Two EELISA communities participated for the first time in this initiative that brought together 70 students from 8 countries at the ETSIAAB to discuss and propose solutions to global problems following the United Nations Model. Model United Nations (MUN) is a popular UN-like discussion activity in academia that brings together hundreds of thousands…
Exciting news ahead! Seize funding opportunities for your EELISA Community with the 3rd EELISA Joint Call for inter-institutional activities under EELISA Communities, now open. In this edition a total budget of EUR 130,000 will be dedicated to fund proposals for innovative, inter-institutional activities that align with EELISA’s goal of transforming higher education through interdisciplinary approaches…
We are curious minds wandering along our academic journeys, seeking novel research pathways for a better society. EELISA communities lie at the core of this ultimate goal. The transformative societal impact that EELISA communities create is expanding its sphere of influence incrementally. Interdisciplinary, interculturality, and mobility within and across EELISA communities are key facilitators to…
Students from the ETSI of Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural and the ETSI Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas participate in a pilot project to certify the welfare of rainbow trout. This challenge-based learning initiative is in addition to the 31 that the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid is launching this course within the framework of…
Would you like to take a deep dive into circularity in the energy sector? Join the debate by participating on the Circular Economy in the Energy Sector workshop, and learn how to create a more ciruclar future, and the role of circularity plays in fosternig a sustainable energy transition. This workshop will take place during…
On October 18th, on the occasion of the World Young Scientist Summit (WYSS) 2023 European Event, the CIRCULAR EELISA Community signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the China-Europe Association for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ACEIE), and the World Young Scientist Summit, (WYSS). The meeting took place in Brussels, and the signing of the Memorandum was attended by Dr. Zhiwei…
Istanbul Technical University quickly organized to help our citizens affected by the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria in February 2023. One of these aids is for our volunteer students engaged in search and rescue activities in the earthquake zone through the WhatsApp group we have established with 200 students who called citizens in the…
ExperimentaMates is a citizenship lab promoted by the EELISA SSERIES Community (Science for Suistanably Envisioning Reality and Information for an Engaged Society). A meeting point to experiment and learn where people with a diverse background cooperate to develop projects to improve the life in common and in the society. Its main goal is to focus on bringing together international…
Are you a student looking to enhance sustainability skills or an educator wanting to integrate transversal skill development into university courses? EELISA SusCo Community has just celebrated their 1 year anniversary, and the results of their one-year-long research will be soon published. Now this EELISA Comminity is seeking innovative collaborations with students and educators on…
ZERO HUNGER – Why waste Food? is a gamification activity organized in the framework of the Madrid Science and Innovation Week 2023, which is an annual event for scientific dissemination and citizen participation organized by the Madrid+D Foundation for Knowledge that offers the public the opportunity to learn up close about the work carried out…