The Circle U. Teaching & Innovation Lab (CU.til), in collaboration with the Open Campus, is organising a new Academic Matchmaking event at UCLouvain (Louvain-la-Neuve) in September 2026.

This event brings together academics, educational developers, and internationalisation actors from across the Circle U. alliance to explore opportunities for co-creating international learning experiences and joint educational initiatives.

The event is designed as a collaborative co-creation space, combining networking, pedagogical reflection, and hands-on ideation. Particular attention will be given to supporting participants in identifying realistic, adaptable, and context-sensitive forms of collaboration.

Thematic areas:

Participants will work around the following thematic areas:

  • Public Debate and Democratic Participation
  • Health, Care and Ageing
  • Living Together in Cities
  • Science in Times of Social Transformation
  • Migration and Inclusion

Why should you participate? 

Through facilitated matchmaking, collaborative workshops, and pedagogical co-design activities, participants will have the opportunity to:

  • connect with colleagues from partner universities sharing similar interests,
  • explore different formats of international collaboration (COILs, hybrid courses, guest lectures, joint modules, etc.),
  • exchange ideas and practices around international and interdisciplinary teaching,
  • and begin developing concrete educational collaborations within Circle U.

Please contact your home university for funding opportunities.

Do you have a question on the programme or on the selection process? Please contact: Viktoria Nagy, viktoria.nagy@uclouvain.be

How to participate

The in-person matchmaking will bring together participants with aligned projects, building on this pre-selection. A preliminary analysis of applications will be conducted to pre-match academics based on their projects.
Send your application here before 5 July!

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