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CHARM-ED Projects

The CHARM-ED Call offers funding to support the development, enhancement, or redesign of higher education and lifelong learning activities across the CHARM-EU Alliance.

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. 

Read more about the selected projects below, and keep an eye on our events page for updates. The funding for this call was provided through the CHARM8 project.

CHARM-ED projects funded in the first call (October 2025)

SEED-ED: Challenge-based learning from botanical gardens to fossil records: students engaging science with society

Dr Artemis Anest, Assistant professor of Botany, University of Montpellier

Thibault Durieux, PhD candidate in Paleobotany, Trinity College Dublin

This project is a transdisciplinary, student-centered educational initiative combining biodiversity research, materials science, and public engagement. Its main goal is to explore innovative ways to disseminate knowledge and promote the value of botanical collections from botanical gardens, herbaria, fossil records, and other plant materials.

The first steps of the project will involve, on one hand, the creation of educational panels, and on the other hand, the development of a plan to highlight fossil collections. Bachelor’s students in ecology will define a scientific question and produce educational panels to be displayed at the Botanical Garden of Montpellier. In parallel, students at Trinity College Dublin will engage in discussions and design outreach initiatives centered on fossil collections. A joint webinar bringing together students from Montpellier and Trinity College will connect their respective experiences and advance discussion on how to extend this approach to other collections and promote international collaboration.

The project will encourage participants’ interdisciplinary collaboration skills and science communication competencies. The public exhibition of the panels at the Botanical Garden of Montpellier, along with future outreach initiatives developed through these discussions, will help raise awareness of plant biodiversity, conservation challenges, and the value of all types of biological collections.

Call for contributions

We invite contributions for a workshop/open session at ATBC 2026 entitled:

“Education and outreach initiatives for tropical biodiversity: a collaborative hands-on session.”

We are seeking researchers and students at all career stages to present outreach initiatives related to tropical biodiversity and conservation. Whether your initiative is ongoing, completed, or still at the idea stage, you are warmly welcome to present it and exchange with others during the session (5-10 minutes interactive presentation with the audience).

Please note that the session is limited to 40 participants, so we kindly ask you to register if you wish to contribute.

We look forward to welcoming you in Jinghong on June 28, 2026. More information is available here.

For any questions, please feel free to contact the session chair:
Artemis Anest: artemis.anest@umontpellier.fr

Registration form: 

https://forms.gle/PmQSkXvk8kMcJGwr7 

GERI-CHARM: Enhancing Undergraduate Geriatric Medicine Education through CHARM-EU Collaboration and bilateral exchanges between Trinity College Dublin and the University of Barcelona

Prof. Román Romero-Ortuño, Professor of Ageing Medicine and Frailty, Trinity College Dublin; Consultant Physician, St James’s Hospital, Dublin; Representative for Education and International Affairs, Irish Gerontological Society; Director of Education and Training, European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS)

Prof. Alfonso López Soto, Associate Professor of the Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona

Dr. Juan Manuel Pérez Castejón, Head of the Department of Geriatric Medicine, Hospital Clínic Barcelona

Dr. Maria Victoria Farré Mercadé Member of the Executive of the Catalan Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology; Board Member of the European Union of Medical Specialists – Geriatric Medicine Section

Dr. Marta Arroyo Huidobro, Resident of the Department of Geriatric Medicine, Hospital Clínic Barcelona; member of PROGRAMMING (PROmoting GeRiAtric Medicine in countries where it is still eMergING) COST Action

Europe’s population is ageing rapidly, yet training on how to care for older adults varies widely between countries. The GERI-CHARM project brings together Trinity College Dublin and the University of Barcelona to strengthen undergraduate teaching in Geriatric Medicine through collaboration, innovation, and academic exchange.

The project will host academic summits and faculty visits enabling educators to share teaching methods and co-develop a modern, challenge-based learning toolkit. This toolkit will be built on the principle of transversality across relevant disciplines and will focus on real-world issues such as frailty, multimorbidity, and healthy ageing, while ensuring alignment with the principles of the European Undergraduate Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine.

The module template will be co-created with a wide range of stakeholders, including students, clinicians, and professional societies, and disseminated through the CHARM-EU network, allowing other partner universities to adopt and adapt the shared resources for integrating Geriatric Medicine into their curricula.

Partnerships with hospitals and European professional bodies will ensure that GERI-CHARM’s teaching toolkit reflects current clinical practice and align with European standards. Through these collaborations, the project will help prepare future doctors to deliver compassionate, effective care for Europe’s ageing population while fostering lasting international cooperation and innovation in medical education.

Developing Hybrid and Transnational Modules in Citizen Science and Science Communication

Joseph Roche,  Trinity College Dublin

Josep Perello, University of Barcelona

Isabelle Bonhoure, University of Barcelona

Saskia Stevens, Utrecht University

Roger Strand, University of Bergen

Thierry Brassac, University of Montpellier

Mia Åkerfelt, Åbo Akademi University

Laszlo Robert Zsiros, Eötvös Loránd University

This project is opening up two Master’s level modules from Trinity College Dublin to students across the CHARM-EU university alliance. The modules focus on two interdisciplinary and connected topics: Citizen Science (where public audiences and scientists contribute to research) and Science Communication (which explores how to engage audiences to strengthen the science-society relationship). By updating these modules to become more flexible and hybrid in format, the modules will become more open and accessible. Students will learn core material online at their own pace and then come together in dynamic, international online workshops to collaborate on real-world challenges. Working with experts from across the CHARM-EU network and leading European organisations, this project aligns with the principles of CHARM-EU. The modules will equip students with the green, digital, and communication skills needed to tackle society’s biggest challenges, all while building a network of peers from different countries and cultures.

Activate your learning!

Dr. Ana Belén Cano Hila, Professor of Sociology. University of Barcelona.

Dr. Montserrat Simó, University of Barcelona

Dr. Isabel Lausberg, Professor of Business. Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences.

Dr. Julia Thalmann, Professor of Business, Retail & E-Commerce. Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences.

Dr. Alexander Arenas Canon, Pedagogical Engineer and Trainer. University of Montpellier.

Klara Schneider, Educationalist. Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences.

Dr. Celine Avenel, Lecturer in the Education Sciences department at Université Paul Valéry-Montpellier 3, University of Montpellier.

Dr. Jean-Patrick Respaut, Head of Service Commun de Soutien à l’Innovation Pédagogique (SCSIP). University of Montpellier.

Dr. Karla Berrens, Professor of Sociology. Universtiy of Barcelona.

Dr. Cristina López, Professor of Sociology. Universtiy of Barcelona.

Dr. Marina Elias, Professor of Sociology. Universtiy of Barcelona.

Active methodologies for meaningful, reflective and professional teaching & learning in Higher Education” is a CHARM-EU joint course for university educators and PhD students with teaching responsibilities. It introduces student-centred pedagogies such as project-based learning, service-learning, gamification, and design thinking and supports participants in integrating these methods into their teaching practice. Active methodologies encourage student engagement, leading to better knowledge retention and the development of critical skills. The course develops educators’ skills for redesigning classroom dynamics, thereby contributing to improved educational quality.

Generative AI is integrated as a creative and reflective tool, supporting participants to design scenarios, prototype learning activities, and critically evaluate outputs, building AI literacy and ethical awareness.

Structured in three modules (online plus one in-person workshop), participants design and reflect on teaching activities and compile a portfolio — with the aim of actively engaging students, strengthening their participation, and creating effective, inclusive, and sustainable learning environments across partner universities. Combining virtual and face-to-face sessions and theoretical and practical contents, participants will implement active methodologies that promote participation, critical thinking, autonomous and collaborative learning, considering the development of transferable skills tailored to students’ individual needs.

Challenge-based AI Use in Language Teacher Training​

Dr Éva Szabó, University Lecturer, Eötvös Loránd University

Dr Kata Baditzné Pálvölgyi, Associate Professor, Eötvös Loránd University

Dr Éva Major, Senior Associate Professor, Eötvös Loránd University

Dr. Mia Panisse, University Lecturer, Åbo Akademi University

Dr Marina Bendtsen, University Lecturer, Åbo Akademi University

Lidia Mercedes Chuquizuta Silvera, Doctoral Researcher, Åbo Akademi University

Dr David Chataignier, University Lecturer, Åbo Akademi University 

This project brings together two universities engaged in teacher education to develop pre-service language teachers’ responsible and ethical artificial intelligence (AI) use. The assumption serving as the starting point for the project is that the rate at which AI is transforming education and the skills that teachers need to thrive in their professional practice requires a fundamental change in teacher training curricula. For language teachers in particular, the integration of AI tools poses both opportunities and challenges: while AI can offer powerful support in areas such as assessment, material design, and autonomous learning, it also raises important questions about ethics, and responsible usage.

The first stage of the project will involve workshops for teams from partner universities, which will clarify the main principles of promoting AI use in foreign language teaching, identify professional tasks that can be effectively supported with AI and design AI-related challenges likely to come up in everyday practice. In the second stage, the challenges will be piloted in methodology courses. Finally, the project will propose a joint curriculum to be implemented in the teacher education programmes of both universities and outline a transferable model for other teacher education contexts.

Enacting Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Higher Education: Guided by Theory, Grounded in Teaching Practice development

Dr Cicely Roche, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Fellow in Education for Sustainable Development, Trinity College Dublin.

Dr Mihaela Vancea, Lecturer Professor of Education, University of Barcelona.

Dr Cristina Galván, Lecturer Professor of Education, University of Barcelona.

Dr Attila Varga, Associate Professor of Education and Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University.

Dr Andrea Velich, Associate Professor of English and American Studies, Eötvös Loránd University.

Szilvia Szöllősi, Head of Office Administration Rector’s Cabinet University Strategy Office, Eötvös Loránd University.

This project will enable staff to experience, and then integrate to their teaching, the student-centred, action-oriented and transformative approaches envisaged in UNESCO’s preferred pedagogical approaches by adapting resources previously used for professional development in Trinity to Microcredential format shareable across the CHARM-EU alliance. ‘Exploring worldviews, perceptions and values’ is one of five related themes/ blocks collaboratively developed by an interdisciplinary staff-student team in Trinity (2023-2024), is the focus for this micro-credential. 

Video’s grounded in the Sustainable development Goals, Rockstrom and Colleagues’ planetary boundaries and Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics shortfall dimensions provide core insights from experts. Mining in the Congo provides real-world case studies, designed by student interns, that forces learners to question their worldviews, perceptions and values related to sustainability dilemmas from community, policy maker and corporate perspectives. Workshop activities incorporate cycles of role play and peer debate that force learners to accommodate alternate perspectives presented by their peers using established techniques for moral reasoning competencies development.

Reflection on Raworth’s social equity and gender equality dimensions are prioritised. Having experienced the workshop process as a learner, facilitated exploration of the theoretical underpinnings, or pedagogical approach, used in workshop design supports Teaching Practice development for those enacting Education for Sustainable Development.

From Genes to Agency: Bridging Evolutionary Genetics and the Free Will Debate

Dr. Kevin Mitchell, Associate Professor, Trinity Institute of Neurosciences, Trinity College Dublin

Dr. Máté Varga, Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University

This interdisciplinary two part lecture series by Dr. Kevin Mitchell, to be held in Budapest, brings together cutting edge genetics, neuroscience and philosophical inquiry. The first lecture will explore recent advances in understanding how the genome encodes information, and how evolution and the developmental process have shaped this encoding process. Implication on polygenic selection efforts and genome editing will be also discussed. The second lecture will examine how these genetic insights intersect with our understanding of nervous system evolution, and ultimately inform longstanding debates about free will, inviting perspectives from both molecular biology and philosophy. The event aims to foster dialogue among students, researchers, and scholars on these important subjects.

Redesigning a hybrid CBL course to be delivered across Charm-EU alliance

Dr. Kenan Dikilitas, Professor of University pedagogy, Department of Education, University of Bergen 

Minke Brinkman, Educationalist, Utrecht University 

Dr. Yuanfei Huang, Educationalist, University of Montpellier

This project will redesign and develop the existing self-paced Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) course in French, originally created for Montpellier University, into a hybrid format in English that will be accessible across CHARM-EU partner institutions, in order to better align with their specific needs. It will foster collaboration among university teachers who seek to redesign their courses based on CBL principles, and will encourage co-production, peer learning, and the development of interdisciplinary perspectives through CBL-oriented practices. Unlike traditional lecture-based teaching, CBL emphasizes student-centered, real-world versatile problem-solving and interdisciplinary collaboration, requiring educators to adopt new facilitation practices.

The redesigned course will include two components:

1 Asynchronous, self-paced online modules available on the CHARM-EU Moodle hub, and

2 Synchronous hybrid training sessions featuring interactive activities delivered both online and in person.

It will incorporate CHARM-EU principles of sustainability, inclusivity, and transdisciplinarity, while providing practical tools and examples drawn from the alliance’s master’s programme. In addition, the content of this course could potentially be transformed into a MOOC and made available on an online learning platform, in order to more broadly share CHARM-EU’s advanced knowledge and experience, and to expand its impact in the field of pedagogical innovation for education for sustainable development.

A Strategic Exploration for a European Joint Degree in Communication, Information, Creativity, and Technology

Dr. José Miguel Tomasena, Associate Professor of Audiovisual Communication. Faculty of Information and Audiovisual Media. University of Barcelona.

Dr. Na Fu, Chair of Responsible Leadership, Trinity Business School. Director of the Trinity AI XR Innovation Lab. Trinity College Dublin

The project aims to assess the feasibility of developing joint programs in the intersection of communication, creativity, information and technology. This initiative responds to the growing need for higher education programs that transcend the national, and disciplinary boundaries and equip students with the skills required to navigate complex, interconnected challenges in contemporary society, particularly regarding the impact of IA and other emerging technologies in sectors like communication, creative industries, media and library sciences.

The core of the proposal is a series of collaborative workshops at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Barcelona designed to engage institutional and external stakeholders in a co-creative diagnostic process. These workshops will bring together representatives from academia, policymakers civil society, and professionals from creative sectors such as journalism, audiovisual production, music, videogames, archives, libraries, and documentation, among others.

To complement these workshops, the project includes benchmarking of existing European joint programs and strategic meetings with institutional actors involved in academic planning, site visits to infrastructures.

Knowledge at Sea – Transdisciplinary Community Practices for Sustainability 

Laura Hellsten TD, postdoctoral researcher Polin Institute of Theological research at Åbo Akademi University

Eduardo Abrantes PhD, postdoctoral researcher Polin Institute at Åbo Akademi University.

Brigitta Czauner, PhD, hydrogeologist, Eötvös Loránd University

Álmos Levente Szőcs, educational expert of the Human-Environment Transaction Institute of Eötvös Loránd University

This project brings together Master students, doctoral candidates, researchers, artist and cultural workers to a transdisciplinary symposia and study trip from Turku, Finland to Ísafjörður, Iceland May 9th to 25th 2026.

We practice and develop skills and collaborations together that aim at generating new insight on sustainability issues on the topic of Sea knowledge.

CLIP Lab – Challenge-based Learning for Instrumental Protocols in Analytical Chemistry

Viktor G. Mihucz, DSc, Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, Department of Analytical Chemistry

Szabolcs Béni, PhD, associate professor, Eötvös Loránd University

Anikó Vasanits, PhD, Eötvös Loránd University

José Garcia, DSc, University of Barcelona

Tahmer Sharkawi, PhD, associate professor and Claudia Muracciole Bich, PhD, associate professor, University of Montpellier 

Johan Bobacka, DSc, Åbo Akademi University 

Róbert Pál, CEO – Today Science Ltd. (Hungary) 

Márta Vargha, lead expert – National Centre for Public Health and Pharmacy (NNGYK, Hungary) 

Zoltán Szalai, PhD, head of laboratory – HUN-REN CsFK – Hungarian Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences 

This project invites students to design and test innovative laboratory protocols in analytical chemistry that address real-world sustainability challenges. Using techniques such as chromatography, spectrometry, and electroanalysis, participants will develop cost-effective, eco-friendly methods that can be completed within short laboratory sessions. The competition emphasizes green chemistry principles, encouraging the use of solvent-free or low-toxicity approaches, waste reduction strategies, and open-source tools for data analysis. Students are also encouraged to integrate smartphone applications to enable citizen science, making advanced analytical methods accessible to the public.

By focusing on environmental samples (like water, soil, and food), plant materials, and non-invasive clinical samples, the project connects chemistry education directly to pressing issues in planetary health, food safety, and public health. The initiative is part of a broader educational effort at ELTE and CHARM-EU to promote challenge-based learning, where students engage with authentic problems, investigate solutions, and act by implementing their protocols.

Winning proposals will be recognized during ELTE’s Science Day in May 2026, and the best protocols will be published in a bilingual Practical Handbook, ensuring their legacy in future chemistry education.

Futuring MultiSpecies Aquascapes

Prof. Dr. Laura Otto, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg

Prof. Dr. Jon Henrik Ziegler Remme, University of Bergen 

Futuring MultiSpecies Aquascapes is a collaborative project that explores how humans, animals, plants, and microscopic life live together in aquatic environments such as oceans, coasts, fish farms, and even artificial water systems. At a time of climate change, rising sea levels, and growing pressure on marine and aquatic ecosystems, the project asks a simple but urgent question: how can water-based environments support life for many species, not just humans, in the future?

The project brings together researchers and master’s and doctoral students from Würzburg and Bergen to jointly develop the idea of “multispecies aquascapes,” sharing perspectives from anthropology, environmental humanities, and cultural studies. By focusing on relationships rather than single species, the project encourages new ways of thinking about sustainability, care, and responsibility in watery worlds.

CHARM-ED projects funded by the second call (April 2026)

SNACKLAB: Rethinking Vending Machine Snacks for Healthy Ageing and Sustainable Diets

Dr Marina Corrado, University of Barcelona

Professor Karen Lambert Cordillac, Université de Montpellier  

Vending machines have barely changed in decades and still mainly offer sugary, high fat snacks. This workshop challenges students to redesign snacks with healthier and more sustainable options. Working in interdisciplinary teams, participants will analyse current vending products and identify gaps in nutrition and environmental impact. Using Mediterranean diet principles and insights from nutrition and behavioural science, they will develop realistic snack concepts for settings such as universities, transport hubs and healthcare centres. The goal is to create feasible and affordable alternatives that better align with public health priorities and sustainability goals, while remaining attractive and practical for everyday consumers.

Inter-Institutional Guest Lecture and Research Integration on Retail Restructuring, Vacancy and Sustainable Urban Futures

Lluís Frago Clols, University of Barcelona

Dr. Cian O’Callaghan, Trinity College Dublin

This project will fund a one-week academic visit from Trinity College Dublin to the University of Barcelona to deliver guest lectures in Urban Geography (Bachelor) and Cities and Sustainability (Master). The activity will strengthen institutional collaboration within CHARM-EU while integrating research-based learning on retail restructuring, land-use change, vacancy, and sustainable urban futures.
Beyond its immediate teaching impact, the project aims to generate new synergies between CHARM-EU institutions, exploring the integration of additional faculty members and thematic areas into future programmes, while fostering internationalisation, intercultural learning, and long-term joint educational initiatives.

HistLing Exchange

Lijing Peng, Trinity College Dublin

Dr. Szántó Péter Dániel, Eötvös Loránd University

Prof. dr. Peter Schrijver, Utrecht Unviersity

The HistLing Exchange brings together specialists from Utrecht University, Eötvös Loránd University, and Trinity College Dublin to deliver historical linguistics lectures to interested students. Peter Schrijver will attend the Summer School for Ancient Trans-Himalayan Languages (SSATH) in June 2026 and will give a workshop on historical phonology, staying at the Summer School to interact with students as an expert. From November 16-20, there will also be a week-long hybrid workshop on Buddhist Philology taught by Péter-Dániel Szántó for Trinity and Eötvös Loránd students and students who attended the Summer School. These collaborations emphasise the methodological commonalities between the Summer School and research workshops and value of collaboration across language families in linguistics.

SEED-ED Part 2 : Upscaling a proven transdisciplinary and student-centred model

Artemis Anest, University of Montpellier

Thibault Durieux, Trinity College Dublin

SEED-ED Part 2 builds on the fully successful implementation of SEED-ED Part 1, which generated public-facing educational panels, cross-institutional collaboration, and strong student engagement. This second phase has two objectives: 1) transfers and reverses the model between Trinity College Dublin (Botanical Garden) and Montpellier (living and fossil collections), transforming a tested local initiative into a scalable CHARM-EU educational framework; and 2) expanding the project internationally through an invited workshop at the ATBC 2026 hosted in China, promoting new European and global partnerships, networking and producing open-access outreach resources for replication across the alliance.

International Collaborative Teaching Evaluation: Peer Review among Universities

Lidia Daza Pérez, University of Barcelona

Robert Guerau Valls Figuera, University of Barcelona

Maria Rosa Buxarrais Estrada, University of Barcelona

Ana Sánchez Cobaleda, University of Barcelona

Tomás Santalucia Albi, University of Barcelona

Kenan Dikilitas, University of Bergen

Kamilla Gjerland Haugland-Pruitt, University of Bergen

Mona Synnøve Bjune, University of Bergen

Daniela Melitta Pfabigan, University of Bergen

Xavier Llovet Vila, University of Bergen

This project strengthens the quality and recognition of university teaching through international peer review. Building on a successful pilot at the University of Barcelona, academic staff from different CHARM-EU institutions observe each other’s classes and exchange constructive feedback. Grounded in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), the initiative promotes teaching as a collaborative activity by opening classrooms for dialogue across countries, and supports professional development, intercultural exchange, and good practices within the European Higher Education.

Active Schools and Physical Education as a Driver of Transversal Skills in Initial Teacher Education: A Joint UB & ELTE Challenge-Based Educational Initiative

Dr Gabriel Díaz Cobos, University of Barcelona

Dr Milan Sztepanov, Eötvös Loránd University

Dr Gergely Bíró, Eötvös Loránd University

This project brings together the University of Barcelona and Eötvös Loránd University to explore how Physical Education can intentionally foster transversal skills such as critical thinking, collaboration and self-regulation in future teachers. Through a challenge-based workshop and follow-up hybrid activities, the partners will co-design innovative curricular approaches grounded in research on movement and cognition. The initiative aims to strengthen European collaboration, embed CHARM-EU educational principles into existing programmes, and lay the foundation for a future joint micro-credential within the Alliance.

Inclusive assessment in language education: Policy and practice

Dr Emma Riordan, Trinity College Dublin

Dr Catherine Barbour, Trinity College Dublin

Dr Maria Medina, Trinity College Dublin

Ciaran Canning, University of Barcelona

Dawn McRobbie, University of Barcelona

This project brings together Trinity College Dublin and the University of Barcelona to explore how modern foreign language assessment in higher education can be made more inclusive. Both institutions face similar challenges in balancing accessibility with the specific demands of language‑proficiency testing. Combining Trinity’s strong policy foundations with Barcelona’s extensive experience in large‑scale language testing, the project will review existing policies, host a collaborative seminar, and develop a practitioner report including principles for inclusive language assessment. The aim is to support fair, effective assessment practices and to spark a wider CHARM‑EU conversation on inclusive approaches to language teaching and evaluation.

PeerHD Online: A Transnational Learning Module for Sustainable Research Career Skills in Doctoral Education

Ryan Christopher Armstrong, University of Barcelona

Dr. Annemarie Horn, Utrecht University

Dr Kinga Káplár-Kodácsy, Eötvös Loránd University

PeerHD Online is a short transnational learning module designed to help doctoral researchers develop skills for sustainable research careers. The programme focuses on peer-coaching and communication skills that support collaboration, resilience and well-being in academic environments. Based on existing PeerHD training, the module will be adapted into an online or hybrid format and made accessible to the CHARM-EU partners. By combining flexible learning with practical exercises, PeerHD Online aims to strengthen doctoral education across Europe and support inclusive participation for researchers from diverse backgrounds and disciplines.

Visibility, Resilience and Clarity: Advanced Strategies for Institutional Science Communication – a practice-based workshop”

Zoltán Somody, Eötvös Loránd University

Dr Jorge Franganillo, University of Barcelona

Dr Carlos Lopezosa, University of Barcelona

Dr Lydia Sánchez, University of Barcelona

This workshop provides a practical introduction to institutional and science communication. Led by professionals from ELTE (working in the field of press and crisis communication) and the University of Barcelona, participants will learn to translate complex research into accessible, high-impact narratives. Through a challenge-based approach, students will tackle algorithmic filters, build narrative resilience through “prebunking” strategies, and apply international plain language standards (ISO). By bridging the gap between academia and society, the workshop will equip future professionals with the skills to make science visible, understandable, and trusted in an era of misinformation.

Integration of CHARM educational principles in micro credential courses in innovation competence.

Lars Nyre, University of Bergen

Therese Eide, University of Bergen

Sarah Mattila, Åbo Akademi University

Shay Butler, Trinity College Dublin

The project aims to integrate CHARM educational principles in six new micro credential courses in innovation competence. The courses are fully financed and will be offered by the University of Bergen (UiB) from the autumn of 2026. The project group will advise UiB about which innovation topics and learning designs should be included in the courses, with a particular focus on video lectures, online exercises and exam formats, and collect these insights in a final report. UiB plans to offer two of the courses in English, and in due course we aim to offer them at all CHARM partner universities.

ChARMT – Challenge-based learning using AI in Reflective Motivation Psychology Teaching

Dr Marina Hirnstein, University of Bergen

Prof. dr. Christel Lutz, Utrecht University

The project aims to integrate CHARM-EU educational principles into university courses in motivation psychology. The newly developed educational resources would enable challenge-based, situated, and student-centred learning that keeps pace with technological and societal needs while enhancing student engagement. The objective is to enrich teaching of motivation psychology with inquiry, reflection, critical thinking, and peer feedback while applying motivation psychology theory to real-world situations. By using a new custom build AI tool that simulates motivational interventions the students would develop motivation psychology competencies alongside transversal skills including responsible use of AI, particularly in the field of mental health.

Superbug Awareness for Education (SAFE)

Dr. David Miñana Galbis, University of Barcelona

Dr. Mercè Berlanga Herranz, Universitat de Barcelona

Dr. Pere Picart Faiget, Universitat de Barcelona

Dr. Elena de Mendoza Barberá, Universitat de Barcelona

Dr. Vicenta Albarral Ávila, Universitat de Barcelona

Dr. Marta Martins, Trinity College Dublin

Dr. Carsten Kroger, Trinity College Dublin

Dr. Laila Gannoun, University of Montpellier

The fight against antimicrobial resistance is a priority in global health for both the European Union and the World Health Organization. If the current situation is not effectively addressed, it is estimated that by 2050 antimicrobial resistance could cause up to 10 million deaths annually, becoming the leading cause of death worldwide. This project consists of a training course for university professors and students to introduce the service-learning methodology, with the aim of raising awareness and enhancing knowledge about antimicrobial resistance. The course includes laboratory sessions focused on the isolation of antibiotic-producing bacterial strains.

CLASS-ED: A Research-Based Educational Exchange in Classical Philology

Dr Dániel Kiss, University of Barcelona

Dr Montserrat Camps Gaset, University of Barcelona

Dr Attila Ferenczi, Eötvös Loránd University

Dr Dániel Kozák, Eötvös Loránd University

Dr Ábel Tamás, Eötvös Loránd University

Dr Jesus Javier Velaza Frías, Eötvös Loránd University

This project creates an educational exchange in order to pool the expertise of two European universities that have strengths in complementary disciplines within Classical Philology. Three researchers from both universities visit the other institution to hold student-centred seminars and open lectures about their fields of research. The seminars are integrated into the study plan of the host institution, while the lectures are aimed not only at students but also at researchers and the broader public. Fields covered by the exchange include Roman literature, Latin textual criticism and epigraphy, Palaeohispanic epigraphy and linguistics, and the reception of classical Greek myths and literature.

iChat with Charm-EU

Judit Sereg, Eötvös Loránd University

Marielle Biard, University of Montpellier

Cathy Gouchault, University of Montpellier

Dr. Christopher Schmidt, Åbo Akademi University

Lídia Zalatnay, Eötvös Loránd University

The project builds on the same principles and objectives as the previously successful Lingua Franca Tandems —namely pairing students from CHARM-EU Alliance universities to practice foreign languages. The new iCHAT project broadens both the scope of languages and participation. Communication will now take place in English, German, French, and Spanish, participating universities include the University of Montpellier (France), ELTE University (Hungary), the University of Barcelona (Spain), and Åbo Akademi University (Finland). The students prepare and work together in pairs online to present their own field of interest in the chosen Lingua Franca. The 2 most successful presentations will be chosen to be presented during an on-site student conference, where the students have the chance to meet in person and build living relationships with their peers from other CHARM institutions. The project aims to foster the exchange of experiences and knowledge across different fields of study.