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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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CHARM-EU Funds Fourteen New Inter-Institutional Projects to Advance Innovative and Collaborative Education
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RESEARCH & INNOVATION EVENTS: SPARKING IDEAS

29
May
2026

CIVICA Conference on Innovation in Higher Education

29 May 2026
All day
Online

20
May
2026

Sprint 7

20 May 2026 - 21 May 2026
All day
ELTE Faculty of Science

19
May
2026

Scientific Conference for the Creation of Sustainable Social Scenarios

19 May 2026
All day
UB Historic Building Aula Magna

19
May
2026

Scientific Conference for the Creation of Sustainable Social Scenarios

19 May 2026
All day
ELTE Faculty of Humanities

18
May
2026

WP17 Meeting - Communication & Dissemination: Engaging the Campus: actions to a more connected CHARM-EU Community

18 May 2026 - 19 May 2026
All day
ELTE Faculty of Science

18
May
2026

WP6 Meeting - EXTENSION AND FINE-TUNING OF THE CHARM-EU MOBILITY SCHEME

18 May 2026 - 19 May 2026
All day
ELTE Faculty of Science

18
May
2026

CHARMing Week 2026

18 May 2026 - 21 May 2026
All day
Montpellier

18
May
2026

CHARM-EU Networking Days: Challenges and Opportunities of GenAI in Teacher Education: Building European Practices

18 May 2026 - 20 May 2026
All day
Bar Beton

01
May
2026

European Students' Union Conference of the Student Bodies of the Alliances (CoA #3)

1 May 2026 - 5 May 2026
All day
Online

28
Apr
2026

International degree programmes at the University of Barcelona

28 April 2026
10h30 - 13h30
ELTE Faculty of Humanities

28
Apr
2026

European Universities alliances: Impact, Insights, and the Road Ahead

28 April 2026
9h00 - 10h30
Online

23
Apr
2026

Books for Sustainability

23 April 2026
All day
Online

16
Apr
2026

Why EDI Matters: Equ(al)ity, Diversity and Inclusion in European Universities

16 April 2026
16h00 - 18h00
Online

20
Mar
2026

CHARM-EU Ideathon 2026

20 March 2026 - 9 April 2026
All day
Online

18
Mar
2026

CHARM-EU Professional Development Networking Days: Building Bridges for Academic Development and Educational Innovation

18 March 2026 - 19 March 2026
All day
Würzburg University

04
Mar
2026

STOA high-level conference - Academic Freedom in Support of Democracy

4 March 2026
14h00 - 17h00
Online

23
Feb
2026

Staff Week 3.0 ELTE, Budapest (Erasmus+ BIP)

23 February 2026 - 27 February 2026
All day
Utrecht University, CHARM-EU

16
Feb
2026

Enacting Education for Sustainable Development 3: spotlight on teaching practices for exploring ‘Worldviews, Perceptions and Values’

16 February 2026
11h00 - 12h00
University of Barcelona. Faculty of Economics and Business

14
Feb
2026

Presentation of the Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability, in Montpellier, France

14 February 2026
All day
Université de Montpelllier

12
Feb
2026

Online Presentation of ZHFE (Journal for Higher Education Development) Special Issue: “New Models of the University”

12 February 2026
13h00 - 17h00
Online

04
Feb
2026

Legal Issues in Scientific Cooperation with China - Online Workshop

4 February 2026 - 5 February 2026
9h00 - 12h00
Online

04
Feb
2026

CHARM-EU Winter School 2026

4 February 2026 - 6 February 2026
All day
online

30
Jan
2026

Presentation of the Master's in Global Challenges for Sustainability, in Utrecht, The Netherlands

30 January 2026
All day
Utrecht University

29
Jan
2026

Commencement Ceremony 4th cohort - Master's programme is Global Challenges for Sustainability

29 January 2026
11h00 - 12h00
ELTE Faculty of Humanities

27
Jan
2026

Grand Finale 2026

27 January 2026 - 28 January 2026
All day
European Economic & Social Committee Headquarters

26
Jan
2026

CHARM ON #4: Speaking Across Borders: Language and Intercultural Communication

26 January 2026
13h00 - 14h00
University of Barcelona. Faculty of Economics and Business

22
Jan
2026

The Polyglot League networking event

22 January 2026 - 23 January 2026
All day
ELTE Faculty of Humanities

21
Jan
2026

Master's in Global Challenges for Sustainability Hybrid Open Day at ELTE, Budapest, Hungary

21 January 2026
11h00 - 13h00
Online

15
Dec
2025

Enacting Education for Sustainable Development: spotlight on teaching practices for exploring ‘Worldviews, Perceptions and Values’.

15 December 2025
11h00 - 12h00
University of Barcelona. Faculty of Economics and Business

27
Nov
2025

Closing event of the Planetary Health Joint Master’s Programme

27 November 2025
8h30 - 17h30
University of Montpellier – Faculty of Education

24
Nov
2025

CHARM ON #3: Citizen Science in Action

24 November 2025
13h00 - 14h00
Online

12
Nov
2025

CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2025

12 November 2025
All day
Ruhr West University of Applied Science

03
Nov
2025

Democracy4All conference explores the impact of artificial intelligence on democracy

3 November 2025 - 4 November 2025
All day
Online

29
Oct
2025

World Café: AI for All, Empowering European University Alliances 

29 October 2025
10h00 - 11h30
Online

28
Oct
2025

Designing innovative micro-credentials: Best practices and open dialogue with CHARM-EU

28 October 2025
All day
Online

27
Oct
2025

CHARM ON #2: International Joint Programmes

27 October 2025
13h00 - 14h00
Online

21
Oct
2025

CHARM-DEN International Pitches

21 October 2025
15h00 - 17h15
Online

06
Oct
2025

Cross-Border Doctorials 2025 : how to structure a research project based on European program

6 October 2025 - 8 October 2025
All day
Online

01
Oct
2025

CHARM-EU Innovator's Journey | Building Responsible Skills for Digital and AI-Driven Entrepreneurship

1 October 2025
12h00 - 13h30
Trinity College Dublin

29
Sep
2025

CHARM ON: Bringing Innovation into Practice

29 September 2025
All day
Online

24
Sep
2025

International Conference | From Immune Activation to Toxicity: Challenges of Cancer Immunotherapies 

24 September 2025
9h00 - 13h30
Université de Montpelllier

14
Jul
2025

Business & Economics Summer University at ELTE Budapest

14 July 2025 - 18 July 2025
All day
Online

01
Jul
2025

Best-practice in CHARM-EU´s Hybrid Classrooms

1 July 2025
9h00 - 10h30
HALC University of Utrecht

24
Jun
2025

CHARM-EU International Conference "Bridging minds, Shaping futures: Transdisciplinarity in research”

24 June 2025
9h00 - 17h00
University of Barcelona. Faculty of Economics and Business

27
May
2025

Online World Café on Educational Research

27 May 2025
10h00 - 23h30
Online

20
May
2025

Third CHARM-EU Open Science Training

20 May 2025
13h30 - 17h30
Online

20
May
2025

Young Forum for Action on Sustainability and Climate Change

20 May 2025 - 21 May 2025
All day
Online

19
May
2025

Dissemination workshop of PATH - Planetary Health joint master’s program

19 May 2025 - 20 May 2025
All day
University of Barcelona. Faculty of Economics and Business

09
May
2025

CHARM-EU Innovators’ Journey: Unlocking Innovation Through Entrepreneurship

9 May 2025
15h00 - 16h00
Online

07
May
2025

EUIPO Virtual Open Day for university students

7 May 2025
10h30 - 11h45
Online

06
May
2025

CIVICA Global Forum 2025

6 May 2025 - 7 May 2025
All day
Online

02
Apr
2025

Arqus Annual Conference

2 April 2025 - 3 April 2025
All day
Online

01
Apr
2025

LERU Talks - The European Degree: desirability, feasibility and viability

1 April 2025
13h30 - 14h30
Online

27
Mar
2025

ENLIGHT Impact Conference 2025

27 March 2025 - 28 March 2025
All day
Online

25
Mar
2025

EU Values Compass Training

25 March 2025 - 27 March 2025
9h00 - 17h00
Online

26
Feb
2025

Workshop: Programmatic Assessment in CHARM EU

26 February 2025
10h00 - 12h00
Online

19
Feb
2025

Workshop: Programmatic Assessment in CHARM EU / Sinnhaft(er) prüfen – erste Schritte in Richtung Programmatic Assessment

19 February 2025
10h00 - 12h30
Online

18
Feb
2025

Farewell symposium Jan Haarhuis: Shaping the Future of Higher Education

18 February 2025
10h00 - 18h00
Online

11
Feb
2025

4th annual EELISA Roundtable

11 February 2025
11h00
Online

04
Feb
2025

Student Mobility Summit | More mobility, less carbon footprint

4 February 2025 - 6 February 2025
All day
ELTE Faculty of Humanities

30
Jan
2025

Commencement ceremony 3rd cohort - Master's programme in Global Challenges for Sustainability

30 January 2025
11h00 - 12h30
ELTE Faculty of Humanities

29
Jan
2025

Alumni & Assesment day

29 January 2025
10h00 - 13h30
ELTE Faculty of Humanities

29
Jan
2025

KCT on Intercultural Awareness Meeting

29 January 2025 - 30 January 2025
All day
Online

27
Jan
2025

Grand Finale 2025

27 January 2025 - 28 January 2025
9h30 - 17h00
ELTE Faculty of Humanities

23
Jan
2025

IDEM Final Conference

23 January 2025
All day
Online

13
Jan
2025

CHARM-EU Winter School 2025

13 January 2025 - 17 January 2025
All day
Åbo Akademi University

12
Dec
2024

Policy workshop – Bridging the gap between academia and Life-Long Learning: the case of EUTOPIA-FLECSLAB

12 December 2024
10h30 - 13h30
Naughton Institute, Trinity College Dublin, D02 W9K7

12
Dec
2024

Empowering Youth - Active Participation and Engagement within the EDUC Alliance and Beyond

12 December 2024
10h30 - 12h30
Online

05
Dec
2024

EACEA Online Infoday: Capacity Building in Higher Education action

5 December 2024
10h00 - 12h30
Online

03
Dec
2024

World Café: Best Practices for European University Alliances in Professional Development

3 December 2024
10h00 - 12h00
Online

27
Nov
2024

Which and How Many Engineers for Tomorrow?

27 November 2024
9h00 - 14h00
ELTE Faculty of Law

21
Nov
2024

The transformative impact of CIVICA on global challenges | Knowledge and Informal Diplomacy

21 November 2024 - 22 November 2024
14h00 - 17h30
Online

21
Nov
2024

EuroTeQ Day: Innovative teaching, stays abroad, and the best of European university cooperation

21 November 2024
10h30 - 18h30
Online

19
Nov
2024

Language Teaching Meet-up

19 November 2024 - 20 November 2024
All day
Åbo Akademi University

18
Nov
2024

European University Alliances as a model of transnational cooperation

18 November 2024 - 19 November 2024
All day
Online

05
Nov
2024

Instagram Short Film Festival

5 November 2024 - 6 November 2024
All day
Online

05
Nov
2024

CHARM-EU DAYS 2024

5 November 2024 - 6 November 2024
All day
Online

05
Nov
2024

CHARM-EU Cultural Festival 2024 – Partner Universities

5 November 2024 - 6 November 2024
All day
Online

05
Nov
2024

CHARM-EU Cultural Festival 2024

5 November 2024 - 6 November 2024
All day
FIMA, Faculty of Information and Audiovisual Media

05
Nov
2024

CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2024

5 November 2024
All day
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest

31
Oct
2024

Policy interventions for a sustainable food supply chain: where are we now?

31 October 2024
18h00
Online

30
Oct
2024

AccesibleEU European Event

30 October 2024
9h00 - 17h30
Edifici Històric, Universitat de Barcelona

23
Oct
2024

EC2U Forum | Higher Education Round Table

23 October 2024
9h00 - 22h30
Online

22
Oct
2024

Communicating with integrity | LERU

22 October 2024
11h00 - 12h30
Online

21
Oct
2024

CHARM-EU DEN International Pitches

21 October 2024
16h00 - 18h00
Online

25
Sep
2024

Conference: Integrated approaches to fight colorectal cancer

25 September 2024
9h00 - 13h00
Online

25
Sep
2024

Graduation students 2nd cohort - Master's programme in Global Challenges for Sustainability

25 September 2024
All day
Trinity College Dublin

23
Sep
2024

Networking event: ELTE Hosts the CHARM-EU Libraries' Meeting

23 September 2024 - 24 September 2024
All day
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest

17
Sep
2024

Internationalisation of European Universities Alliances: the new frontiers

17 September 2024
8h45 - 13h00
Online

12
Sep
2024

EUSAF – European Universities Student Ambassadors’ Forum 2024

12 September 2024 - 14 September 2024
All day
Warsaw, Poland

15
May
2024

Networking event: Applied Data Science Days 2024

15 May 2024 - 16 May 2024
All day
Utrecht University

05
Mar
2024

Unlocking the transformative potential of the European Degree Label

5 March 2024
8h00 - 17h00
Online

31
Jan
2024

Grand Finale 2024

31 January 2024 - 2 February 2024
8h00 - 17h00
Universitat de Barcelona

29
Jan
2024

CHARM-EU Life Sciences Network meeting

29 January 2024 - 30 January 2024
8h00 - 17h00
Faculty of Biology of University of Barcelona

07
Nov
2023

CHARM-EU Annual Conference 2023

7 November 2023
8h00 - 17h00
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

26
Oct
2023

Second CHARM-EU Open Science Day

26 October 2023
8h00 - 17h00
Online

14
Sep
2023

II Forum of Universities for the Future of Europe

14 September 2023 - 15 September 2023
All day
Online

29
Jun
2023

CHARM-EU European University: a test bench for teaching, research and innovation and management

29 June 2023
All day
Faculty of Biology of University of Barcelona

09
Jun
2023

CHARM-EU Open Science Day - Online training

9 June 2023
10h30 - 15h00
Online

09
May
2023

Town Hall on Inter- and Transdisciplinarity at Trinity

9 May 2023
All day
Online

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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...

EduBadge for International Mobility Coordination, proposal 20.5.2025

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...

TORCH Infographic

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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