Winter School “European Identities” 2023 Focus Topic: Migration
Interdisciplinary Winter School for Master students The next Winter School will take place from February 24th to March 3rd 2023 at the University of Konstanz. The ERUA Winter School “European Identities” is designed for Master students of all disciplines who seek to learn about discourses regarding transnational concepts and perspectives on European identities. This year’s focus will […]
Call for Participation to a workshop “Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships: How to write a competitive proposal?”
Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PFs) target postdocs (with no more than 8 years of experience after the completion of their PhD) who wish to carry out their research activities abroad, acquire new skills, develop their careers and improve employability by gaining experience in other countries, disciplines and non-academic sectors. These postdoctoral fellowships […]
Eighth ERUA Open Science Meet-Up
Eighth ERUA Open Science Meet-Up will take place on 29.09. on the topic: The impact of the Bulgarian National Open Science Plan on the New Bulgarian University On September 29 between 14:00 and 14:45 (CET), the 8th ERUA Open Science Meet-Up will take place on Zoom. The topic is: the impact of the Bulgarian National […]
Workshop: The History and Legacy of Reform: Changing Promises and Realities of Higher Education
From the 5th to the 7th of May, members of the ERUA WP2 research group and other interested parties came together in Konstanz for their second research group workshop on “The History and Legacy of Reform: Changing Promises and Realities of Higher Education”. Under the coordination of Anne Kwaschik (University of Konstanz), the workshop explored both the existing […]
International Communication
Organizational unit: Centre for Transferable Skills Background Today’s working world has become diverse in terms of colleagues and clients. Although quite exciting, interaction in increasingly diverse environments can also be quite challenging in terms of working style, differing values and attitudes towards, and communication in a lingua franca that is not one’s own language. In […]
Call for ERUA Students ׀ WP5 Re-Imagining Campus
We’re looking for Change Makers and Local Activators Are you passionate with artistic, creative and cultural activities? Are you lover of sciences and enthusiastic with new technologies? Are you a social and environmental activist with love for human and nature? Do you care and fight for social justice and peace? Do you love writing and […]
2022/2023 Evaluation
In November 2020, the European Reform University Alliance (ERUA) was launched as part of the European University Initiative. In addition to the University of Konstanz, the founding members are the New Bulgarian University, Roskilde University, University Paris 8 (coordination) and the University of the Aegean. The University of Konstanz is responsible for quality assurance in […]
Managing Diversity : Challenges of working in multicultural teams
Organizational unit: Centre for Transferable Skills “We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.” —Berners-Lee, inventor of the Worldwide Web, 2012 In a globalized world, working in an international environment with international teams is nothing unusual. Therefore, managing diversity and learning how to work in multicultural teams are two important/compulsory […]
Gender Binaries and Linguistic Practices
Organizational unit: Department of Literature, Art and Media Studies The course is about the study of the relationship between language and society. It would highlight the various functions that a language performs in a society which results in disparity of genders. Therefore, this course aims at exploring the role of gender as a sociolinguistic variable […]
Age and Gender Partialities Based on Socialinguistic Practices
Organizational unit: International Office The seminar is about the study of the relationship between language and society. It aims to discuss that the use of languages in the societies are governed by gender, age, class, race etc. Therefore, these factors play an important part in maintaining social roles and creating power structures in a society. […]