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The world is more connected and more global than ever and we must adapt to meet the new challenges we face. University Alliances like CHARM-EU bring together students, researchers, academics and other experts to solve these problems – together.  

RESEARCH & INNOVATION IN cHARM-EU : HOT TOPICS

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EU-CONEXUS and CHARM-EU Become the First European University Alliances to deliver programmes carrying a Joint European Degree Label 
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CHARM-EU Funds Fourteen New Inter-Institutional Projects to Advance Innovative and Collaborative Education
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Windborne and HeatSafe win CHARM‑EU Open Incubator Ideathon

RESEARCH & INNOVATION EVENTS: SPARKING IDEAS

14
Oct
2026

CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2026

14 October 2026
All day
Åbo Akademi University
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RESEARCH & INNOVATION rESOURCES

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A diverse group of five people sits around a wooden conference table in a bright, white room, engaged in a collaborative meeting. A woman with glasses and a green sweater gestures while speaking, holding a reusable coffee cup. To her right, a young woman with curly hair and a blue snowflake sweater types on a laptop covered in colorful stickers. In the foreground, hands are visible holding a pen over yellow sticky notes and blank paper, alongside a smartphone and pens. Everyone is wearing blue lanyards, suggesting a professional or academic workshop setting.

CHARM-ED: Using Small-Scale Funding to Support Collaborative Educational Innovation

The CHARM-ED Funding Call is an initiative that incentivises collaborative educational innovation projects across the...

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

December 2025 Deliverable 15.1 sets out the conceptual foundation, baseline analysis, and initial pilots for...

CHARM-ON Monthly episodes on CHARM-EU innovative practices

CHARM ON: Bringing Innovation into Practice

CHARM-EU’s regular online knowledge-sharing session. CHARM ON was designed to share and explore CHARM-EU’s innovative...

Summer Doctoral School

CHARM‑EU Doctoral Researcher Summer School

Developing transdisciplinary practice with doctoral researchers. The activity, implemented in 2025, aimed at enabling doctoral...

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Recognition of learning: Awarding digital credentials

In CHARM-EU, we have gained experiences with issuing digital credentials to professional learners. The digital...

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CHARM-EU Open Science Training (ELTE)

Building an Open Science ecosystem in CHARM-EU context and beyond. Aligned with one of the...

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European Engineering Schools Days (UM)

Facilitating thematized pedagogical and research collaboration within CHARM-EU. The event had a triple aim: Keywords:...

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CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2025 Poster Proceedings

The CHARM-EU Annual Conference was held on the 12th of November 2025 in Utrecht University....

CHARM-EU R&I Days: Water Global Challenges

CHARM-EU R&I Days 1st Edition

Building multidisciplinary research proposals: a co-creation workshop to address the Global Water Challenges. The major...

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CHARM-EU Annual Conference

A major CHARM-EU knowledge-sharing and networking event. The main goal of this major event is...

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CHARM-EU Podcast

A central initiative to mainstream CHARM-EU actualities and boost engagement The primary goal of the...

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Micro-credentials Strategic Plan

The CHARM-EU micro-credentials strategic plan outlines the CHARM-EU approach to enhancinglifelong learning and employability within...

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Doctoral Mobility

Advancing research and collaboration across HEIs The doctoral mobility initiatives within CHARM-EU aim to enhance...

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CHARM-EU Cafeteria Table (HRW)

A monthly informal cafeteria event to spread CHARM-EU awareness This activity aims to organically attract...

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Staff development in higher education interinstitutional collaborations: An exploratory literature review

A research collaboration focusing on inter-institutional professional development, emerging from the work of WP3 is...

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Emerging Technologies Reader

The Emerging Technology Reader is the output of our research into current trends in educational...

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Transdisciplinary Teambuilding Workshop

The aim of this workshop was to meet with all Knowledge Creating Teams (KCTs) to...

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CHARM-EU Winter School Report: Design Exemplar

The CHARM-EU Winter School Pilot Programme took place in from January 27th to 30th, 2021....

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CHARM-EU and TORCH – Educating and Researching the European University

As a member of the European University Alliance CHARM-EU, our ambition is to reconcile humanity with...

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Roadmap for a common science agenda (TORCH)

A detailed analysis conducted by the CHARM-EU research dimension (TORCH) and involving approximately 400 researchers...

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Common Science Agenda Challenge List (TORCH)

TORCH’s WP4 (‘Common Science Agenda’) aims to put forward a list of research challenges, based...

ERA Policy TORCH

European Research Area Policy brief (TORCH)

In this policy brief, the European Universities pilot alliances report on the progress made through...

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TORCH Infographic: Cooperation between Universities and Enterprises

An analysis conducted by TORCH highlights strategies and best practices implemented to collaborate with non-academic...

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Capstone projects – Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability – 3rd Edition 2023 – 2025

Below the 15 capstone projects of the students from the 3rd edition of the master’s...

TORCH Common Science Agenda: Driving Collaboration and Transdisciplinary Research to Address Global Sustainability Challenges

OVERARCHING GOAL OF TORCH’S TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH AGENDA: to foster collaboration within CHARM-EU by exploring common...

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Open Science Survey and Gap Analysis (TORCH)

The present report contains the survey responses in summarised and raw formats along with their...

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Research Assessment Report (TORCH)

This report outlines the impacts of implementing a connected RRI strategy on research assessment and...

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Hybrid classroom model

Publication date: September 2024. CHARM-EU Work Package on Information Technology has developed a document outlining...

ERA Policy TORCH

European Research Area Policy brief (TORCH)

In this policy brief, the European Universities pilot alliances report on the progress made through...

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