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This page showcases the funded initiatives selected through the ENLIGHT Thematic Network and Incubator Grant calls,
supporting collaborative initiatives across ENLIGHT universities.
Accelerating MIcrobial Technologies for a sustainable circular economY through a biennial challenge-based program in environmental (bio)technology
Category: ENLIGHT Thematic Network
University:
University of the Basque Country, University of Galway, Ghent University, University of Groningen, University of Tartu
Period:
2025-2027
B-MOVE: Beyond Migration: Organisms, Matter, Voices, Ecologies guides students and scholars in the ENLIGHT network towards an interdisciplinary exploration of migration and mobility beyond human-centric perspectives.
Category: ENLIGHT Thematic Network
University:
Comenius University Bratislava, University of Galway, Ghent University, Uppsala University
Period:
2025-2027
Brain function and mental health in a modern 24/7 society aims to build a strong European network of academics committed to advancing research and education on the topic of brain function and mental health.
Category:
ENLIGHT Thematic Network
University:
University of Bern
Period:
2025-2027
CLS Educational Network Teaching and Studying the Basics. The CLS Educational Network (CLS-EN) develops an educational collaboration on Critical Legal Studies (CLS) between four Universities.
Category:
Incubator Grant
University:
Ghent University
Period:
2024-2027
CoMOVE is a collaborative, interdisciplinary expert network focused on the critical role of motor development (0-4 years) in the early identification of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs).
Category: ENLIGHT Thematic Network
University:
Ghent University, University of Groningen, Uppsala University
Period:
2025-2027
CROSS-ACCESS responds to the urgent need for integrated, inclusive, and participatory solutions to the systemic exclusion of migrants with disabilities.
Category: ENLIGHT Thematic Network
University:
Comenius University Bratislava, University of Galway, University of Göttingen, Uppsala University
Period:
2025-2027
DEF-SSCC - Designing the Education of Future proof sustainability leaders: collaboration for innovative tools and courses on Smart Sustainable Cities and Communities
Category: Incubator Grant
University:
University of the Basque Country, Comenius University Bratislava, University of Groningen, Uppsala University
Period:
2024-2027
DEMPOWER is a project to design and establish a new Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s programme focused on democratic resilience, media power and information integrity.
Category: Incubator Grant
University:
University of the Basque Country, Comenius University Bratislava, University of Galway
Period:
2025-2027
Gender, Power, and Disinformation Across Borders (DIS/CONNECT) is a virtual, interdisciplinary, and transnational intensive workshop series that brings together students, early-career researchers, and practitioners to critically engage with the intersections of gender, sexuality, human rights, and digital cultures.
Category: Incubator Grant
University:
University of Bern, University of Göttingen, University of Groningen
DISRUPT is a network in the emerging field of Urban Digital Twins (UDTs) and their application to evidence-based urban management, resilient territories and sustainable development. It addresses the pressing challenges of urban and peri-urban modernisation through technological innovation.
Category:
ENLIGHT Thematic Network
University:
University of Bordeaux
Period:
2024-2027
The ENLIGHT Empathy Incubator (E²) is a 5 ECTS Blended Intensive Programme designed to empower students to use empathy as a driver for innovation, inclusive leadership, and societal impact.
Category: Incubator Grant
University:
University of the Basque Country, University of Bern, University of Galway, Ghent University, University of Tartu
Period:
2025-2027
ENLIGHT Archaeologies of Sustainable Environments (EASE) combines the science of climate change and agricultural development with a greater understanding of the forces of human innovation, bridging two focus areas, Climate Change and Culture & Creativity.
Category:
ENLIGHT Thematic Network
University:
Uppsala University
Period:
2024-2027
This initiative seeks to enrich the educational experience of undergraduate occupational therapy students by fostering intercultural competence and cultural humility through a virtual exchange (VE) between Uppsala University (UU) and the University of Galway (Gal).
Category:
Incubator Grant
University:
University of Galway, Uppsala University
Period:
2024-2027
EMBESH: European Master in the Behavioural Sciences for Health. The overarching goal of this initiative is to establish a high-quality, research-informed, and socially relevant European Joint Master’s Programme in Behavioural Health, leading to a joint degree.
Category: Incubator Grant
University:
University of Galway, Ghent University, Uppsala University
Period:
2025-2027
The overarching goal of this initiative is to establish a high-quality, research-informed, and socially relevant European Joint Master’s Programme in Behavioural Health, leading to a joint degree. The programme aims to educate the next generation of academics, clinicians, and policy makers with a strong foundation in the biopsychosocial dimensions of health and illness from a lifespan perspective. It will equip students with the skills to understand, evaluate, and influence health-related behaviours and systems at individual, organisational, and societal levels.
The three participating universities bring complementary strengths, academic traditions, and research expertise to the programme.
The joint programme is situated within the broad field of Health Sciences and is grounded in a biopsychosocial framework. The core scientific disciplines covered by the programme are Medical Science (biomedical and clinical sciences relevant to behaviour and lifestyle, broadly defined), Psychology (Clinical, Health, and Behavioral Psychology), and Social Sciences with a Health Focus (including public health, social medicine, and sociological perspectives on health and illness).
The programme adopts both a multidisciplinary and an explicitly interdisciplinary approach. Multidisciplinarity is reflected in the inclusion of complementary disciplinary perspectives that address biological, psychological, and social dimensions of health and disease. Interdisciplinarity constitutes the primary epistemological stance of the programme, whereby theories, methods, and empirical findings from the contributing disciplines are systematically integrated to address complex health-related phenomena. Through this approach, the programme equips students to understand, assess, and intervene in health and illness in ways that cannot be adequately addressed within a single disciplinary framework.
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A central added value of the programme is its integrated biopsychosocial perspective on health and wellbeing. Psychological and social approaches are combined with relevant biological and medical foundations, and embedded within analyses of health policy, social care systems and behavioural determinants of health.
Team Composition:
An international European programme in behavioural health can serve as a powerful platform to:
The consortium has begun mapping existing courses at each university that could be integrated into the joint curriculum, with the aim of building on already accredited and state-funded educational components.
The next steps include the establishment of a joint programme committee, which will oversee curriculum development, administrative coordination, and quality assurance. Each institution will appoint a local coordinator to ensure alignment with internal governance structures and national regulations. The programme will be embedded within existing faculty structures, ensuring institutional ownership and long-term integration.
Formalisation of the joint study programme will involve aligning the curriculum with national qualification frameworks and initiating the necessary procedures for a joint degree accreditation. The consortium will adhere to the recently updated European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes, which will facilitate a single accreditation process across all participating countries.
Bridging the disciplines of geography and geology, the Earth Observatory Field School (EOFS) delivers hands-on collaborative training to our future researchers and decision-makers, and equips them with the skills and perspectives needed to confront the challenges posed by climate change
Category: Incubator Grant
University:
University of the Basque Country, University of Galway, Uppsala University
Period:
2025-2027
ETHYC, led by the University of Galway in collaboration with four other ENLIGHT partners, namely the Universities of the Basque Country, Groningen, Ghent, and Bern, aims to establish a robust, multidisciplinary hydrogen education and training network.
Category: ENLIGHT Thematic Network
University:
University of the Basque Country, University of Bern, University of Galway, Ghent University, University of Groningen
Period:
2025-2027
Russia’s War Against Ukraine and New Spaces of Security and Insecurity in Europe. The project consists of a series of interdisciplinary summer schools focusing on one of the key contemporary challenges in Europe – the new insecurities triggered by Russia's war against Ukraine.
Category:
Incubator Grant
University:
University of Tartu
Period:
2024-2027
This project will lay the foundation for a PM (Precision Medicine) education network built around the FRONTLINERS online platform currently hosted by the University of Bern.
Category: Incubator Grant
University:
University of Bern, University of Galway, Ghent University
Period:
2025-2027