Niels Hexspoor

Aurora Three Minute Thesis – Livestream on 08/06 at 15:00 CEST

Written on 5. 6. 2023. Posted in Academics, Students.

On the 8th of June (15:00-18:00, CEST) doctoral researchers from the Aurora Universities compete against each other in the The Three Minute Thesis competition, as part of PHD Impact. The competition, organized at the University of Iceland, will be livestreamed via Zoom. Join online to follow the 30 participants or to support your colleagues and friends. Aurora Three Minute Thesis – Flyer The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition developed by the University...

Aurora Fall Biannual at Palacky University Olomouc

Written on 30. 5. 2023. Posted in Academics, Events, Featured, Students.

Join us at the Palacký University Olomouc on October 17th and 18th for the highly anticipated Aurora Fall Biannual 2023 in Olomouc, Czechia. More information on the biannual can be found here. Experience a retrospective of Aurora’s remarkable accomplishments and delve into the exciting prospects that lie ahead. Engage in thought-provoking high-level panel discussions on the future of European Higher Education and connect with colleagues from across Aurora and much more. Don’t miss this opportunity...

Presentation of Aurora best practices at EARMA Conference Prague 2023

Written on 28. 4. 2023. Posted in Academics.

At the 2023 EARMA Conference in Prague, Aurora’s Marie Jadrnícková from Palacký University Olomouc, and Ignasi Salvadó-Estivill on behalf of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, in Tarragona, presented and led a discussion on how Aurora developed tools to support research and innovation, such as the research infractructure map and the SDG Dashboard. Their session focussed on concrete best practices and tools to increase collaboration in international projects, as well as the barriers and obstacles...

Join the Aurora Alliance CDS Network of Universities

Written on 1. 4. 2023. Posted in CDS-Network.

Aurora Alliance consists of nine research-intensive universities in the EU, working together towards the long term vision of building the universities of the future. Aurora Alliance Capacity Development Support Programme (CDS) is specially designed to help reduce the disparities between the research-leading and research-emerging countries in Europe by assisting universities in Central-Eastern Europe and Neighboring Countries to develop their institutional capacity for academic excellence and societal...

UP and Aurora moving forward with the European University initiative

Written on 23. 3. 2023. Posted in Academics, CDS-Network, Students.

Palacký University Olomouc is happy to announce that the Aurora Alliance submitted its new proposal under the European Universities Erasmus + Call, for the intensification of prior deep institutional cooperation aiming at the systemic change of European Higher Education. By setting innovative and diverse models of long-term institutionalized cooperation between higher education institutions across Europe, the European Universities initiative supports higher education institutions to achieve greater...

Palacký Summer Law School: Human Rights Policy Legal Clinic

Written on 22. 2. 2023. Posted in Events, Students.

From 24 July to 4 August 2023, the Palacký University Faculty of Law organizes the Human Rights Policy Clinic within a 2-week-long Summer Law School. This Summer Law School will allow you to experience the Human Rights Policy Legal Clinic, which normally takes a whole semester, condensed in two weeks intensive schedule. Program Description A Legal clinic is a special form of legal education, combining theory and practice, designed to teach not only knowledge, but also develop skills and instill...

Summer School Remote Ethnography – a methodological tool-kit

Written on 14. 2. 2023. Posted in Academics, Events, Students.

This summer school is divided into two parts. The first part will take place online as a preparatory meeting on Friday 14 July 2023. The second will be held at Palacky University Olomouc 31 July – 4 August 2023. It connects introductions to Open Source Research, remote sensing, interviewing, oral history, source criticism and decolonial theory. Description: This summer school is intended to provide students and junior researchers with a basic toolkit in remote ethnography. It aims...

Call for Nominations – Aurora Fellowship at UDE

Written on 10. 2. 2023. Posted in Academics, Students.

If you are interested in deepening your cooperation with your partners the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, sign up now for the Aurora Fellowship at UDE! The Aurora Fellowship is a two-week programme that we were able to establish with the support of the Förderverein der Universität Duisburg-Essen (the University of Duisburg-Essen’s sponsorship association). The aim of this programme is to invite internationally renowned researchers working within the Aurora European Universities Alliance...

Aurora Summer School at UDE – The Enkelfähig Economy: Sustainable Transformation of Business Models

Written on 6. 2. 2023. Posted in Events, Students.

Our partners at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany are organizing a Summer School on the The Enkelfähig Economy: Sustainable Transformation of Business Models. This summer school will take place between 19.06.2023 and 07.07.2023. The summer school looks at the ways companies can be made more sustainable, by looking at the following factors: Impact Measurement Business Model Analysis Business Model Optimization For more detailed info, take a look at these files: Flyer –...

Presenting Aurora’s Capacity Development and Eastern Partnership at ACAs “What’s New in Brussels”.

Written on 6. 2. 2023. Posted in Academics, CDS-Network.

On the 2nd and 3rd of February, Selma Porobic was invited to ACA’s (Academic Cooperation Association) seminar “What’s new in Brussels? – Recent Developments in European Policies and Programmes” to share Aurora’s pioneering work on Eastern Partnerships exemplified by its Capacity Development Support (CDS) programme with special focus on its institutional support to the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine. In her session, “Working with Global Regions –...

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