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Annual T4Eu PhD conference “Societies on the Move: Challenges of Today, Prospects for the Future”

The University of Trieste invites its academic and non-academic staff to participate in the T4EU International Conference “Societies on the Move: Challenges of Today, Prospects for the Future”, which will take place on 1st and 2nd  April 2025, at Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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About the conference:

The conference will focus on the current and envisaged challenges today’s societies face due to political and economic crises, war, climate change and the rapid advancement of digital technologies and AI in all spheres of life. It is thematically related to the three Transform4Europe focus areas:

  • Societal transformation, community building and inclusion
  • Digital transformation and smart regions
  • Environmental Transformation and sustainability

Outstanding keynote speakers will deliver visionary and plenary speeches. 

Doctoral students and early-stage academics from all scientific areas are kindly invited to participate, showcase the results of their research work, engage in discussions with their peers and with established researchers The participants will receive a certificate jointly issued by the Transform4Europe Alliance universities. The conference papers will be published in Conference Proceedings after scientific review.

Conference objectives:

The conference aims to:

  • encourage PhD students and young researchers (including outstanding MA students) to involve in research networks with their peers from the eleven Transform4Europe Alliance partners;
  • provide a forum for exchange of innovative research ideas, knowledge-sharing and co-creation;
  • embed a culture of Open Science and a new approach to the scientific process based on openness, inclusiveness and cooperation.

You can apply by using this form. 

Deadline for submissions is 28th February”

Creative Circularity: Summer School in Estonia

EKA- Estonian Academy of Arts invites you to the “Creative Circularity” Summer Academy, part of the Transform4Europe Summer School 2025.

From August 11 to August 15, 2025, the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn will host an intensive program dedicated to sustainability and upcycling in design. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in a dynamic and interdisciplinary learning environment, fostering creativity and collaboration.

The program includes:
🔹 Green Transformer Student Challenge – A hands-on competition promoting innovative and sustainable design solutions. The most outstanding projects will be recognized.
🔹 Recrafted: A Workshop for Shoe & Bag Upcycling – A practical session focused on repurposing materials into unique fashion items.

This initiative offers an excellent opportunity to collaborate with experts, develop new skills, and connect with students from across the alliance.

📩 For further information, please contact: hanna-britt.augasmagi@artun.ee

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Bachelor Tracks for Spring Semester 2024/2025

T4EU Students, get ready: you have access to a diverse selection of courses across our alliance universities.

The brand-new T4EU Course Offer at Bachelor Level for Spring/Summer 2025 is now available!

Explore the latest T4EU “course cards” and discover exciting learning opportunities.

Vytautas Magnus University, the University of Primorska, and the University of Silesia in Katowice have already revealed their selections!

🌍 More courses will be added continuously, so stay tuned!

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn to stay updated on new course additions.

Check out the full course list

Join the T4EU International Conference ‘PROF-SYNERGY’ in Kaunas

The University of Trieste invites its academic and non-academic staff to participate in the Transform4Europe Alliance’s International Conference “Enhancing Professional Excellence: Synergy of Academic and Non-Academic Staff (PROF-SYNERGY)”, which will take place on April 9-10, 2025, at Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.

About the Conference
Building on the tradition of past Transform4Europe events, this year’s conference introduces an innovative approach by bringing together academic and non-academic staff. The goal is to foster meaningful collaboration, promote professional development, and enhance the collective growth of the educational community.
Attendees will explore topics such as digital learning technologies, innovative teaching methods, resilience skills, lifelong learning, and quality culture development.

Programme Highlights
• Keynote speeches by experts in education and professional development.
• 20+ professional development sessions designed to inspire and educate.
• Awards ceremonies recognizing innovative contributions by academic and non-academic staff.
• Social events, a Science Café, and a campus tour of Vytautas Magnus University, including visits to university laboratories.

Awards Opportunities

T4EU Non-Academic Staff Award: These awards are organised for the first time, therefore, we encourage you to apply! Applications are accepted until 31 January 2025. The application form is accessible here. The winners will be awarded during the T4EU Conference.
T4EU Innovative Teaching Award: These awards are implemented according to WP.5.2 (the target group is Teachers/Academic Staff). The deadline for applications is 31 January 2025.

For any additional questions, don’t hesitate to contact the Transform4Europe team at transform4europe@vdu.lt.

Call for Applications: Transform4Europe Visiting Professorship

The University of Trieste and the University of Primorska jointly invite applications for the Visiting Professorship Programme for the second term of the 2024-2025 academic year and the 2025-2026 academic year.

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Update on Deadline

The submission deadline has been extended to January 10, 2025 to allow more time for interested candidates.

Who Can Apply?

We welcome applications from full, associate, assistant, and emeritus professors—or individuals in equivalent positions—affiliated with research institutions outside the Transform4Europe (T4EU) Alliance.

Programme Highlights:

  1. Teaching and Collaboration: Professors will deliver lectures and collaborate on courses across various disciplines, including Economics, Humanities, AI, Health Sciences, and more.
  2. Focus Areas: Digital transformation, environmental sustainability, and societal inclusion.
  3. Duration: Programmes range from 20 days (10 days per university) to 5 months (2.5 months per university), to be completed by July 31, 2026.
  4. Funding: Travel and accommodation costs are covered according to the host universities’ policies.

How to Apply?

Submit your application by January 10, 2025, including:

Evaluation Criteria:

Applications will be assessed based on alignment with the T4EU mission, expected impact, and proposed activities.

Without Borders: Matteo Comelato’s International Journey with Transform4Europe!

Matteo Commellato, a master’s student in Environmental and Nature Sciences and Technologies at UniTS, shares with our Magazine how the Transform4Europe alliance has enriched his academic and personal journey.

Matteo fully embraced the opportunities offered by being part of the Alliance, first participating in the T4EU Week in Poland at USIL, and later deciding to attend interdisciplinary courses in Germany at Saarland University.

This allowed him to broaden his horizons beyond his field of study, joining multicultural and interdisciplinary teams and developing valuable transferable skills.

Direct interaction with students from across Europe strengthened his identity as a European citizen, opening up new perspectives.

The path Matteo chose is part of the experiences and opportunities available to every student at UniTS: being part of a University Alliance and accessing international experiences like these, which differ from Erasmus, is both wonderful and enriching in so many ways.

You can find Matteo’s interview in the new issue of the magazine “Piazzale Europa News.”

read the full article

European Student Assembly 2025

Call for applications by students at the Transform4Europe alliance universities

On 26-28 May 2025, the European Student Assembly (ESA) will take place in Strasbourg at the European Parliament. 

The European Student Assembly is a grassroots project that gathers more than 200 students  each year from different European University Alliances (EUA) to debate current issues, draft political recommendations for the future of Europe and advocate them among stakeholders and decision makers.

AS A T4EU STUDENT, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY! APPLICATIONS WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 1ST DECEMBER
Apply now

Accommodation costs will be COVERED by ESA, while travel costs for selected students will be covered Transform4Europe.

Get in touch with your local T4Eu office to receive all the necessary information: t4eu@units.it 

Please read the #ESA24 handbook before applying.

Would you like to “taste”… a language?

As part of the Transform4Europe alliance, we are excited to invite our students, faculty, and staff to join a unique experience: a “taste” of languages!

For the third year in a row, the Vytautas Magnus University Institute of Foreign Languages is offering Language Tasters, online events focused on minor and lesser-taught languages.

While not everyone may choose to study a rare language, these one-hour sessions allow us to explore new sounds, phrases, and cultures with guidance from native speakers.

This year, we are invited to “taste” four languages: Taiwanese and Chinese, the Canadian-Ukrainian dialect, Indonesian, and Uzbek.

Sessions will be held in English and led by current or former international students from Vytautas Magnus University.

The events will take place each week of November on MS Teams.

Please keep in mind that the time indicated is EET. Please check the time according to your time zone here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

Join us for this enriching intercultural experience!

Communication for a better future – T4EU week in Katowice

It’s time for the next edition of T4EU Week!

Each time it proves to be a great opportunity to meet new people, and perhaps create long-lasting friendships among the T4EU students from all the universities in the Alliance. 

Five days will be filled with an attractive offer of classes and accompanying events, including sports competitions, a cinema night, a culinary workshop or a mental health workshop.

The event will be inaugurated with a T4EU Kick-off Party on the Katowice campus, allowing students to integrate and build interuniversity ties, which will enhance further cooperation and team-building during the multinational classes taking place each day of the Week.

It is worth noting that the T4EU Week will be held this year simultaneously with the annual Transform4Europe Strategic Assembly, Transform4Europe Global Partnership Forum and Transform4Europe Cultural Heritage Conference, which will gather T4EU rectors, researchers, didactic and administrative employees as well as stakeholders of Transform4Europe partner universities.

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The week of 21-25 October will be thus a vibrant and multifaceted undertaking, with the potential to provide the participants with a range of educational, research, self-development and social inspirations.