U!REKA for researchers and teaching staff

U!REKA offers scientists a platform to network internationally with colleagues from member universities. Here you can find out which cooperation opportunities are available.

Centres of Expertise

Participate in one of the three U!REKA Centres of Expertise that we are currently establishing:

Climate-Neutral Urban Communities (Amsterdam UAS)
Transition to Circular Society (Frankfurt UAS)
Innovative Governance Models & Citizen Engagement (Metropolia UAS)

Network Development

Exchange ideas with international colleagues and expand your network
Involve experts from our partner universities to discuss best practice examples or submit joint funding applications

Mobility

Take part in an exchange at one of our partner universities, for example as part of the Erasmus+ programme
Plan joint summer schools, conferences, events or workshops where you can get to know each other personally

Study programme development

Internationalise your study and teaching programme (e.g. through U!REKA guest lectureships) and organise student exchanges together with our partners
Develop a double-degree or joint-degree programme
Exchange ideas with colleagues about existing degree programme models

U!REKA Staff Training Programme for teachers and researchers

Important step towards a learning community

U!REKA is launching a staff training programme for teaching staff, researchers and administrative staff at all partner universities. The current training courses focus on digital, green and integrative skills and are already being offered at the partner institutions. This raises the question of what the added value is when these courses are offered under the U!REKA banner. For Liesbet Gevaert (HOGENT) it is clear: ‘The participation of European partners is very enriching: they bring their own knowledge and experience and thus differentiate the input and insights.’ Eva Haug (Amsterdam UAS) adds: ‘It's about creating an ecosystem. For example, a workshop on the organisation of a COIL - Collaborative Online International Learning - is much more than just a teaching task: for successful implementation, we also need IT experts and colleagues who are familiar with international partnerships and who cooperate.’

All dates and programmes can be found here. The programme will be constantly supplemented and updated.

Innovation Professorships with a U!REKA focus

As part of U!REKA, we have established four innovation professorships. The selected professors reduce their teaching load by six semester hours for three years in order to dedicate themselves to specific U!REKA research topics or projects. You can gain an insight into their projects here. For contacts to our partner universities and ideas for collaboration, please contact our colleagues.

Prof. Dr. Raul Gschrey

Co-Creating European Challenge-Based Education

Prof. Dr. Raul Gschrey

Prof. Dr. Timo von Wirth

Experimental governance for Climate-neutral Cities

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carolina Tranchita

Resilient & Sustainable Energy Systems for Rural Regions

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carolina Tranchita

Prof. Dr. Jens Liebehenschel

Projects with even more Practical Orientation? - Of course!

Prof. Dr. Jens Liebehenschel

Do you have more ideas for U!REKA collaboration?

Talk to us!

The U!REKA project team looks forward to your suggestions. We establish contacts, publish information and inquiries in the U!REKA network and find the right contacts and formats for your ideas.