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Are you navigating academia while experiencing firsthand the challenges of being from an underrepresented group? Become an advocate for the BRIDGE Program! BRIDGE will connect you with peers who understand your journey and provides mentorship as you develop skills to support each other and advocate for systemic change. Apply before the 15th of January 2026!

Following the Fast Forward Open Science Event organised on the 22nd of October as part of the International Open Access Week, our alliance reaffirms its commitment to Open Science and calls for reassessing our research evaluation criteria.

The seminar fostered trust, creativity, and interdisciplinary thinking. Through collaborative mapping, discussions, and shared exploration, we learned how scientific and artistic approaches enrich each other and open new pathways for understanding.

Whether you are a researcher, student, activist or professional from inside or outside the alliance – contribute to Circle U.nited 2026 and share your perspective on sustainability!

The Circle U. General Assembly convened on 21 November 2025 at the University of Vienna, concluding two days of events marking the alliance’s 5th anniversary. Following celebrations, public talks, and joint activities across the Vienna campus, rectors, presidents, student representatives and alliance staff gathered to take key decisions and reflect on the next phase of Circle U.’s development.

In the grand hall of the University of Vienna this November, as Circle U. celebrated its fifth anniversary, the alliance’s General Assembly reflected on how far we have come. Among our key achievements is the Open Campus initiative — a shared digital entry point to our joint course catalogue. This “one-stop shop” allows students and staff to easily access an ever-growing collection of programmes, courses, events, and resources developed collaboratively by academics across our nine partner universities.

An inspiring community event full of exchange, ideas and European collaboration.

Seed funding for your next cooperative research project! Deadline: 28 February 2026

Although many people have never heard of the "City of Smiles", Aarhus has recently been elected as the Erasmus Destination of the Year 2025. Learn more about Aarhus, its university and its contrasts.

Reflections from a Week of Ideas, Dialogue, and Discovery in Aarhus from participating students Achille Devars (Université Paris Cité) and Milana Tošić (University of Belgrade).

Dan Banik speaks with Nemanja Džuverović about the student-led movement that has shaken Serbia’s political order one year after the Novi Sad train station collapse.

This year, Circle U. is supporting 13 seed-funded projects. Over the next few months, each project leader will present their initiative. This month, we are taking a closer look at the project Cultivating an Interdisciplinary Alliance for Responsible AI for Knowledge Graphs (RAI4KG).