CHARM-EU Intercultural Toolkit & Annual Calendar

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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 […]

Report on the establishment of CHARM-EU incubator hubs with a number of pilot activities

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December 2025 Deliverable 15.1 sets out the conceptual foundation, baseline analysis, and initial pilots for the CHARM-EU Incubator Hub Network under Task 15.1. It aims to support CHARM-EIGHT’s objective of strengthening innovation and entrepreneurship capacity across the alliance through shared, cross-regional structures. The deliverable explains how the consortium developed a flexible and context-sensitive framework that […]

CHARM-ification Service Portafolio

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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 […]

CHARM-EU Handbook on Inclusion, Diversity, and Non-Discrimination

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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-ÅA Insider

Sharing relevant CHARM-EU updates and highlights with the ÅAU community. The goal of the CHARM-ÅA Insider is to highlight relevant news and updates from an ÅAU perspective to an internal audience with limited capacity to follow CHARM updates on various channels. It complements the CHARM-EU Staff Newsletter with local CHARM news. Published bi-monthly on the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Profitably greening up in the city

A detailed miniature model of a sustainable city skyline made of natural wood and moss. The buildings feature tiny glowing windows and are integrated with green trees and moss-covered industrial chimneys. The entire scene rests on a floating base of thick, vibrant green moss, set against a soft, blurred background with warm bokeh lights.

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 […]