BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CHARM-EU - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://charm-eu.eu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for CHARM-EU REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250624T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250624T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T143325 CREATED:20250423T081026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T082005Z UID:10000086-1750755600-1750784400@charm-eu.eu SUMMARY:CHARM-EU International Conference "Bridging minds\, Shaping futures: Transdisciplinarity in research” DESCRIPTION:As part of CHARM-EU’s Doctoral researcher summer school 2025\, the University of Montpellier is proud to host the Bridging minds\, shaping futures:  transdisciplinary in research conference\, a series of talks by nine inspiring speakers from across the CHARM-EU universities alliance. \nBringing together individuals and knowledge\, connecting communities\, and merging ways of thinking… Transdisciplinary research is key to addressing the complex and interconnected challenges affecting global health\, environment\, food systems and government. To provide sustainable and impactful solutions\, we must connect people\, knowledge and ideas beyond geographical and academic boundaries in collaboration with communities\, business and government. \nInspired by the CHARM-EU doctoral researcher Summer school’s theme of Developing transdisciplinary practice to tackle complex challenges\, the conference will provide attendees with an overview of projects underway at universities within the CHARM-EU alliance\, with insight from researchers who place transdisciplinarity at the heart of their work. Specialising in digital humanities\, economics\, epidemiology\, hydrogeology\, law\, philosophy\, physics and medicine\, the speakers will illustrate to doctoral candidates\, teaching staff\, and researchers how transdisciplinarity can move research forward. \nMore info on University of Montpellier’s website. \nRegistration essential to attend in person or online. Live (and replay) on the University of Montpellier’s YouTube channel. \n \n Apply here to register\n \nConference programme:\n9.00 – Welcome SpeechPhilippe Augé\, president of the University of Montpellier \n9.15 – 12.30 – Morning session \n\n9.15 – 9.50 – Laura HellstenThe Transdisciplinary Toolbox: what I learnt when doing ethnographic research in an interdisciplinary research project.\n\n\n\n Abstract:\n \n \n \nBuilding on the findings from the fieldwork in an interdisciplinary research project\, and the transdisciplinary collaborations she has been helping to facilitate\, she will share best practices and speak about the skills and competences needed for transdisciplinary research. Expanding on Lawrence et. al (2022) descriptions of inter-\, multi- and trans- disciplinary research\, this lecture will give tools for how we can navigate towards getting the benefits of orientation knowledge\, system knowledge\, process knowledge and transformational knowledge in our collaborations. \n\nBuilding on the findings from the fieldwork in an interdisciplinary research project\, and the transdisciplinary collaborations she has been helping to facilitate\, she will share best practices and speak about the skills and competences needed for transdisciplinary research. Expanding on Lawrence et. al (2022) descriptions of inter-\, multi- and trans- disciplinary research\, this lecture will give tools for how we can navigate towards getting the benefits of orientation knowledge\, system knowledge\, process knowledge and transformational knowledge in our collaborations. \n\n9.50 – 10.25 – Mircea SofoneaInterdisciplinarity is key in health crisis management: insights from Montpellier’s research for pandemic surveillance and control.\n\n\n\n Abstract:\n \n \n \nThe unprecedented outburst of the recent pandemic called for rapid and accurate quantitative assessments to best inform public health responses. This presentation will provide an overview of the research that have been carried out in Montpellier since early 2020 on the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in metropolitan France\, at the interface between virology\, evolutionary biology\, public health\, and applied mathematics. More generally\, and in the light of five years’ hindsight\, the place of real-time quantitative interdisciplinary approaches during health crises will be discussed\, in terms of generating novel evidence\, supporting decision-making\, and contributing to society’s awareness and trust.  \n\nThe unprecedented outburst of the recent pandemic called for rapid and accurate quantitative assessments to best inform public health responses. This presentation will provide an overview of the research that have been carried out in Montpellier since early 2020 on the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in metropolitan France\, at the interface between virology\, evolutionary biology\, public health\, and applied mathematics. More generally\, and in the light of five years’ hindsight\, the place of real-time quantitative interdisciplinary approaches during health crises will be discussed\, in terms of generating novel evidence\, supporting decision-making\, and contributing to society’s awareness and trust.  \n\n10.25 – 11.00 – Judit Mádl-SzőnyiFrom groundwater flow to societal climate adaptation: a transdisciplinary journey.\n\n\n\n Abstract:\n \n \n \nHydroclimatic extremes\, such as droughts and water surpluses\, have profound impacts on vast regions\, populations\, and economies. Ensuring a reliable water supply for both humans and ecosystems presents a significant challenge. Groundwater\, often overlooked\, plays a crucial role in balancing wet and dry periods. Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) is a technique that stores excess water during rainy seasons for use during droughts. The NaBa-MAR approach\, developed by the ELTE Hydrogeology Group\, was implemented in the ClimEx-PE project of the CHARM-EU universities. This project integrates local MAR methods with regional groundwater flow understanding to mitigate extreme hydrological events. Efficient dissemination of this approach to decision-makers and the public is essential. The presentation will showcase the development of the NaBa-MAR concept\, its physical demonstration for educational purposes\, and its implementation possibilities through a comprehensive campaign targeting societies and stakeholders. \n\nHydroclimatic extremes\, such as droughts and water surpluses\, have profound impacts on vast regions\, populations\, and economies. Ensuring a reliable water supply for both humans and ecosystems presents a significant challenge. Groundwater\, often overlooked\, plays a crucial role in balancing wet and dry periods. Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) is a technique that stores excess water during rainy seasons for use during droughts. The NaBa-MAR approach\, developed by the ELTE Hydrogeology Group\, was implemented in the ClimEx-PE project of the CHARM-EU universities. This project integrates local MAR methods with regional groundwater flow understanding to mitigate extreme hydrological events. Efficient dissemination of this approach to decision-makers and the public is essential. The presentation will showcase the development of the NaBa-MAR concept\, its physical demonstration for educational purposes\, and its implementation possibilities through a comprehensive campaign targeting societies and stakeholders. \n\n\n11.00 – 11.15 – Coffee break \n\n\n11.15 – 11.50 – Mark OelmannTransdisciplinarity in water: chances\, challenges and best practices. \n\n\n\n\n Abstract:\n \n \n \nTransdisciplinarity is a noble goal. For many projects\, this transdisciplinary approach is a basic prerequisite that the most diverse perspectives have actually been incorporated. This is the only way to ensure that implementation of results can be successful. At the same time\, the results of the various disciplines should flow into one another. If they do not\, the researchers are not pulling in the same direction. But aren’t they wasting a lot of time along the way? After all\, the aim of a scientist is to publish papers. And to do so for their own discipline…. Can we get out of this dilemma?  \n\nTransdisciplinarity is a noble goal. For many projects\, this transdisciplinary approach is a basic prerequisite that the most diverse perspectives have actually been incorporated. This is the only way to ensure that implementation of results can be successful. At the same time\, the results of the various disciplines should flow into one another. If they do not\, the researchers are not pulling in the same direction. But aren’t they wasting a lot of time along the way? After all\, the aim of a scientist is to publish papers. And to do so for their own discipline…. Can we get out of this dilemma?  \n\n\n11.50 – 12.25 – Quique BassatGlobal health in a nutshell: issues and threats. \n\n\n\n\n Abstract:\n \n \n \nWe live in a world of contrasts. Your birthplace will significantly determine your chances of surviving and thriving\, whether you are born healthy or sick. In this talk\, some of these health inequities will be examined\, as well as some of the current trends in global health\, including the threat that infectious diseases still pose to health globally. This will be analysed in the context of a changing planet\, with all the uncertainties emerging from the climatic crisis\, that unknown to many\, is going to affect the health of all\, but most significantly that of children being born in the poorest areas of the world. \n\nWe live in a world of contrasts. Your birthplace will significantly determine your chances of surviving and thriving\, whether you are born healthy or sick. In this talk\, some of these health inequities will be examined\, as well as some of the current trends in global health\, including the threat that infectious diseases still pose to health globally. This will be analysed in the context of a changing planet\, with all the uncertainties emerging from the climatic crisis\, that unknown to many\, is going to affect the health of all\, but most significantly that of children being born in the poorest areas of the world. \n\n\n12.25 – 12.55 – Panel discussion With Ronald Österbacka\, Mircea Sofonea\, Judit Mádl-Szőnyi\, Mark Oelmann and Quique Bassat. \n\n\n13.00 – 14.00 – Lunch break \n14.00 – 17.10 – Afternoon session \n\n14.05 – 14.40 – Jennifer EdmondThe reality of imaginaries? Exploring the present and future of applied literary studies. \n\n\n\n Abstract:\n \n \n \nThe humanities fields have long been a conundrum when it comes to transdisiciplinarity. This presentation will look at the way in which literature seems to be emerging as a category of evidence within applied research without what one would expect as the natural parallel development of a transdisciplinary arm of literary studies.  It will ask questions about why this might be and what enablers might be needed to better integrate literary scholarship and its potential ‘users\,’ looking particularly at the context of the current state of tension between culture and advancing knowledge technologies such as AI.   \n\nThe humanities fields have long been a conundrum when it comes to transdisiciplinarity. This presentation will look at the way in which literature seems to be emerging as a category of evidence within applied research without what one would expect as the natural parallel development of a transdisciplinary arm of literary studies.  It will ask questions about why this might be and what enablers might be needed to better integrate literary scholarship and its potential ‘users\,’ looking particularly at the context of the current state of tension between culture and advancing knowledge technologies such as AI.   \n\n14.40 – 15.15 – Isabel FeichtnerReorienting law towards the common(s).\n\n\n\n Abstract:\n \n \n \nThis presentation will inquire into the role of law and lawyers in social ecological transformation. With reference to social movements against appropriation of and value extraction from the common\, it will present a concept of transformative law with three dimensions: first\, “counterlaw” that dismantles legal infrastructures of value extraction; second\, transformative interpretation of (property) rights; and third\, an organization law for the commons. The presentation will further seek to illustrate how transformative law may be furthered through transdisciplinary research within and outside the university. \n\nThis presentation will inquire into the role of law and lawyers in social ecological transformation. With reference to social movements against appropriation of and value extraction from the common\, it will present a concept of transformative law with three dimensions: first\, “counterlaw” that dismantles legal infrastructures of value extraction; second\, transformative interpretation of (property) rights; and third\, an organization law for the commons. The presentation will further seek to illustrate how transformative law may be furthered through transdisciplinary research within and outside the university. \n\n\n15.15 – 15.30 – Coffee break \n\n\n15.30 – 16.05 – Rasmus SlaattelidTransdisciplinarity as academic multiculturalism. \n\n\n\n\n Abstract:\n \n \n \nThis talk will build on experiences from research and teaching in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinarity contexts. The calls for transdiciplinarity give raise to legitimate worries about a watering-down of discipline-based foundational education and research. “You must learn to crawl before you walk” is the general idea\, or more generally\, in order to develop interdisciplinary competencies\, a solid foundation built in a single discipline is needed. With some examples from current and completed transdisciplinary projects\, as well as from teaching experiences at the SVT\, this presentation will be the opportunity to sketch a translational approach to transdisciplinarity inspired by Collins and Evans’ concept of “interactional expertise”. \n\nThis talk will build on experiences from research and teaching in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinarity contexts. The calls for transdiciplinarity give raise to legitimate worries about a watering-down of discipline-based foundational education and research. “You must learn to crawl before you walk” is the general idea\, or more generally\, in order to develop interdisciplinary competencies\, a solid foundation built in a single discipline is needed. With some examples from current and completed transdisciplinary projects\, as well as from teaching experiences at the SVT\, this presentation will be the opportunity to sketch a translational approach to transdisciplinarity inspired by Collins and Evans’ concept of “interactional expertise”. \n\n\n16.05 – 16:40 – Iris van der TuinConnective thinking: on strategies for making connections between specialized knowledges. \n\n\n\n\n Abstract:\n \n \n \nInspired by the French philosopher Michel Serres (1930-2019)\, this talk will reflect on institutional\, research and educational experiences centered around the making of connections between specialized knowledges. It is common practice to argue that dynamically complex socio-environmental problems make such connecting more urgent than ever. But what about the university community and especially students and early-career researchers today? What boundary-crossing knowledges\, skills and attitudes do they need? How can we teach such KSAs; and why? And what can current university staff learn from the younger generation? Central to this presentation are some tested strategies for connective thinking for inter- and trans-disciplinarity. \n\nInspired by the French philosopher Michel Serres (1930-2019)\, this talk will reflect on institutional\, research and educational experiences centered around the making of connections between specialized knowledges. It is common practice to argue that dynamically complex socio-environmental problems make such connecting more urgent than ever. But what about the university community and especially students and early-career researchers today? What boundary-crossing knowledges\, skills and attitudes do they need? How can we teach such KSAs; and why? And what can current university staff learn from the younger generation? Central to this presentation are some tested strategies for connective thinking for inter- and trans-disciplinarity. \n\n\n16.40 – 17.10 – Panel Discussion With Jennifer Edmond\, Isabel Feichtner\, Rasmus Slaattelid and Iris van der Tuin. \n\n\nSpeakers will include: \n \n Quique Bassat\n \n \n Jennifer Edmond\n \n \n Isabel Feichtner\n \n \n Laura Hellsten\n \n \n Judit Mádl-Szőnyi\n \n \n Mark Oelmann\n \n \n Rasmus T. Slaatelid\n \n \n Mircea Sofonea\n \n \n Iris van der Tuin\n \nQuique Bassat\n\nPediatrician\nDirector of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)\, SpainPhD medicineICREA research professor \n \nAs a pediatrician with special interest in infectious disease epidemiology and public health\, Quique Bassat has attempted to combine his clinical work with biomedical research in those diseases that most affect the poor and vulnerable. His main area of interest has been the prevention and treatment of malaria in childhood\, with a particular focus on understanding the clinical overlap of malaria and other common pediatric conditions. His research has also covered the new paradigm of malaria eradication\, with a particular interest in evaluating the role of drugs in elimination strategies. \nHe has also conducted work on the description of the epidemiology and etiology of respiratory infections (viral and bacterial)\, diarrheal diseases\, and neonatal infections in places such as Mozambique\, Morocco or Bhutan. Currently\, his main interests are related to the validation and implementation of minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) tools for the post-mortem investigation of causes of death in the developing world. He is also working on the validation and evaluation of low-cost technological devices that can be used to improve health in low-income countries. \nSince 2024\, Quique Bassat is the director general of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)\, where he leads a team of nearly 600 people committed to improving global health and promoting health equity. ISGlobal is the result of an innovative alliance between the “la Caixa” Foundation\, academic institutions and government bodies to contribute to the efforts undertaken by the international community to address health challenges in a globalized world.  This consolidated hub of excellence in research takes its expertise from the world of health care\, with the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona and the Parc de Salut MAR\, and the academic sphere\, with the University of Barcelona and Pompeu Fabra University. \nMore information about this speaker. \nJennifer Edmond\n\nAssociate professor in Digital Humanities\nTrinity College Dublin\, IrelandPhD Germanic languages and literaturesCo-director of the Trinity Center for Digital Humanities \n \nJennifer Edmond is an internationally recognized expert in the application of arts and humanities insight to academic and societal challenges arising at the intersection of information and communication technologies and culture. Her ambition is to utilize her position of leadership in the digital humanities to significantly progress consolidation of the emerging subfield of the critical digital humanities. Most of her publications are in open access. \nFormer president (2018-2022) of the board of directors of the pan-European research infrastructure for the arts and humanities DARIAH-EU\, Jennifer Edmond has played a leadership role in numerous strategic developments at national and institutional level. She has lent her expertise in the development of infrastructure to a wide variety of initiatives and agencies\, from the food manufacturing industry through to the Korean national maritime agency. She has coordinated many significant large-scale interdisciplinary research projects\, like CENDARI FP7 (2012-2016)\, a collaborative European digital archival infrastructure. She was also a partner in the related infrastructure cluster PARTENHOS\, whose objective was to strengthen the cohesion of research across several related fields associated with the humanities. \nKT4D is her most recent project on AI\, big data and democracy. Led by Trinity College Dublin with a consortium of twelve partner organizations\, the Knowledge Technologies for Democracy (KT4D) project is investigating how democracy and civic participation can be better facilitated in the face of rapidly changing knowledge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data. This in order to enable actors across society to capitalize on the many benefits these technologies can bring in terms of community empowerment\, social integration\, individual agency\, and improved trust in both institutions and technological instruments while identifying and mitigating potential ethical\, legal and cultural risks. \nMore information about this speaker. \nIsabel Feichtner\n\nProfessor of Public Law and International Economic Law\n\nJulius-Maximilians University of Würzburg\, GermanyDr. jur.\, LL.M (Cardozo Law School)Founder of the Law Clinic Transformation Law \n \nIsabel Feichtner’s research work is grounded in practice. After her studies\, she was admitted to the New York Bar and worked for the New York office of the law firm Cravath\, Swaine & Moore as a corporate associate in the securitization department for one year. Her research interests cover the distributive effects of law\, the democratization of society\, and the law of the commons and commoning. She explores how institutional experiments\, such as the redesign of money or commons public partnerships\, can support social-ecological transformation through democratization and commoning. Her expertise includes international law\, law and political economy\, international law of natural resource extraction and the law of money and finance. \nFrom 2022 to 2024\, Isabel Feichtner was fellow at The New Institute in Hamburg\, a residential fellowship program based in Hamburg and designed to nourish transformation through interdisciplinary and trans-sectoral collaboration\, where she chaired the program Reclaiming Common Wealth: Towards a Law and Economy of Land Commons. This program explored pathways\, processes\, and institutional designs for the generation and governance of land commons\, aiming to address discontents arising from institutional investments in land\, assess theories and concepts of property and value\, and establish a repository of the law and institutional design of land commons. \nIsabel Feichtner founded the Law Clinic Transformation Law\, both a teaching format and a forum for transdisciplinary research to explore how law may serve as a building block of a democratized political economy. She considers this project as an attempt to democratize law and legal education for social-ecological change\, strongly believing that transformative law must rethink and redesign the institutions and infrastructures at the core of political economy\, such as property\, money\, and the corporation. \nMore information about this speaker. \nLaura Hellsten\n\nPost-doc researcher in theology\nÅbo Akademi University in Turku\, Finland PhD systematic theology \n \nIn her first post-doctoral position\, in the Stiftelsen Åbo Akademi foundation Centre of Excellence BACE\, Laura Hellsten studied the interaction of a team of physics\, chemistry and cell biology researchers. The BACE collaboration centered on developing a platform for bioelectronic activation that enables the control of cell signals and\, thereby\, the stimulation of cell functions. Hellsten did ethnographic fieldwork with the research group investigating questions of ethics and science communication. \nTo study science communication\, Hellsten further developed and led the research project Avtryck i det okända – Forcing the Impossible (2020-2022)\, which created transdisciplinary collaborations between artists and researchers in the broader context of Åbo Akademi University. \nShe is principal investigator for the research project: Praxis of Social Imaginaries – a Theo-artistic Intervention for Transdisciplinary Knowledge (2024-2028). This project brings together three different components: theological understanding of social imaginaries\, cosmologies and polysemous reading practices\, artistic research methods of intervention\, and indigenous or traditional ways of knowledge production including listening and storytelling. Through creating nomadic and community based symposia where the project brings together people from across the Nordic region\, with students and researchers from Åbo Akademi University and the global south\, as well as artists and activists to transdisciplinary symposia and art based dialogue sessions\, it is aiming to cultivate practices of wisdom\, ask bold questions\, and train critical inquiry into how colonial patterns are influencing society and universities today. \nMore information about this speaker. \nJudit Mádl-Szőnyi\n\nAssociated professor in Hydrogeology \nEötvös Loránd University in Budapest\, HungaryPhD\, DSc\, hydrogeologyHead of József and Erzsébet Tóth Endowed Hydrogeology ChairVice-dean for strategic and innovation affairs of ELTE Faculty of Science \n \nJudit Mádl-Szőnyi specialises in hydrogeology\, focusing on regional groundwater flow systems and basin hydrogeology. With over three decades of teaching and research\, she has significantly contributed to understanding groundwater driving forces\, flow patterns\, and connections between groundwater flow systems and vegetation patterns. Her research group has gained international recognition for their work. She has developed groundwater flow models for deep carbonate aquifers and promoted nature-based managed aquifer recharge. Her interdisciplinary research also addresses climate change and impacts on groundwater\, adaptation options\, and sustainable geothermal energy use. Her work has influenced academic circles and contributed to practical applications in environmental management and policy-making. Additionally\, she is actively involved in mentoring the next generation of hydrogeologists\, fostering a collaborative and innovative research environment. \nSince 2011\, she has chaired the Regional Groundwater Flow Commission of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) and led over fifteen R&D projects\, including prestigious European projects. Her most notable award is the IAH Presidents’ Award. \nOver the last decades\, through Shell\, MOL R&D\, and European innovation and development projects\, Judit Mádl-Szőnyi has adapted her knowledge for hydrocarbon exploration and energy transition goals\, including geothermal energy and related mineral resources. Judit Mádl-Szőnyi is the principal investigator of the Water4All project ClimEX-PE\, launched in 2024 among partner universities of the CHARM-EU alliance. This transdisciplinary project involves scientists from various fields of natural science and researchers with strong socio-legal expertise while also paying special attention to public engagement through communication and education. \nMore information about this speaker. \nMark Oelmann\n\nProfessor of Water and Energy Economics\n\nRuhr West University of Applied Sciences in Mülheim an der Ruhr\, Germany PhD economics \n \nMark Oelmann is the director of the Bachelor’s program BWL – Energy and Water Management at the Ruhr West University of Applied science. A diverse and enhanced collaboration – for example\, in dual studies – with companies and service providers in the energy and water sectors is at the very heart of this program. As a researcher\, he is doing economic and political studies on water related issues and deals with the various forms of water pricing and is involved in digitalization topics\, such as machine learning or change management. \nMark Oelmann has been greatly contributing to a better integration of an economic perspective into water management thinking. Over 25 years in the water sector and other adjacent network sectors\, he worked in investment banking at Deutsche Bank\, as a managing consultant at the internationally renowned Capgemini Consulting and a department head at the Scientific Institute for infrastructure and communication services (WIK) GmbH. He collaborates with the German federal ministry of Education and research (BMBF) on international water issues\, most recently on water and agriculture in Pakistan. A part of his work is focusing on developing and emerging countries: Albania\, China\, Iran\, Indonesia\, Yemen\, Uganda… \nAs an economist and a cultural anthropologist\, Mark Oelmann is the spokesperson for the Water Economics and Water Management interdisciplinary research focus at Ruhr West University of Applied science\, an interdisciplinary topic involving the Institute of Economics and the Institute for Civil engineering and intending to foster a transformation process towards sustainable water management. He is also co-partner and co-managing director of the consulting company spun off from Ruhr West University of Applied science: MOcons. Strongly committed to water issues\, he’s participating in a volunteer network supporting start-ups in building a more sustainable energy future. \nMore information about this speaker. \nRasmus T. Slaatelid\n\nProfessor of Philosophy of Science\n\nUniversity of Bergen\, Norway PhD philosophyHead of the Centre for the study of the sciences and the humanities (SVT) \n \nRasmus Slaattelid is a Professor of Philosophy of Science and Head of the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities at the University of Bergen. This Centre teaches courses for PhD students on philosophical\, societal and ethical problems of science and technology\, and conducts research on corresponding topics. Both the research and the teaching activities require dialogue across scientific disciplines and academic cultures\, but also across different forms of knowing and knowledge practices. \nRasmus T. Slaattelid’s main research is the translation between knowledge cultures. He is involved into few research groups at the University of Bergen. His most recent research work is accessible online. Published in 2023\, the book Translations of Responsibility : Innovation Governance in Three European Regions tells the story of how a Horizon 2020-funded research project translated responsible research and innovation (RRI) into practice\, all the way from philosophy of technology to EU policy jargon\, to the project contract\, and finally into the real-life events in these regions. In 2020\, a group of European researchers got a European Union (EU) grant to do a project called TRANSFORM. The objective of this project was to integrate the principle of responsible research and innovation (RRI) into the research and innovation policies of three European regions: Lombardy\, Brussels\, and Catalonia. The book analyses the broader context of the desire for better governance of technoscience and proposes to think of governance in technoscience\, rather than governance of technoscience. On the same subject\, the article Translating tools and indicators in territorial RRI efforts to document and evaluate the achievements in TRANSFORM using evaluative inquiry and theoretical reasoning whereas the article Transformative Translations? Challenges and tensions in territorial innovation governance | NOvation – Critical Studies of Innovation presents a comparative analysis of different territorial RRI-pilots within the project TRANSFORM and reflects on the concept of RRI. \nMore information about this speaker. \nMircea Sofonea\n\nAssociate professor in Epidemiology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases \nUniversity of Montpellier\, France PhD infectious disease evolutionPathogenesis and control of chronic and emerging infections (PCCEI) research unit\, University of Montpellier\, INSERMEpidemiologist at Nîmes University Hospital (CHU) \n \nBiologist and applied mathematician by training\, Mircea T. Sofonea is an associate professor at the University of Montpellier\, where he oversees spatial analysis\, biostatistics\, epidemiology\, and population dynamics courses to biology\, pharmacy and medicine students. Trained in anti-infective therapeutics and health information\, he is also an epidemiologist at Nîmes University Hospital (CHU). \nWithin the Pathogenesis and Control of Chronic and Emerging Infections research unit (University of Montpellier\, INSERM)\, he co-leads the modelling thematic addressing basic and applied questions related to the epidemiology\, evolution\, and control of respiratory viruses. An executive member of the local university hospital’s Federation of Infectiology (FHU TIE) and of the Modelling Network of the National Agency for Emerging Infectious Diseases (ANRS | MIE)\, he co-organizes yearly transdisciplinary events on infectious diseases. As a member of the Air & COVID committee of the French Agency for Food\, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)\, he regularly provides expertise to media and decision-makers. \nSince 2022\, Mircea T. Sofonea is head of research at the ExposUM Institute\, in charge of accelerating interdisciplinary projects on environmental health led by the University of Montpellier and its partners\, aiming to establish an interdisciplinary\, off-site institute dedicated to exposome research and environmental health. The exposome encompasses the lifelong set of environmental and social factors that\, combined with individual intrinsic characteristics\, influence the onset\, progression\, and severity of both infectious and non-communicable diseases. The ExposUM Institute explores the exposome through four complementary approaches: biological mechanisms of exposure\, environmental exposure monitoring\, host-pathogen-vector ecology\, and the interplay between the exposome and human health. \nThe institute is structured around three core missions: research\, training\, and science-society engagement. These axes work in synergy\, organizing annual calls for proposals and providing leadership for Montpellier’s exposome research community\, currently supporting over 40 projects. Aligned with its scientific and societal ambitions\, ExposUM fosters interdisciplinarity\, new collaborations\, a One Health and Global Health perspective\, regional resource mobilization\, and open\, sustainable research. \nMore information about this speaker. \nIris van der Tuin\n\nProfessor of Cultural Inquiry Theory \nUtrecht University\, Netherlands PhD humanitiesChair Theory of cultural inquiryDean of Interdisciplinary Education of Utrecht University \n \nTrained as a feminist epistemologist and working as an interdisciplinarian\, Iris van der Tuin works at the intersection of philosophy of science and humanities\, cultural theory and critical as well as creative practices of cultural inquiry. She is interested in the new and interdisciplinary humanities and in theoretical and practice-based approaches to the research of interdisciplinary teaching and learning. The name of her chair is Theory of Cultural Inquiry as she deeply believes that there is room for philosophies and theories of knowledge enriched by reflections on humanities and how humanities do not only study the works of culture but also work together with artists. \nIn 2014–18\, Iris van der Tuin chaired the COST Action New Materialism: Networking European Scholarship on ‘How Matter Comes to Matter’. Then she worked in the H2020 project Ethics of Coding: A Report on the Algorithmic Condition. In 2020\, she founded the Susanne K. Langer Circle\, an international and multidisciplinary group interested in the work of the American philosopher Susanne Langer. She is also founding co-editor of the book series New Materialisms at Edinburgh University Press and of the special issue Practice-based Research of Interdisciplinary Higher Education of HSSCOMMS\, an imprint of Nature. \nHer research is part of the group Transmission in Motion of the Institute of Cultural Inquiry (ICON) of Utrecht University\, a hybrid research community that brings researchers across disciplines together with artists and other external stakeholders\, focusing on how technological developments reconfigure our senses. Archives are turned into ‘dynarchives\,’ setting knowledge cultures in motion. Movement\, gesture\, and embodied interaction are also central to new insights into embodied practices of teaching and learning\, creation and performance. This requires new concepts and methods\, opening up to new transdisciplinary horizons for research and development\, and offering new possibilities for cross-sector collaborations between the humanities\, the sciences\, and the arts\, as well as with societal and industry partners. \nIris is also a member of the Research Institute for Philosophy and Religious Studies (OFR) of Utrecht University. This institute is the home of reflection on interdisciplinarity in research\, teaching and learning from historical\, philosophical and empirical points of view. Together with her group she has published Key Texts on Interdisciplinary Higher Education for Bristol University Press. \nMore information about this speaker. \nQuique Bassat\n\nPediatrician\nDirector of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)\, SpainPhD medicineICREA research professor \n \nAs a pediatrician with special interest in infectious disease epidemiology and public health\, Quique Bassat has attempted to combine his clinical work with biomedical research in those diseases that most affect the poor and vulnerable. His main area of interest has been the prevention and treatment of malaria in childhood\, with a particular focus on understanding the clinical overlap of malaria and other common pediatric conditions. His research has also covered the new paradigm of malaria eradication\, with a particular interest in evaluating the role of drugs in elimination strategies. \nHe has also conducted work on the description of the epidemiology and etiology of respiratory infections (viral and bacterial)\, diarrheal diseases\, and neonatal infections in places such as Mozambique\, Morocco or Bhutan. Currently\, his main interests are related to the validation and implementation of minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) tools for the post-mortem investigation of causes of death in the developing world. He is also working on the validation and evaluation of low-cost technological devices that can be used to improve health in low-income countries. \nSince 2024\, Quique Bassat is the director general of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)\, where he leads a team of nearly 600 people committed to improving global health and promoting health equity. ISGlobal is the result of an innovative alliance between the “la Caixa” Foundation\, academic institutions and government bodies to contribute to the efforts undertaken by the international community to address health challenges in a globalized world.  This consolidated hub of excellence in research takes its expertise from the world of health care\, with the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona and the Parc de Salut MAR\, and the academic sphere\, with the University of Barcelona and Pompeu Fabra University. \nMore information about this speaker. \nJennifer Edmond\n\nAssociate professor in Digital Humanities\nTrinity College Dublin\, IrelandPhD Germanic languages and literaturesCo-director of the Trinity Center for Digital Humanities \n \nJennifer Edmond is an internationally recognized expert in the application of arts and humanities insight to academic and societal challenges arising at the intersection of information and communication technologies and culture. Her ambition is to utilize her position of leadership in the digital humanities to significantly progress consolidation of the emerging subfield of the critical digital humanities. Most of her publications are in open access. \nFormer president (2018-2022) of the board of directors of the pan-European research infrastructure for the arts and humanities DARIAH-EU\, Jennifer Edmond has played a leadership role in numerous strategic developments at national and institutional level. She has lent her expertise in the development of infrastructure to a wide variety of initiatives and agencies\, from the food manufacturing industry through to the Korean national maritime agency. She has coordinated many significant large-scale interdisciplinary research projects\, like CENDARI FP7 (2012-2016)\, a collaborative European digital archival infrastructure. She was also a partner in the related infrastructure cluster PARTENHOS\, whose objective was to strengthen the cohesion of research across several related fields associated with the humanities. \nKT4D is her most recent project on AI\, big data and democracy. Led by Trinity College Dublin with a consortium of twelve partner organizations\, the Knowledge Technologies for Democracy (KT4D) project is investigating how democracy and civic participation can be better facilitated in the face of rapidly changing knowledge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data. This in order to enable actors across society to capitalize on the many benefits these technologies can bring in terms of community empowerment\, social integration\, individual agency\, and improved trust in both institutions and technological instruments while identifying and mitigating potential ethical\, legal and cultural risks. \nMore information about this speaker. \nIsabel Feichtner\n\nProfessor of Public Law and International Economic Law\n\nJulius-Maximilians University of Würzburg\, GermanyDr. jur.\, LL.M (Cardozo Law School)Founder of the Law Clinic Transformation Law \n \nIsabel Feichtner’s research work is grounded in practice. After her studies\, she was admitted to the New York Bar and worked for the New York office of the law firm Cravath\, Swaine & Moore as a corporate associate in the securitization department for one year. Her research interests cover the distributive effects of law\, the democratization of society\, and the law of the commons and commoning. She explores how institutional experiments\, such as the redesign of money or commons public partnerships\, can support social-ecological transformation through democratization and commoning. Her expertise includes international law\, law and political economy\, international law of natural resource extraction and the law of money and finance. \nFrom 2022 to 2024\, Isabel Feichtner was fellow at The New Institute in Hamburg\, a residential fellowship program based in Hamburg and designed to nourish transformation through interdisciplinary and trans-sectoral collaboration\, where she chaired the program Reclaiming Common Wealth: Towards a Law and Economy of Land Commons. This program explored pathways\, processes\, and institutional designs for the generation and governance of land commons\, aiming to address discontents arising from institutional investments in land\, assess theories and concepts of property and value\, and establish a repository of the law and institutional design of land commons. \nIsabel Feichtner founded the Law Clinic Transformation Law\, both a teaching format and a forum for transdisciplinary research to explore how law may serve as a building block of a democratized political economy. She considers this project as an attempt to democratize law and legal education for social-ecological change\, strongly believing that transformative law must rethink and redesign the institutions and infrastructures at the core of political economy\, such as property\, money\, and the corporation. \nMore information about this speaker. \nLaura Hellsten\n\nPost-doc researcher in theology\nÅbo Akademi University in Turku\, Finland PhD systematic theology \n \nIn her first post-doctoral position\, in the Stiftelsen Åbo Akademi foundation Centre of Excellence BACE\, Laura Hellsten studied the interaction of a team of physics\, chemistry and cell biology researchers. The BACE collaboration centered on developing a platform for bioelectronic activation that enables the control of cell signals and\, thereby\, the stimulation of cell functions. Hellsten did ethnographic fieldwork with the research group investigating questions of ethics and science communication. \nTo study science communication\, Hellsten further developed and led the research project Avtryck i det okända – Forcing the Impossible (2020-2022)\, which created transdisciplinary collaborations between artists and researchers in the broader context of Åbo Akademi University. \nShe is principal investigator for the research project: Praxis of Social Imaginaries – a Theo-artistic Intervention for Transdisciplinary Knowledge (2024-2028). This project brings together three different components: theological understanding of social imaginaries\, cosmologies and polysemous reading practices\, artistic research methods of intervention\, and indigenous or traditional ways of knowledge production including listening and storytelling. Through creating nomadic and community based symposia where the project brings together people from across the Nordic region\, with students and researchers from Åbo Akademi University and the global south\, as well as artists and activists to transdisciplinary symposia and art based dialogue sessions\, it is aiming to cultivate practices of wisdom\, ask bold questions\, and train critical inquiry into how colonial patterns are influencing society and universities today. \nMore information about this speaker. \nJudit Mádl-Szőnyi\n\nAssociated professor in Hydrogeology \nEötvös Loránd University in Budapest\, HungaryPhD\, DSc\, hydrogeologyHead of József and Erzsébet Tóth Endowed Hydrogeology ChairVice-dean for strategic and innovation affairs of ELTE Faculty of Science \n \nJudit Mádl-Szőnyi specialises in hydrogeology\, focusing on regional groundwater flow systems and basin hydrogeology. With over three decades of teaching and research\, she has significantly contributed to understanding groundwater driving forces\, flow patterns\, and connections between groundwater flow systems and vegetation patterns. Her research group has gained international recognition for their work. She has developed groundwater flow models for deep carbonate aquifers and promoted nature-based managed aquifer recharge. Her interdisciplinary research also addresses climate change and impacts on groundwater\, adaptation options\, and sustainable geothermal energy use. Her work has influenced academic circles and contributed to practical applications in environmental management and policy-making. Additionally\, she is actively involved in mentoring the next generation of hydrogeologists\, fostering a collaborative and innovative research environment. \nSince 2011\, she has chaired the Regional Groundwater Flow Commission of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) and led over fifteen R&D projects\, including prestigious European projects. Her most notable award is the IAH Presidents’ Award. \nOver the last decades\, through Shell\, MOL R&D\, and European innovation and development projects\, Judit Mádl-Szőnyi has adapted her knowledge for hydrocarbon exploration and energy transition goals\, including geothermal energy and related mineral resources. Judit Mádl-Szőnyi is the principal investigator of the Water4All project ClimEX-PE\, launched in 2024 among partner universities of the CHARM-EU alliance. This transdisciplinary project involves scientists from various fields of natural science and researchers with strong socio-legal expertise while also paying special attention to public engagement through communication and education. \nMore information about this speaker. \nMark Oelmann\n\nProfessor of Water and Energy Economics\n\nRuhr West University of Applied Sciences in Mülheim an der Ruhr\, Germany PhD economics \n \nMark Oelmann is the director of the Bachelor’s program BWL – Energy and Water Management at the Ruhr West University of Applied science. A diverse and enhanced collaboration – for example\, in dual studies – with companies and service providers in the energy and water sectors is at the very heart of this program. As a researcher\, he is doing economic and political studies on water related issues and deals with the various forms of water pricing and is involved in digitalization topics\, such as machine learning or change management. \nMark Oelmann has been greatly contributing to a better integration of an economic perspective into water management thinking. Over 25 years in the water sector and other adjacent network sectors\, he worked in investment banking at Deutsche Bank\, as a managing consultant at the internationally renowned Capgemini Consulting and a department head at the Scientific Institute for infrastructure and communication services (WIK) GmbH. He collaborates with the German federal ministry of Education and research (BMBF) on international water issues\, most recently on water and agriculture in Pakistan. A part of his work is focusing on developing and emerging countries: Albania\, China\, Iran\, Indonesia\, Yemen\, Uganda… \nAs an economist and a cultural anthropologist\, Mark Oelmann is the spokesperson for the Water Economics and Water Management interdisciplinary research focus at Ruhr West University of Applied science\, an interdisciplinary topic involving the Institute of Economics and the Institute for Civil engineering and intending to foster a transformation process towards sustainable water management. He is also co-partner and co-managing director of the consulting company spun off from Ruhr West University of Applied science: MOcons. Strongly committed to water issues\, he’s participating in a volunteer network supporting start-ups in building a more sustainable energy future. \nMore information about this speaker. \nRasmus T. Slaatelid\n\nProfessor of Philosophy of Science\n\nUniversity of Bergen\, Norway PhD philosophyHead of the Centre for the study of the sciences and the humanities (SVT) \n \nRasmus Slaattelid is a Professor of Philosophy of Science and Head of the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities at the University of Bergen. This Centre teaches courses for PhD students on philosophical\, societal and ethical problems of science and technology\, and conducts research on corresponding topics. Both the research and the teaching activities require dialogue across scientific disciplines and academic cultures\, but also across different forms of knowing and knowledge practices. \nRasmus T. Slaattelid’s main research is the translation between knowledge cultures. He is involved into few research groups at the University of Bergen. His most recent research work is accessible online. Published in 2023\, the book Translations of Responsibility : Innovation Governance in Three European Regions tells the story of how a Horizon 2020-funded research project translated responsible research and innovation (RRI) into practice\, all the way from philosophy of technology to EU policy jargon\, to the project contract\, and finally into the real-life events in these regions. In 2020\, a group of European researchers got a European Union (EU) grant to do a project called TRANSFORM. The objective of this project was to integrate the principle of responsible research and innovation (RRI) into the research and innovation policies of three European regions: Lombardy\, Brussels\, and Catalonia. The book analyses the broader context of the desire for better governance of technoscience and proposes to think of governance in technoscience\, rather than governance of technoscience. On the same subject\, the article Translating tools and indicators in territorial RRI efforts to document and evaluate the achievements in TRANSFORM using evaluative inquiry and theoretical reasoning whereas the article Transformative Translations? Challenges and tensions in territorial innovation governance | NOvation – Critical Studies of Innovation presents a comparative analysis of different territorial RRI-pilots within the project TRANSFORM and reflects on the concept of RRI. \nMore information about this speaker. \nMircea Sofonea\n\nAssociate professor in Epidemiology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases \nUniversity of Montpellier\, France PhD infectious disease evolutionPathogenesis and control of chronic and emerging infections (PCCEI) research unit\, University of Montpellier\, INSERMEpidemiologist at Nîmes University Hospital (CHU) \n \nBiologist and applied mathematician by training\, Mircea T. Sofonea is an associate professor at the University of Montpellier\, where he oversees spatial analysis\, biostatistics\, epidemiology\, and population dynamics courses to biology\, pharmacy and medicine students. Trained in anti-infective therapeutics and health information\, he is also an epidemiologist at Nîmes University Hospital (CHU). \nWithin the Pathogenesis and Control of Chronic and Emerging Infections research unit (University of Montpellier\, INSERM)\, he co-leads the modelling thematic addressing basic and applied questions related to the epidemiology\, evolution\, and control of respiratory viruses. An executive member of the local university hospital’s Federation of Infectiology (FHU TIE) and of the Modelling Network of the National Agency for Emerging Infectious Diseases (ANRS | MIE)\, he co-organizes yearly transdisciplinary events on infectious diseases. As a member of the Air & COVID committee of the French Agency for Food\, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)\, he regularly provides expertise to media and decision-makers. \nSince 2022\, Mircea T. Sofonea is head of research at the ExposUM Institute\, in charge of accelerating interdisciplinary projects on environmental health led by the University of Montpellier and its partners\, aiming to establish an interdisciplinary\, off-site institute dedicated to exposome research and environmental health. The exposome encompasses the lifelong set of environmental and social factors that\, combined with individual intrinsic characteristics\, influence the onset\, progression\, and severity of both infectious and non-communicable diseases. The ExposUM Institute explores the exposome through four complementary approaches: biological mechanisms of exposure\, environmental exposure monitoring\, host-pathogen-vector ecology\, and the interplay between the exposome and human health. \nThe institute is structured around three core missions: research\, training\, and science-society engagement. These axes work in synergy\, organizing annual calls for proposals and providing leadership for Montpellier’s exposome research community\, currently supporting over 40 projects. Aligned with its scientific and societal ambitions\, ExposUM fosters interdisciplinarity\, new collaborations\, a One Health and Global Health perspective\, regional resource mobilization\, and open\, sustainable research. \nMore information about this speaker. \nIris van der Tuin\n\nProfessor of Cultural Inquiry Theory \nUtrecht University\, Netherlands PhD humanitiesChair Theory of cultural inquiryDean of Interdisciplinary Education of Utrecht University \n \nTrained as a feminist epistemologist and working as an interdisciplinarian\, Iris van der Tuin works at the intersection of philosophy of science and humanities\, cultural theory and critical as well as creative practices of cultural inquiry. She is interested in the new and interdisciplinary humanities and in theoretical and practice-based approaches to the research of interdisciplinary teaching and learning. The name of her chair is Theory of Cultural Inquiry as she deeply believes that there is room for philosophies and theories of knowledge enriched by reflections on humanities and how humanities do not only study the works of culture but also work together with artists. \nIn 2014–18\, Iris van der Tuin chaired the COST Action New Materialism: Networking European Scholarship on ‘How Matter Comes to Matter’. Then she worked in the H2020 project Ethics of Coding: A Report on the Algorithmic Condition. In 2020\, she founded the Susanne K. Langer Circle\, an international and multidisciplinary group interested in the work of the American philosopher Susanne Langer. She is also founding co-editor of the book series New Materialisms at Edinburgh University Press and of the special issue Practice-based Research of Interdisciplinary Higher Education of HSSCOMMS\, an imprint of Nature. \nHer research is part of the group Transmission in Motion of the Institute of Cultural Inquiry (ICON) of Utrecht University\, a hybrid research community that brings researchers across disciplines together with artists and other external stakeholders\, focusing on how technological developments reconfigure our senses. Archives are turned into ‘dynarchives\,’ setting knowledge cultures in motion. Movement\, gesture\, and embodied interaction are also central to new insights into embodied practices of teaching and learning\, creation and performance. This requires new concepts and methods\, opening up to new transdisciplinary horizons for research and development\, and offering new possibilities for cross-sector collaborations between the humanities\, the sciences\, and the arts\, as well as with societal and industry partners. \nIris is also a member of the Research Institute for Philosophy and Religious Studies (OFR) of Utrecht University. This institute is the home of reflection on interdisciplinarity in research\, teaching and learning from historical\, philosophical and empirical points of view. Together with her group she has published Key Texts on Interdisciplinary Higher Education for Bristol University Press. \nMore information about this speaker. URL:https://charm-eu.eu/event/charm-eu-international-conference-bridging-minds-shaping-futures-transdisciplinarity-in-research/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Innovation,Learning ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://charm-eu.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DoctoralSummerSchool_Confrence_Visuel-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240129T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240130T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T143325 CREATED:20240612T090917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240729T124236Z UID:10000004-1706515200-1706634000@charm-eu.eu SUMMARY:CHARM-EU Life Sciences Network meeting DESCRIPTION:This networking event will bring together the nine CHARM-EU partner universities to foster a deeper sense of partnership and synergy. In pursuit of this objective\, this event is designed to bring together members from faculties specializing in the field of Life Sciences. Through a blended format\, this gathering seeks to facilitate meaningful interactions\, enabling the participants to collectively define multiple cooperation strategies. The overarching goal is to contribute collaboratively to the conceptualization and establishment of a new university model\, solidifying the foundation for a more integrated and impactful academic alliance. \n\n\n\nProgram\n\nJoin us at the Grand Finale 2024! \n\n\n\nVenue: Faculty of Information and Audiovisual Media\, Sala d’actes\, University of Barcelona \n\n\n\nHow to arrive: Carrer de Melcior de Palau 140\, Barcelona \n\n\n\nDates: from Wednesday 31st of January to Friday 2nd of February \n\n\n\nFormat: hybrid \n\n\n\nFollow the online sessions here.  URL:https://charm-eu.eu/event/charm-eu-life-sciences-network-meeting/ LOCATION:Faculty of Biology of University of Barcelona\, Av. Diagonal\, 643\, Barcelona\, Spain CATEGORIES:CHARM event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231030T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231031T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T143325 CREATED:20240626T085702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240729T124353Z UID:10000015-1698652800-1698771600@charm-eu.eu SUMMARY:CHARM-EU R&I Days 2023 - 1st edition DESCRIPTION:Building Multidisciplinary Research Proposals: A Co-Creation Workshop to Address the Water Global Challenges \nThe 2023 CHARM-EU R&I Days brings together a group of diverse-background researchers from the Alliance partner universities\, as well as external stakeholders\, in order to prompt the creation of new multidisciplinary scientific networks. \nDuring three intensive co-creation workshop sessions\, researchers will be presented with different European funding opportunities for water-related research proposals\, and will engage in a collaborative group dynamic that allows to start working together in developing research proposals that address the Water Global Challenges. \n\nWhen: October 30 and 31\, 2023 \nWhere: Universitat de Barcelona\, historical building\, Main room: sala Gabriel Oliver. Secondary room: sala de Graus Filologia \nChairs: Dr. José Francisco García (Director of the Water Research Institute\, UB)\, Dr. Valérie Borrell (G-EAU “Water Matters” Lab\, UNESCO Water Center\, UM)\, Prof. Gemma Marfany (Rector’s Delegate for Scientific Dissemination\, UB) \nFormat: in-person \nWho is it for: Researchers (CHARM-EU universities)\, external stakeholders (practitioners\, policy-makers\, civil society\, business representatives)\, educationalists (to run collaborative sessions)\, research support staff are welcome to attend. \nInterested in pursuing further Water Global Challenges research projects? Join us at the CHARM-EU R&I Days and let’s co-create new proposals! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nView the programme\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPractical information\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-organisers \nThe CHARM-EU R&I Days: Building Multidisciplinary Research Proposals: A Co-Creation Workshop to Address the Water Global Challenges is co-organised with the UB Water Research Institute (IdRA) and the UNESCO Center on Water (Montpellier). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\nUB Water Research Institute (IdRA) \nThe Institute is conceived as an agent that maximizes UB’s research potential\, and aims to foster and support activities carried out by research groups on topics related to water management\, uses and quality. Its activity is interdisciplinary and involves various faculties and courses. \nIdRA’s main goals are: 1) to promote the consolidation of multidisciplinary teams that can provide rapid technological solutions for specific environmental issues\, particularly those related to water; 2) to actively collaborate in the technology and knowledge transfer attained through research\, development and innovation undertaken with companies in the water sector; 3) to support the development of the European Research Area through participation in European research projects and Networks\, as well as to facilitate researchers mobility. \nIdRA website \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\nICIREWARD\nThe UNESCO ICIREWARD International Centre is the first UNESCO research and training centre dedicated to fresh water in France. Located in Montpellier\, it is one of the most important worldwide. \nCreated in 2020\, ICIREWARD brings together and strengthens the collaboration of nearly 400 scientists and 150 doctoral students in 17 laboratories. The Centre’s scientific community constitutes a rich multidisciplinary and international network to improve our understanding of water-related issues. \nThe research areas combine hydrological\, chemical\, and biological sciences alongside social sciences to provide comprehensive expertise on the challenges of water resources: availability\, quality\, sharing and extreme phenomena (floods\, droughts). \nICIREWARD website \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout TORCH and CHARM-EU \nTORCH is the research arm of CHARM\, a university alliance that aims to explore new venues for the university of the future with a focus on pressing issues: climate change\, sustainability\, gender gap\, inclusion and equity. How do we intend to address these topics that are in the policy agenda of all countries? We aim to provide a flexible and useful channel by not only transferring scientific knowledge from University to society\, but also by involving societal partners. To construct this new future we envision\, universities have to enable civil engagement\, promote citizen science and establish a positive dialogue with stakeholders. This is the mission of TORCH. And as a starting point\, in our alliance\, we will coalesce forces to address three main impending sustainability global challenges: WATER\, FOOD and HEALTH. \nAs in CHARM-EU alliance\, TORCH is formed by the University of Barcelona (coordinator)\, Trinity College Dublin\, Utrecht University\, the University of Montpellier and Eötvös Loránd University Budapest. Find out more about our partners at:  https://www.charm-eu.eu/alliance URL:https://charm-eu.eu/event/charm-eu-ri-days-2023-1st-edition/ LOCATION:Faculty of Biology of University of Barcelona\, Av. Diagonal\, 643\, Barcelona\, Spain CATEGORIES:CHARM event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230629 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230630 DTSTAMP:20260502T143325 CREATED:20240913T121019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T121019Z UID:10000034-1687996800-1688083199@charm-eu.eu SUMMARY:CHARM-EU European University: a test bench for teaching\, research and innovation and management DESCRIPTION:Date: 29th June 2023\nTime: 11 AM to 2 PM CEST\nLocation: Degree Room of the Faculty of Biology\n\n\n\nThis professors’ training\, organised by the Vice-Rectorate for Internationalisation Policy and the Professional Development Institute (IDP-ICE)\, will be held on 29 June\, from 11 AM to 2 PM CEST\, in the Degree Room of the Faculty of Biology. \nCHARM-EU is building a new university model and a global example of good practice for improving the quality\, international competitiveness and attractiveness of higher education. This project can serve as a testing ground for teaching\, research and innovation and management and thus improve our practices. URL:https://charm-eu.eu/event/charm-eu-european-university-a-test-bench-for-teaching-research-and-innovation-and-management/ LOCATION:Faculty of Biology of University of Barcelona\, Av. Diagonal\, 643\, Barcelona\, Spain CATEGORIES:CHARM event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://charm-eu.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/UBIDP.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR