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EULiST BIPs: LUT Summer School

21/04/2026 Date: June - August 2026

We are delighted to announce the upcoming Summer School 2026 organized by LUT University in Lappeenranta, Finland. Experience Finnish nature during summertime while studying and networking with peers from around the world.

LUT University invites bachelor’s and master’s students from partner universities to join the LUT Summer School, an intensive international programme held on the Lappeenranta campus in Finland 3–7 August 2026. Interactive online teaching is in June.

This program offers an excellent opportunity for students to deepen their knowledge of sustainability and gain international experience.

Students can choose from two bachelor‑level courses: Sustainable Food Value Chain Transition and Energy Transitions and Society (3 ECTS credits each). The courses combine interactive lectures, group work, and international teamwork, offering an inspiring learning experience.

Both courses are organised as Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP) in cooperation with the partner universities:

Sustainable Food Value Chain Transition course partners:

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Slovak University of technology in Bratislava (STU)
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Leibniz Universität Hannover

Energy Transitions and Society course partners:

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Slovak University of technology in Bratislava (STU)
The Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT)
Leibniz Universität Hannover

Students interested in participating must contact their home institution for nomination first before applying. Nomination deadline for partner institutions: 15 May.

What is LUT Summer School?

Course details: Intensive on-site course with online introduction studies (in June), group work and after-class exam/essay. Courses include online introduction studies.
Topics: food and energy transition (bachelor’s courses)
Social program and activities during free time.
Time, on-campus teaching: 3–7 August 2026
Online studies: June
Location: LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland

More information about courses: https://www.lut.fi/en/studies/lut-summer-school

EULiST Blended Intensive Programme – Summer School: «Energy Transitions and Society»

21/04/2026 Date: June - August 2026

On site: 3 – 7 August 2026, Finland

Virtual: 18 June 2026

LUT University is organizing this interactive course where the future of energy systems from a social perspective will be critically explored, addressing key challenges of the transition to renewable energy and the importance of historical context in shaping energy pathways.

Date-Place

16 June 2026, followed by onsite workshops 3 – 7 August 2026, in Lappeenranta – Finland.

Online teaching schedules: https://www.lut.fi/en/studies/lut-summer-school. Times may change, check for the latest information.

Target Audience

Bachelor’s level students (Master level students are also welcomed to attend).

Objectives and description

The course encourages students to reflect on their role as citizens in contributing to more just and sustainable energy systems, examining the dynamics of energy transitions, including societal impacts, policy frameworks, and sustainable development challenges, while learning to evaluate low-carbon strategies from multidisciplinary perspectives.

Through role-playing exercises, participants engage in simulated energy projects, taking on roles such as policymakers, engineers, activists, corporate leaders, and community representatives. These simulations focus on multi-stakeholder negotiation and decision-making, fostering empathy, strategic thinking, systems-level analysis, and problem-based learning.

The course combines lectures, peer discussions, individual assignments, role-playing activities, and group projects.

Number of ECTS: 3

Language of instruction: English

Pre-Requirements

At least B2 level in English
CV
Motivation letter

Application, deadline and nomination procedure

Interested students should contact their university’s Erasmus office and EULiST local coordinator for more institution-specific information such as different application deadlines due to internal procedures. The selections will be carried out by the students’ home institutions.

EULiST Blended Intensive Program: «Sustainable Food Value Chain Transition»

21/04/2026 Date: June - August 2026

On site: 3 – 7 August 2026, Finland

Virtual: 17 June 2026

LUT University is organizing this interactive course which explores sustainable food manufacturing and food system transitions. Students will investigate how environmental, economic, and social factors interact with food processing and how actors across the value chain can contribute to a just transition.

Date-Place

Interactive online teaching: 17 June 2026
On-site teaching: 3 – 7 August 2026, Lappeenranta – Finland.

Online teaching schedules: https://www.lut.fi/en/studies/lut-summer-school. Times may change, check for the latest information.

Target Audience

Bachelor’s level students (Master level students are also welcome to attend).

Objectives and description

This course explores sustainable food manufacturing and food system transitions. Students will investigate how environmental, economic, and social factors interact with food processing and how actors across the value chain can contribute to a just transition. The course is important because future food professionals must understand systemic sustainability challenges and opportunities to drive meaningful change.

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

Understand sustainable food processing principles and challenges.
Identify environmental, economic, and social drivers of food system transitions.
Recognize the roles and capacities of different actors in the food system.
Reflect on justice issues and ethical perspectives in the context of sustainability transitions.

Number of ECTS: 3

Language of instruction: English

Pre-Requirements

At least B2 level in English
CV
Motivation letter

Application, deadline and nomination procedure

French Summer School at IMT Mines Albi

21/04/2026 Deadline: 12 June 2026

Make the most of summer to improve your French! Discover IMT Mines Albi French Summer School !

Experience total immersion in French culture at IMT Mines Albi’s French Summer School. The aim of this summer camp is to prepare you to be autonomous and succeed in your studies in France.

What is IMT French Summer School?

✅ Course details:

Acquire or improve your French skills by following a program adapted to your level,
Facilitate your arrival in France and your adaptation to an engineering school;
Develop your skills in scientific French
Benefit from courses that will make you aware of interculturality and enable you to communicate effectively across cultures.

☀️ Social program and activities during free time.
📅 Time: July 27- August 20, 2026
✅ Location: IMT Mines Albi, France

You’ll study on a superb campus in Albi, a UNESCO World Heritage city. You’ll benefit from courses in French as a foreign language, French for specific purposes and interculturality, and take part in a wide range of activities.

Discover more in video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjqhqmBeOE4

Hellenic-Romanian Logic and Computation Seminar

17/04/2026 Date: 20 April 2026

http://imar.ro/~diacon/HRLogComp/HRLogicComputSeminar.ht

Monday 20th of April at 18.00 GR/RO time

Title: Monads and enrichment in double categories

Speaker: Prof. Christina Vassilakopoulou (NTUA)

HRLogicComputSeminar#1
Monday, April 20 · 6:00 – 7:00pm
Time zone: Europe/Bucharest
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ujj-bauv-qeq

HRLogicComputSeminar#2
Monday, April 20 · 7:00 – 8:00pm
Time zone: Europe/Bucharest
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/zye-jaug-xvq

Abstract: The classical notion of algebras in the context of k-vector spaces or R-modules generalize in a natural way to a suitable notion of `monad’ in a higher-dimensional categorical structure, that of a double category D. Starting from the base case of a category equipped with a monoidal structure, we will discuss monoids and their dual notion of comonoids therein, and we will extend a folklore result that enriches the space of algebra maps with a comultiplication (using the so-called Sweedler’s `universal measuring coalgebras’) to the double categorical context. Such a process opens paths for further applications involving operads and other related structures, within a general framework that may be called `enriched duality.

Short bio: Christina Vasilakopoulou completed her undergraduate studies in the Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece, and did her masters and PhD in the Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Cambridge, UK under the supervision of Martin Hyland. After a series of postdoctoral positions (UH Manoa, MIT, AUEB, ULB, UCR, University of Patras) she became an assistant professor in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 2022. Her research focuses on monoidal categories, double categories and enrichment theory, as well as Hopf algebras and categorical approaches to systems theory.

Future Educator – Today 2, Placing the Student in the Spotlight

16/04/2026 Deadline: 1 September 2026

Future Educator – Today 2; Placing the Student in the Spotlight is a course under the EDUCATE umbrella (Educator Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning, Jönköping University), developed for partner universities in the EULiST alliance.

The course is primarily designed to address the needs of anyone in a teaching or managerial role in academia—addressing topics in the science and art of teaching. We particularly recommend the course to doctoral students.

The course is built on the first edition of the course delivered in Autumn 2025 but is also a self-standing course with a focus on student-centered learning. The topics we will address are related to understanding the needs and characteristics of contemporary students. We will demystify the idea of student-centered learning, share design and ideas of course formats fitting within the concept of student-centered learning, and share best practices in delivery of these courses. To help you design new or revamp existing courses, we will share tools for course design, constructive alignment, and use of AI in the context of student-centered learning.

This is a great opportunity for continuous professional academic development but also an opportunity to connect with peers across the alliance.

Type of education: Blended Intensive Programme

Requirements: Employed as a teacher or manager at a university within the EULiST alliance

Start date: 22 September, 2026

Place of study: Online and campus (Online sessions: 22 Sept – 20 Oct; Campus sessions: 26-30 Oct)

Location: Jönköping

Language: English

Number of participants: a maximum of 35 participants; first come, first served

Questions: Welcome to contact us for more information: educate@ju.se

Read more and apply here

Open for applications NOW – 1 September 2026

LUH Staff Week “Welcome Services and Support Offers for international students”

16/04/2026 Deadline: 20 April 2026

Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) is organising a Staff Week on “Welcome Services and Support Offers for international students”, covering topics from pre-onboarding to job market preparation throughout the student life cycle.

The staff week is organised as a BIP with an online part on the 28^th of April from 2:00 to 3:30 pm CET and a physical part at LUH from the 29.06.2026 to the 03.07.2026.

During this week you will have the opportunity to learn more about the welcome services and support offers for international students at LUH and at our BIP partner from the European Alliance EULiST, as well as share and discuss best practice with us.

The objective is to learn more about each other and the services offered at each university and enable each participant to develop new ideas about welcome services and support offers.

Please register until the 20^th of April 2026 at: http://go.lu-h.de/staffweek2026

For any question, don’t hesitate to contact us at: welcome-centre@zuv.uni-hannover.de

13th EULiST “Fridays for Research” Event on “Social impact of Research, Social LCA – A Powerful Tool for Technological Breakthroughs”

31/03/2026 Date: 8 May 2026

The 13th EULiST “Fridays for Research” event on “Social impact of Research, Social LCA – A Powerful Tool for Technological Breakthroughs” will be held as a joint online meeting on Friday 8th Μay 2026, 12:00 – 14:00 CET.

Representatives from the EULiST member universities will deliver 5-minute presentations. A review of the main results and a presentation of the next actions will wrap up the session.

Please register before joining the meeting via the link.

Participants may connect using this Microsoft Teams link.

For more information regarding the event, contact Prof. Angelos Markopoulos amark@mail.ntua.gr.

EULiST BIP “Notte bianca delle culture 2026” (White night of cultures 2026)

26/03/2026 Date: April - June 2026

The University of L’Aquila, in cooperation with Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC), Jönköping University (JU) and National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) is organizing a EULiST BIP called “Notte bianca delle culture 2026″ (White night of cultures 2026), in the framework of the “L’AQUILA, ITALIAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2026” event.

The programme will take place with online sessions (12 hours between May 11^th and 30^th 2026), and in-person activities from June 2^nd to June 7^th 2026, in L’Aquila.

Type of participants/Target group: 1°, 2°, 3° cycle students, in the areas of STEM, Human Sciences, and Sport Sciences.

Objectives and description: The program focuses on the intersection between global citizenship, sustainability, and intercultural dialogue. The central theme is the transformation of academic knowledge (scientific and humanistic) into a tool for social cohesion. Through a multidisciplinary approach, the project explores how understanding cultural differences and adopting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can foster a shared European identity. The program uses the city of L’Aquila, Italian Capital of Culture for the year 2026, as an open-air laboratory for the integration of academic research and the local area.

Three main relevant areas are involved: scientific, humanistic, and sporting, thus involving three different departments of the University of L’Aquila: Human Sciences, Engineering and Information Sciences, and Mathematics and Applied Clinical and Biotechnological Sciences.

The training program aims to develop cross-cutting skills through three main phases:

Virtual phase (preparatory): online meetings dedicated to the transfer of theoretical knowledge on global citizenship and intercultural approach. Students begin to collaborate in international teams to define the content of their research.

Physical mobility phase (implementation): 5-days in L’Aquila focused on “Public Engagement.” Activities include science communication and storytelling sessions, team building activities, visits to local cultural heritage sites, and urban trekking.

Final Event (06/06/2026): design and operational management of the “Night of Cultures,” a public dissemination event where participants present their work (monographic stories, comparisons between traditions, national monuments) to the local community.

Number of ECTS: 5

Application, deadline and nomination procedure:

Over 270 Mobility Opportunities for EULiST Early Career Researchers until December 2026

25/03/2026 Date: until December 2026

More than 270 funded mobility opportunities are available for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in 2026 within the EULiST European University Alliance. These opportunities support short-term research visits (1-3 months) and internships.

Early Career Researchers engaged in academic or professional collaboration with EULiST member institutions are invited to apply for a short-term research internship taking place until December 2026.

All relevant details including application procedures, eligibility criteria, main research areas of each laboratory, research exchange duration, and more, are available on the EULiST website under:
Research > Early Career Researchers Center > Mobility for EULiST Members
https://eulist.university/mobility-for-ecrs/ (To view all opportunities, please log in using your institutional account)

Application deadline: specified within each ECR description

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to expand your research horizons!