants, with 1,629 total attendances across more than 40 activities hosted in Budapest and partner universities. The event combined the Annual Conference and the first CHARM-EU Cultural Festival, creating a dynamic space for exchange and intercultural engagement. The Annual Conference […]
CHARM-ification Service Portafolio

December 2024 The creation of the CHARM-ificiation Service Portfolio (currently named ‘Service Portfolio’) has been a characteristic CHARM-EU endeavour that symbolises the challenge-driven attitude, the diversity of approaches linked by a common goal and, most importantly, the flexibility of the CHARM-EU community. The Service Portfolio was first imagined as a collection of CHARM-EU solutions and […]
Structural collaboration with other alliances on digitalisation and IT-strategy of HE in Europe

December 2024 The goal of this deliverable was to organize meetings/events with other alliances for sharing good practices in relation to digitalization, with the goal of increasing interoperability and aligning our approach. CHARM has devoted a large amount of time and energy to this goal, with more than 2 activities on average per month. The […]
CHARM-EU Handbook on Inclusion, Diversity, and Non-Discrimination

December 2024 The CHARM-EU Alliance’s inclusion and diversity work has continued in the current phase (2023-2026) by deepening the central, strategic, and transversal role of inclusion and diversity testing and monitoring, and ensuring its responsible, accountable operation. CHARM-EU believes that its closer and wider community shall receive guidance in both strategy and service to effectively […]
CHARM ON: Bringing Innovation into Practice

CHARM-EU’s regular online knowledge-sharing session. CHARM ON was designed to share and explore CHARM-EU’s innovative practices with academic and support staff from the partner universities and beyond and motivate those interested to dive deeper into CHARM-EU good practices in our Service Portfolio, and to participate in trainings and opportunities offered by the Alliance. The CHARM-ON sessions’ […]
CHARM-EU Funds Fourteen New Inter-Institutional Projects to Advance Innovative and Collaborative Education

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 […]
The remarkable resilience of a tropical rainforest

Tropical rainforests are home to almost two-thirds of all vertebrate species and three-quarters of all tree species: they are the most species-rich terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. However, over half of these diverse rainforests have already been cleared, and their area continues to decline drastically, primarily for agricultural purposes. Is there a chance of regeneration, and […]
Windborne and HeatSafe win CHARM‑EU Open Incubator Ideathon
Profitably greening up in the city

Dr. Helen Toxopeus studied International Economics and Business at the University of Groningen. She then worked at ABN AMRO. She obtained her doctorate on Financing sustainable innovation at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Within the Utrecht School of Economics, she has ties to the research group Strategy, Organisation and Entrepreneurship as an Associate Professor. Besides this, she […]