Creativity, curiosity, and the pursuit of knowledge are characteristics that represent two supposedly opposite domains: science and arts. However, in reality, both can be considered two sides of the same coin. Artists and scientists are drawn to observe the world and reimagine it, whether it is from an emotional or empirical perspective. They also share…
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…
“Do you want to inspire people around the world to make the change happen? Take your camera and highlight the world’s largest citie’s challenges and initiatives”. This is the departing invitation of Megacities Short Docs – a festival that has been exposing the work of over 500 filmmakers since 2014. This outstanding festival presents a…
EELISA SPECIAL MENTION AT THE ANOTHER WAY FILM FESTIVAL OF MADRID Intending to increase the visibility of EELISA in spaces beyond the academic field and reinforce the dissemination of EELISA’s mission-related topics such as innovation and sustainability in the public sphere, EELISA has joined forces with the Film Festival on Sustainable Development of Madrid (Another…
EELISA AND THE MEGACITIES SHORTDOCS FESTIVAL 2022 The outstanding Megacities Short Docs festival presents a great selection of 4-minute films portraying citizens’ involvement, situations to be denounced, or great accomplishments to bring effective solutions to MegaCities’ challenges and inspire people to take action to improve the life of MegaCities’ citizens. The 8th Edition of the…
This is no secret: EELISA aims to “define and implement a common model of European engineer rooted in society” – to foster a new generation of professionals who are committed and capable of understanding and facing real-world challenges. And this mission implies offering an innovative educational path and support network capable to prompt unprecedented knowledge…
Four months after the launching of the first edition of the EELISA Science Fiction Contest under the title “Engineering New Worlds”, the organization is delighted to share the titles of the winning short stories awarded by a Jury composed of writers, editors, film producers, and members of academia. The winner of the EELISA category is…
Submissions are open for this innovative contest that is targeting university students all around the world! How can science-fiction narratives help anticipate future technology developments and their impact on society? This is the departing question of the I EELISA Science-fiction Short Stories Contest led by Universidad Politécnica of Madrid (UPM) and launched under the title…
How can science-fiction narratives help anticipate future technology developments and their impact on society? This is the departing question of the I EELISA Science-fiction Short Stories Contest led by Universidad Politécnica of Madrid (UPM) and launched under the title ¨Engineering New Worlds¨. China will be the guest country for this First Edition that aims for global scope.…