Welcome to the Open Campus!

How can cities become more sustainable, resilient, and climate-neutral? Changing Cities, Changing Societies brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to explore how urban transformation can create meaningful and lasting change.

Can education help strengthen democracy at a time when democratic values and institutions are facing growing challenges? This Open Conversation brings together academics, representatives from schools and civil society to explore the role that universities and education can play in promoting democratic values, civic engagement and a deeper awareness of the values at the heart of the European project.

This course examines the discourse of online activism through its linguistic (intensification, affect, proximity), multimodal (memes, reels) and transdisciplinary dimensions. It combines theoretical work (reading portfolio, class discussions) with a hands-on case study on Spanish-language data, carried out in small groups with methodological justification.

Global health is facing profound change. From shifting funding models and geopolitical pressures to questions about the future of the WHO and the impact of AI on medical knowledge, the challenges are growing. Join experts as they share their perspectives on the future of global health, followed by an open discussion.

The colloquium presents three talks by experts who work on the future of language, writing, education, knowledge creation and technical infrastructures in the context of AI technologies. Furthermore, we host three sessions in which work-in-progress on these topics can be presented. These slots are particularly meant for MA and PhD students to present their ongoing work.

In this interdisciplinary lecture series, we explore the global challenges of plastic - a wonder material that has become central to modern life. We will explore plastic consumption, waste patterns and solutions such as new technologies for plastic degradation and recycling, industrial approaches to circular product design, and the development of more structured and circular plastic systems.

The lecture series is tailored for students and scholars from any discipline eager to explore innovative and deeply interdisciplinary approaches to wide-ranging health issues and complex societal problems.

This Honours Certificate is an interdisciplinary supplement that you can follow online and acquire simultaneously with your main study programme.