Joint Executive Committee

On April 04 and 05, 2022, a physical meeting of ERUA and RE-ERUA Executive Committee members was held at the Université Paris 8. It was the occasion of a much awaited first face-to-face meeting since the beginning of the initiative in November 2020 ! These meetings allowed to collectively address several crucial questions, notably regarding […]

Meet Amber. Read what our ERUA student representative has to say about her ESA experience

Amber Mun, ERUA, Université Paris 8 The European Student Assembly, an opportunity for counter-isolation Following the prolonged isolation entailed by the pandemic and in the midst of the ongoing violence in Ukraine, the timing of the inaugural session of the European Student Assembly could not have been more prescient as a moment of collective reflection […]

Staff exchange week

Staff exchange week – May 11-13, online The ERUA is committed to the principle of open access and open data in education and research. The staff from the 5 ERUA libraries will learn from one another during the event and will exchange good practices in the field of open educational resources, open science and open […]

Keynote lecture “Semper Reformanda: Reform and the University Through History”

Keynote lecture “Semper Reformanda: Reform and the University Through History” (William Whyte, Oxford University), Thursday, May 5, 2022, 17-18.30 (CET), University of Konstanz Universities are perpetually in need of reform. That, at least, is the conclusion many scholars seem to have reached. Successive studies show universities through history either reforming or failing to reform.  What […]

The History and Legacy of Reform: Changing Promises and Realities of Higher Education

The ERUA research group is inviting to its second workshop: “The History and Legacy of Reform: Changing Promises and Realities of Higher Education”, held in Konstanz May 5-7, 2022, Workshop “The History and Legacy of Reform: Changing Promises and Realities of Higher Education” This is the second instalment of a workshop series, organized by the […]

Second ERUA Open Science Meet-Up will take place on 24.02.2022

After a fun round of Open Science Jeopardy in January, the second ERUA English-language Open Science Meet-Up will take place on 24.02.2022, between 14.00 and 14.45. The topic is “Openness“. What do we mean by open data and publications? How do we perceive openness in our scientific and professional environments? And, should there be limits […]

“Participating in and creating scientific networks” workshop for early-career researchers

A two-day workshop “Participating in and creating scientific networks” will be held virtually on March 23rd – 24th.   The workshop is directed towards early-career researchers with motivation to develop international collaboration and research networks. The purpose of the workshop is to facilitate exchange of experience in building international research networks between early-career researchers and senior researchers. The starting point will […]

Follow-up on the 1st Open Science Meet-Up

On Thursday, January 27th, the first ERUA Open Science meet-up took place on Webex between 14:00 and 14:45. Around 25 participants joined the hosts Livia Gertis, Max Heber and Matthias Landwehr for a game of Open Science definitions jeopardy. In a relaxed atmosphere, views on Open Science concepts were exchanged among members of the Universities […]

First Monthly Open Science Meet-Up

First Monthly Open Science Meet-Up on 27.01.2022 between 2.00 p.m. and 2.45 p.m. The first monthly Open Science Meet-Up will take place on 27.01.2022 between 14.00 and 14.45 (in English). The KIM of the University of Konstanz organises this meet-up in the context of ERUA with our European partner universities. We will be playing a […]