The Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) strives to continuously invest in internationalization in order to live up to the demands of the Flemish research community and maintain the strong economic and scientific position of Flanders. As a result, they have launched a new initiative for individual incoming mobility.
The representatives of the Slovak Public Defender of Rights gave a lecture at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava as part of the cooperation within the ENLIGHT Regional Academy. The presented research showcased violation of women's rights in the provision of health care during childbirth. Using the CU Regional Academy as a bridge between the real-life challenges and educational environment, the idea was to raise awareness among the students as to the importance of respect for bodily and mental integrity of women during labor. Sensitization of this topic in the field of education simultaneously addresses two flagship areas of ENLIGHT – Health and well-being and Equity. That same research will also be examined during the Summer School “Innovation Game” at Uppsala University in August.
The full research is available here.
On 7 June 2022, ENLIGHT RISE arranged a workshop on Digital Research Infrastructures with focus on the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). Speakers from GÉANT as well as University of Gent, University of Göttingen and Uppsala University elaborated on engagement opportunities with the EOSC from perspectives such as life sciences, OpenAIRE, national research infrastructures and SSH. Sixty-four participants from across Europe followed the workshop online. Videos of the sessions are made available on the ENLIGHT YouTube channel. Please find the report on the workshop here.
The first ENLIGHT European Dialogue took place in Uppsala University, Sweden on 11-12 May 2022 around the main theme of ‘Sustainable Urban Development’ and closely linked to SDG 11 ‘Sustainable Cities and Communities’. The event brought together ENLIGHT external partners, academics, students and project related staff from the nine ENLIGHT regions to reflect on novel approaches to the pressing challenges facing our European regions.
The event was co-organised by Uppsala University and the National University of Ireland Galway.
The ENLIGHT European Dialogue hosted 146 participants representing external partners, academics, students and project related staff. The ENLIGHT European Dialogue began with the welcome address and official opening by Prof. Coco Norén, Pro-vice chancellor, Uppsala University and Prof. Becky Whay, Vice President International, National University of Ireland Galway.
On 7 June between 11:00 and 15:00 (CEST), the Institute of International and European Law will be hosting a webinar entitled “From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy: Trade and Investment Options - defining the research agenda after COP26, the IPCC Reports and OECD Discussions”.
To effectively combat climate change, big and small reforms are necessary to the current trade and investment systems, both of which often take central stage in discussions on environmental protection.
Recently the ReConnect China project of which the ENLIGHT partner universities Ghent University, University of Tartu, and University of Groningen are member has been selected for funding under the Horizon Europe framework (HORIZON-CL2-2021-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-07).
The second ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference will be hosted by the University of Göttingen on November 16th, 17th, and 18th, 2022. The central conference theme will be diversity and inclusion in higher education. We invite teachers and learners from the nine ENLIGHT universities to participate, engage in lively discussions and contribute to shaping the ENLIGHT community spirit. There is funding for travel, accommodation and subsistence for up to 200 participants.
Date: Tuesday, 7 June 2022
Venue: online via Zoom
Time: 9-12 o’clock CET
Registration deadline: Friday, 3 June 2022
Registration via: https://sunet.artologik.net/uu/ENLIGHT-RISE-WP3-workshop
The online workshop on best practices of Research and Support Offices (RSOs) will take place on the 22 of April 2022. This workshop builds on the results of the benchmarking report of good practices on RSOs - a deliverable led by the University of Groningen (RUG) together with the University of Bordeaux (UBx) and the University of Tartu (UT).
The Department of Translation Studies at the UT College of Foreign Languages and Cultures is orgnizing in collaboration with ENLIGHT partner Ghent University an international conference on „Museums as Spaces of Cultural Translation and Transfer“. The conference is taking place on 10-11 May in Tartu.
Several partners have launched expression of interest for the next round of MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships.
The UG Education Festival will take place from 4 to 8 April 2022. We invite all ENLIGHT partners to join us in a full week of mostly online lectures, panel discussions, workshops and videos.
