In the current challenging global context, higher education is increasingly taking on an important role in activating innovative ways of learning, knowledge exchange, and experiences that can lead to the necessary social transformations. Thus, one of the main goals of the EELISA Alliance is to propose a compelling, implementable, and shared vision of the profile…
EELISA InnoCORE participated in the second TORCH Annual Forum celebrated on 8 March 2023. Under the title “Sharing Common R&I Policies and Strategies: strengthening collaborations towards a transformational approach”, researchers, innovators, and policymakers gathered in Dublin to discuss topics such as research assessment reform, and equality, diversity, and inclusion in research. Isabel Salguerio (UPM), and…
Last week, the Seasonal School “Ethos+tekhne, a new generation of researchers”, took place in Pisa. This was a groundbreaking student-led activity organised by Scoula Normale Superiore, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and Université Paris Sciences et Lettres which was selected for funding by the first EELISA Joint Call. During this one-week schoool, participants from different EELISA institutions…
Are you a researcher willing to activate the exchange of ideas between EELISA researchers and academicians? Do you dream of creating a space for sharing experiences, contacts, capacities, infrastructures, and research projects with your international peers? If so, this is your chance to get your ideas funded! “EELISAConnect” is the first joint call of EELISA…
Three weeks have passed since the ground trembled in Türkiye and Syria and rescue operations have given way to recovery plans and humanitarian aid. For EELISA, it has been a time for the realization of the need to give a joint response to the tragedy that has struck the country of one of our partners…
From left to right: Isabel Salgueiro (EELISA InnoCORE Coordinator), Krisztina László (BME), Inés Sánchez (UPM), Adeline Favier (PSL), Virginia Petre (UPB), Julien Becker (ENPC), Laura Tierling (EELISA Gender Equality ¬ Diversity workgroup) and Magda Luthay (FAU) Two days of activities, three months of preparation work, and over twenty people involved. This is how EELISA commemorated…
Last January, 150 students from 13 European universities, together with more than 100 researchers and international experts, participated in the EELISA think tank on sustainable buildings, the largest event of its kind to date. This groundbreaking experience has been developed by the EELISA Community Sustainable Buildings, Cities and Communities (EELISA BCC) in collaboration with the…
The ZHAW is one of Switzerland’s leading universities of applied sciences. It offers teaching, research, continuing education, and services, taking a practical and academically rigorous approach. In research and development, the ZHAW focuses on key societal challenges, with an emphasis on energy and social integration. With its expertise in sustainable development and digital transformation, the…
150 students from 13 European universities, together with more than 100 researchers and international experts, will work jointly from the 23 to the 27 of January to generate proposals on efficiency, sustainability, and digitization applicable to the facilities of the European Space Agency in Madrid. This is a groundbreaking experience promoted the EELISA Community Sustainable…
A survey run among EELISA researchers and academic staff in September 2022 revealed that many researchers feel parenthood is “a hurdle” for their research career and complain about incompatibility of raising children and keeping up with the demands of a top-level research position. What are the daily-life experiences in this regard? What are the current…