Registration Now Open for the ERUA Summit 2026

We are pleased to announce that the registration is now open for the ERUA 6th Annual Summit: Consolidating Achievements, Shaping Continuity, which will take place from 18 – 20 November 2026 at New Bulgarian University (NBU) in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Summit will bring together representatives from across the ERUA Alliance, including university leadership, academic and […]

Intensive Course “Archetypes and Algorithms: Exploring Tarot through AI Art” Concludes with Digital Student Exhibition at NBU

From 20 to 22 May 2026, ERUA and New Bulgarian University hosted the intensive on-site course “Archetypes and Algorithms: Exploring Tarot through AI Art”, led by Asst. Prof. Ivaylo Saraliyski, PhD. The three-day workshop brought together students from Paris 8 University and the University of Macerata for an experimental programme exploring the intersection of visual […]

Call for Proposals: ERUA Fieldwork Opportunity for Early-Career Researchers (Social Sciences)

Industrial Sites: Traces, Transmissions and Memory Regimes (Plovdiv, 02 – 07 August 2026) This programme offers a fieldwork-based research environment for ERUA early-career researchers, bringing them together with researchers and students from New Bulgarian University within a shared geographical and cultural setting. Focused on industrial heritage, it examines industrial spaces as configurations of material traces, […]

ERLab Days x ERUA Bootcamp Heilbronn 2026: European Students Develop Innovative Solutions for Real-World Challenges

The ERLab Bootcamp 2026 concluded with an impressive final event at the Gravity Building of Campus Founders. For one week, the Bildungscampus Heilbronn was transformed into a European innovation lab: as part of the ERLab Days, international students, academics, and innovation stakeholders from the European university alliance ERUA collaborated on real societal and economic challenges […]

MRU Students Participated in an International Travelling Seminar in Sofia

From 20 to 22 April, students from Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) together with Professor Dr. Virginijus Bitė from the Law School participated in the international ERUA travelling seminar “Democracy, Human Rights and the Sustainable Transformation of Corporate Governance in Europe,” held at New Bulgarian University (NBU) in Sofia, Bulgaria. The three-day seminar brought together around 20 MRU master’s students from the […]

International Conference Marks 40 Years since the Chernobyl Accident

The Radioactive Decay of the Iron Curtain: Re-Examination of the Chernobyl Catastrophe in Comparative Perspective An international conference took place on April 17–18, 2026, at New Bulgarian University, dedicated to examining the long-term consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. Researchers from Bulgaria, the United States, Ukraine, Poland, Italy, Ireland, Scotland, Hungary, and Switzerland attended the event. […]

New Call: Join Our Team! Become an ERUA Student Ambassador!

Are you ready to make waves in the European student community? Become an ERUA Student Ambassador!  What is ERUA? ERUA (European Reform University Alliance) is a vibrant network of universities, a framework which allows students from different backgrounds to become part of a shared European experience. As being part of reform universities our students are […]

30th Early Fall School of Semiotics (EFSS): “Between Selves: Human and AI Subjectivity in Semiotic and Interdisciplinary Perspectives”

Dates: 4-7 September, 2026 Location: Sozopol, Bulgaria The Southeast European Centre for Semiotic Studies and the New Bulgarian University invites you to take part in the 30th Early Fall School of Semiotics, to be held under the framework of WP3 of the European Reform University Alliance (ERUA2), and with the support of the STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT FUND of New Bulgarian […]

ERUA Virtual opportunities for students to meet and study together

Join the next online “Meet and Study Together” meeting on the 27th of March, a student-led opportunity to connect and discuss shared interests. The fifth session is led by New Bulgarian University and the topic is “Board Games in Community Building and Development of skills”. During the meeting an overview of main types of board […]

Hack Smart Sofia 2026

Dates: 15 – 19 June 2026 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Host Institution: New Bulgarian University ERUA is happy to announce a three-day international Smart City hackathon that will take place at New Bulgarian University in Sofia between the 15th and 19th of June, 2026. The hackathon is organised as an ERUA initiative jointly designed by the […]