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Jan2025Coimbra Group Webinar: “AI Ethics and Governance”
Thursday 13 March 2025, from 3 to 4.30 pm (CET)with Francesca Rossi (IBM Fellow and IBM AI Ethics Global Leader) The “AI Ethics and Governance” open webinar, organized by the Equality & Diversity Working Group with the support of the University of Padova, reflects the Coimbra Group’s strategic effort to explore with its members the […]
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Jan2025Call for Papers: ‘Debating Transnational Solidarity. Multidisciplinary interpretations and projections on future scenarios’ – Inter-alliance conference
The Coimbra Group Social Sciences and Humanities Working Group and the EC2U Virtual Institute for Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, in cooperation with the Universities of Bologna and Pavia, and members of different university alliances, are co-organizing an event to study, reflect and discuss the theme of Transnational Solidarity. The event will take place at […]
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Jan2025CG Winter School on “Intangible Cultural Heritage: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities”
How can we improve, deepen and enlarge methods addressing cultural heritage? This was the main question and topic of the international Winter School organised on 9-10 December 2024 by Beate Peter (University of Groningen) in cooperation with the Heritage Working Group. Workshops and lectures of the winter school that took place on the campus of […]
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Jan2025Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Literacy and Inclusion
Rector Liviu-George Maha, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of IașiNicoleta Laura Popa, Chair of the Coimbra Group Education Innovation Working Group, Vice-Rector for international relations and academic and research partnerships, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, in close cooperation with the Coimbra Group Executive Board and the Education Innovation Working Group, […]
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Dec2024We are hiring for our Brussels Office!
Research Policy and Advocacy Officer We seek to hire a highly motivated Policy and Advocacy Officer with proven professional experience in the field of higher education, research and innovation to reinforce our Brussels office. Key responsibilities could include: Policy and advocacy work on an evolving portfolio of research-oriented priorities – among others: EU R&I framework […]
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Dec2024Why EDI Matters: Equ(al)ity, Diversity and Inclusion in European Universities
Call for Papers from the Equality & Diversity WG Equ(al)ity | Diversity | Inclusion – What is the meaning of these words today, in our universities? These are some of the questions that the Equality and Diversity Working Group of the Coimbra Group would like to ask all Coimbra Group Universities at the outset of […]
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Dec2024Coimbra Group and leading R&I organisations call for a truly interdisciplinary FP10
At this critical moment in history, the EU needs to fully endorse research in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), the European comparative advantage in global science. Coimbra Group joined other key R&I stakeholders in issuing a common statement urging the European Commission, the European Parliament and the EU27 Member States to endorse the crucial […]
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Dec2024Competition or cooperation among university associations: do we have a choice?
Ludovic Thilly, Coimbra Group Executive Board ChairBeatrix Busse, Coimbra Group Executive Board Vice-Chair The month of November 2024 is probably another turning point in our European society, with the elections in the United States of America and their unavoidable impact on the European Union, the approval of the “von der Leyen II” European Commission by the […]
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Dec2024Decolonising the University
Workshop at the Coimbra Group Annual Conference – Wednesday, 5 June 2024, Turku (Finland)Joint event organised by Working Groups Heritage, Latin America and Global Partnerships The initiative was motivated by the growing need, perceived at various partner institutions and resonating in the public discussions, of a new approach to knowledge construction and also to the […]
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Nov2024Enhancing European and African Collaboration
The University of Pavia hosted delegates of the Coimbra Group Global Partnerships Working Group for their Autumn meeting. The two-day meeting concluded with the conference “Building Together: Enhancing European and African Collaboration in Research and Innovation”, organised jointly with the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI). During the Working Group meeting, the […]
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Nov2024Coimbra Group at EU Conference on Research Careers 2024
The Coimbra Group represented by Office Director Emmanuelle Gardan attended the second Conference on Research Careers organised by the European Commission in Brussels on 26 November. Prof Robert Dijkgraaf, Former Minister of Education, Culture and Science in The Netherlands, delivered the first keynote. He notably highlighted a number of factors to create an attractive research culture: In […]
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Nov2024AI at universities: High-Level Seminar on Education in Iasi
The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi recently hosted the Coimbra Group’s High-Level Seminar on “(Generative) Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education,” bringing together university leaders, policymakers, and students to discuss the transformative potential of AI in academia. Welcoming remarks from Liviu-George Maha, Rector of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Mihai Chirica, Mayor of Iasi, and Ludovic […]
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Oct2024Future EU Long-Term Budget: All Bets Are Now Off
Emmanuelle Gardan, Coimbra Group Office Director Formally speaking, the political negotiations on the next EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) are expected to start in the second semester of 2025 only, once the European Commission will have laid out its legislative proposal for the EU’s budgetary structure and priorities for the period starting in 2028. Member […]
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Oct2024CLACSO and Coimbra Group launch inter-institutional cooperation
BRUSSELS/BUENOS AIRES, 24 October 2024. CLACSO and the Coimbra Group of Universities announced today that they have agreed on forming an inter-institutional cooperation to develop and promote research, education and innovation as well as activities oriented to shared and collaborative publications. These joint actions will benefit the academic community, citizens and the society at large, […]
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Oct2024R&I Organisations’ Joint Statement: We need much more MSCA!
The Coimbra Group has joined forces with other Research & Innovation organisations to advocate for the recognition of the outstanding success of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) and for an increased budget to unlock its full potential. Since Horizon Europe started, Coimbra Group member universities have been granted 12,7 % of the total EU contribution towards […]
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Sep20242024-2025: Looking Ahead Towards Coimbra Group’s 40th Anniversary
Coimbra Group Executive Board In mid-September, members of the Executive Board (EB) gathered in Brussels, where the European Commission had invited about 300 R&I actors to debate the future of the European Research Area. This conference was also the opportunity to discuss FP10 and celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the launch of EU’s first framework […]
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Sep2024Registrations are open for CG High-Level Policy Seminar “(Generative) AI in Higher Education”
The 6th Coimbra Group High-Level Seminar on Education Policy aims to explore and discuss both benefits and challenges in integrating generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the academic life, by approaching timely topics such as: The High-level Policy Seminar is designed to offer Rectors and Vice-Rectors for Education of Coimbra Group Universities, as well as Vice-Rectors for Internationalisation, and […]
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Sep2024“Invest in the future! A call to strengthen R&I in Europe”: Open Letter and Advocacy Event with Enrico Letta and Maria Leptin
Now that the new European Parliament has been elected, and that new Commissioners will soon be appointed, it is even more crucial to unite and come together as a sector in the run-up to the negotiations on the next EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034. Earlier this year, the Coimbra Group joined efforts with the University […]
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Aug2024The new European Research Area: a growing voice and role for the Coimbra Group
Emmanuelle Gardan, Coimbra Group Office Director As we approach the quarter-century mark of the European Research Area (ERA), let’s reflect on what we have achieved as Coimbra Group and look forward to what lies ahead. While our network has always fully supported the ERA, our accomplishments in the recent years are an indication of how […]
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Aug2024Call for Papers – International Conference”Old Cities, Former Capitals and the Nation-State Building in Europe (18th-20th centuries): regional and national identities”
The Coimbra Group Social Sciences and Humanities Working Group (SSH WG) is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the International Conference “Old Cities, Former Capitals and the Nation-State Building in Europe (18th – 20th centuries): regional and national identities” to take place on 19-21 November, 2024, at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of […]