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Activities for Academics

Discover EUPeace opportunities for academics: from calls for papers and joint research to innovative teaching formats, European Track courses, and joint programmes. A space to collaborate across disciplines, share expertise, and shape the future of peace, justice, and inclusion.

Go in-depth in our activities for & from Academics!

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Description: Top view of university students sitting at a table studying and working on laptop
A large group of people networking in a spacious event hall with high arched windows and a projection screen in the background.
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Description: Symbolic image: networking event.
Generic image of a networking event used to illustrate the launch of the EUPeace Academic Mentoring Network. The online kick-off event takes place on 11 May 2026 and connects doctoral candidates with mentors across the Alliance.
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Stack of books with eyeglasses on top on a wooden floor in front of a clean background.
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Description: A fresh stack of books marks the start of a new academic year.
A close-up photograph of a neatly stacked pile of books with a pair of eyeglasses resting on top. The stack sits on a polished wooden floor, with a blurred light background, symbolising study, knowledge, and the beginning of a new semester.
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Description: grupa tourists in Prague, the view from the top
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Participants place colorful Post‑its on a wall during a collaborative workshop activity.
Source: EUPeace Comillas Team
Description: Collaborative brainstorming exercise at EnerPeace March 2026.
Participants stand in front of a wall covered with pink, yellow, and green Post‑its, adding new notes as part of a group workshop. The activity appears to involve collective idea generation.
Alt Text: Map of Europe highlighting the nine EUPeace partner countries in blue (Germany, France, Spain, Czechia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Türkiye), with connector lines pointing to the logos of Universität Marburg, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, Université de Limoges, Comillas Universidad Pontificia, Sveučilište u Mostaru, Università della Calabria, Univerzitet u Sarajevu, and Çukurova Üniversitesi.
Source: EUPeace
Description: A vector map illustrating the geographic spread of the EUPeace Alliance's nine partner universities across seven European countries, with each institution's logo linked to its location.
Source: Rolf K. Wegst
Description: Religionskundliche Sammlung
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Marburg, Universitätsstadt an der Lahn.
Foto: Rolf K. Wegst
Headphones, a notepade, two pens and a laptop keyboard are seen from above. In the center, there is the name of the Course Repository.
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Description: The EUPeace Course Repository
A flat-lay view of a laptop keyboard, headphones, a notebook and pens. In the centre, the text shows the name of EUPeace Course Repository.
Graduation caps thrown in the air in front of the glass façade of a library.
Source: Rolf K. Wegst
Description: Zentrum für wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung (ZWW)
Philipps-Universität Marburg ZWW
Marburg, Universitätsstadt an der Lahn.
Foto: Rolf K. Wegst
Graduation caps thrown in the air in front of the glass façade of a library.
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Description: Ukrainian national official flag on flagpole waving in the wind on picturesque blue sky background
Three students sit together on a wooden staircase in a modern building with glass railings. In the middle, a student with glasses holds a laptop with the EUPeace logo on its lid, while a student behind her points at the screen and a student on the right holds a notebook. Large white letters at the top read "European Track".
Source: Comillas Pontifical University
Description: Visual for the EUPeace European Track, showing three students discussing their work on a laptop with the EUPeace logo. The European Track is a EUPeace certificate programme that gives students across the nine partner universities the opportunity to add a European dimension to their studies.
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Source: University of Sarajevo
Description: University_of_Sarajevo, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies
UNSA
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A repeating pattern of small white and silver opera glasses with long shadows on a mustard-yellow background.
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Description: A graphic pattern of identical vintage opera glasses arranged in diagonal rows on a mustard-yellow surface, each casting a sharp shadow in bright light. The binoculars stand for looking closely, taking a closer look and keeping an eye on what lies ahead.
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University_of_Sarajevo, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies
Source: University of Sarajevo
Description: University_of_Sarajevo, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies
UNSA
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Description: Group of diverse people with speech bubbles icons
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Wide shot of an EUPeace event in a conference hall with blue stage lighting. Two speakers stand on stage in front of a large screen displaying the EUPeace logo, while attendees are seated in the audience.
Source: University of West Bohemia in Pilsen
Description: Participants gather for an EUPeace event as speakers address the audience on stage beneath the alliance’s logo.
The image shows a large indoor event hosted by EUPeace in a conference-style venue. Blue lighting illuminates the stage, where two presenters stand in front of a screen displaying the EUPeace logo and full alliance name. Rows of red chairs are arranged on stage behind them, while attendees sit at tables facing the speakers. A balcony area overlooking the hall is visible on the right side of the image.
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Contact

Laurent Bourdier
University of Limoges, Chair of the Steering Committee of EUPeace

Testimonials from Academics

Our recent calls for Academics

The main building of Justus Liebig University Giessen at sunset.
Source: Katrina Friese
Description: The main building of Justus Liebig University Giessen at sunset. From 15 to 19 March 2027, the university will host the EUPeace Teaching Staff Academy Training Week, where teaching staff from across the Alliance will explore how to teach peace, justice and inclusive societies.
Four people sit around a light wooden table in a meeting room, deep in discussion. A woman with silver hair and glasses gestures towards her laptop while a man in a dark T-shirt listens with folded arms. Two further participants, one in a patterned shirt and one in a grey jacket, lean in over notebooks and papers. A projection screen, a flip chart and a whiteboard with handwritten notes are visible in the background.
Source: University of Limoges
Description: Colleagues gather around a table at the University of Limoges to exchange ideas as part of the EduTandems call. In a small-group setting, participants share perspectives, take notes and explore opportunities for collaboration. Sessions like this lay the groundwork for new teaching partnerships across the EUPeace alliance.
Seven smiling colleagues stand arm in arm in a row in front of a chalkboard wall, dressed in casual business attire.
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Description: Team members come together for a group photo, reflecting the collaborative spirit of the project.
A group of seven people of different ages and backgrounds stand side by side with arms around each other in front of a large chalkboard wall with a yellow-painted brick base. They are dressed in smart-casual clothing in varied colors and are smiling and laughing, with several looking toward one another, conveying warmth and camaraderie.

Our recent projects for & from Academics

An audience sitting on chairs, photographed from behind and listening to someone speaking in the front row. A woman is standing at the front with a big screen behind her.
Source: Comillas Pontifical University
Description: The TRAMAS Living Lab held its inaugural session at Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid on 1 July 2026.
An audience sitting on chairs, photographed from behind and listening to someone speaking in the front row. A woman is standing at the front with a big screen behind her.
Young children sit in a circle on the floor, copying a leader's raised-hand gestures in an indoor community space.
Source: Comillas Pontifical University
Description: About fifteen young children sit cross-legged in a circle on a smooth grey floor in a large indoor space with an industrial feel. The scene shows a playful group game that builds coordination and participation.

Our recent news for & from Academics

The main building of Justus Liebig University Giessen at sunset.
Source: Katrina Friese
Description: The main building of Justus Liebig University Giessen at sunset. From 15 to 19 March 2027, the university will host the EUPeace Teaching Staff Academy Training Week, where teaching staff from across the Alliance will explore how to teach peace, justice and inclusive societies.
Participants seated around curved conference tables listen to a speaker at a lectern during the Magna Charta gathering in Vilnius.
Source: Lukas Kodis
Description: A wide view of the conference hall shows participants listening to a speaker, with national flags displayed beside the lectern. The gathering brought together university leaders and academics to discuss academic values and universities’ responsibilities in a changing world.
Four people sit around a light wooden table in a meeting room, deep in discussion. A woman with silver hair and glasses gestures towards her laptop while a man in a dark T-shirt listens with folded arms. Two further participants, one in a patterned shirt and one in a grey jacket, lean in over notebooks and papers. A projection screen, a flip chart and a whiteboard with handwritten notes are visible in the background.
Source: University of Limoges
Description: Colleagues gather around a table at the University of Limoges to exchange ideas as part of the EduTandems call. In a small-group setting, participants share perspectives, take notes and explore opportunities for collaboration. Sessions like this lay the groundwork for new teaching partnerships across the EUPeace alliance.
Three people sit around a white table in an office or meeting room. In the foreground a man with dark hair looks at a laptop showing a trading platform with a price chart and order book, while he rests a hand on printed charts. Two other people, one in a dark suit and one in a black-and-white checked jacket, work with papers and a laptop in the background.
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Description: A group of people at a meeting table, viewed over the shoulder of a man in the foreground who is looking at a laptop displaying a financial trading interface with a line chart and lists of figures. Printed graphs and charts lie on the table, along with smartphones, pens, a marker, a pen holder and a folder. Two colleagues in the background are working with papers and a laptop.
A crowded climate demonstration with protesters holding hand-painted placards displaying messages in different languages, including “DON’T BURN OUR FUTURE” and “UNSERE ZUKUNFT”.
Source: Dominic Wunderlich via pixabay.com
Description: A climate demonstration with protesters holding handmade placards carrying messages about climate change in different languages, including English and German. The image provides a visual context for the article’s focus on climate communication and the ways in which language can shape public discussions about climate change, health and social equity.
A grid of faded portraits showing people of different ages, genders and backgrounds. In the centre, a large circle shows a single composite face assembled from rectangular sections of different faces, with forehead, eyes, nose and mouth taken from people with different skin tones and features.
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Description: A composite face made up of features from many different people illustrates how digital systems collect, combine and process personal data to identify individuals. The image accompanies the second part of a two-part series on digital migration, in which Claudio Di Maio from the University of Calabria examines how EU Member States use technology to manage migration.
A human hand in a grey sleeve shakes a glowing, turquoise wireframe hand that extends from the screen of an open laptop. The laptop stands on a wooden desk next to a blank sheet of paper, with a blurred blackboard in the background.
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Description: A handshake between a human hand and a digital hand emerging from a laptop screen illustrates how algorithms and digital systems are becoming part of migrant integration in Europe. The image accompanies the first part of a two-part series on digital migration, based on a contribution by Claudio Di Maio from the University of Calabria.

Our upcoming events for & from Academics

Overhead view of a group of people collaborating around a wooden table covered in notebooks, sticky notes, and a laptop.
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Description: A group of researchers collaborating and brainstorming together, illustrating the spirit of open, collective knowledge-sharing.

Open Science Train-the-Trainer Retreat

2 November 2026 10:00
– 2 November 2026 17:00

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