First PIONEER Festival Brought International Spirit to UTB in Zlín
On April 8, 2025, the UTB rectorate building transformed into a colourful mosaic of cultures as the first-ever PIONEER Festival took place as part of International Week at Tomas Bata University in Zlín. From 10:00 to 14:00, visitors had the opportunity to meet international students from UTB, taste authentic dishes from around the world, and […]
PIONEER Festival at UNIZA
On Wednesday, March 19th, 2025, UNIZA came alive with the energy of the PIONEER Festival, the standout feature of this year’s Intercultural Day at UNIZA. The festival brought a fresh and forward-thinking perspective on interculturality and global cooperation, capturing the attention of students, educators, and researchers alike. Set within the broader framework of the Intercultural […]
ERASMUS BIP on Interoperability of Transport Management in Rail Laboratory Conditions
From 2025 March 24th to 28th, University of Zilina hosted the event ‘ERASMUS BIP – Interoperability of Transport Management in Rail Laboratory Conditions’, organised by assoc. prof. Ing. Vladislav Zitrický, PhD., Head of the Traffic Operations Section at Department of Railway Transport, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications. The main objective of […]
Iscte wins the Human Resources Excellence in Research Award
Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon is the first Portuguese University to receive the HR Excellence in Research Award, granted by the European Commission in recognition of its good practices in recruitment and human resources management in research. The award is given to organisations that, after an internal analysis of the compliance with the 40 […]
ERASMUS BIP on Emerging Technologies for Innovative Entrepreneurship
From 2025 March 17th to 21st, Iscte hosted the event ‘ERASMUS BIP – Emerging Technologies for Innovative Entrepreneurship’, organised by Professor Renato Pereira, Deputy Director for Internationalisation and Research at Iscte’s School of Management, with Vice-Rector for the PIONEER Alliance Helena Carreiras as guest. The abovementioned BIP intended to provide students with both a theoretical […]
European University Alliances: a key asset for EU competitiveness
On Thursday 27 February, the European Commission organised the event ‘Shaping the Future: European Universities for a Competitive Europe’, to mark the fifth anniversary of the European University Alliances. This high-level conference brought together more than 400 university representatives and European decision-makers to discuss the future of transnational partnerships and their role in strengthening the […]
Ceremonial Opening of the PIONEER Alliance Project at Université Gustave Eiffel, in Paris
The PIONEER Alliance, a prestigious European University Alliance Project focused on developing consortium on sustainable cities and smart transportation, was officially launched at Université Gustave Eiffel in Paris. From February 25 to 27, 2025, experts, coordinators, and representatives from ten leading European universities gathered to kick-off this groundbreaking initiative aimed at shaping the future of […]
InCITIES BIP Cities Futures – Interdisciplinary Challenges
As part of the European InCITIES project, ISCTE organised the Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) advanced school pilot titled Cities Futures – Interdisciplinary Challenges under the scientific and pedagogical responsibility of Catarina Ferreira da Silva, Associate Professor with Habilitation at ISCTE. This BIP started the 30th of October 2024 and runed until the 24th of January […]
An article on: Piacere di conoscerti – Expert exchange to get to know our new PIONEER partner
In October 2024, two Laurea Information and Publishing Services experts participated in an exchange week for university library staff organised by the IUAV University of Venice through the Erasmus+ programme. In this article, we report on our key observations regarding the factors that link Laurea and IUAV: the PIONEER cooperation, the sustainability activities and the […]
European Hackathon 2025: Shaping the Future of Sustainable Logistics
Since 2021, the Université Gustave Eiffel has partnered with AFIT France (French Transport Infrastructure Financing Agency) to study the evolution of mobility and its impact on transport infrastructure. This collaboration inspired the creation of the European Hackathon, a platform for students to propose innovative solutions to pressing transportation issues. The 2025 edition of the Hackathon […]
