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Una Europa

Established in 2018, Una Europa was among the first alliances selected to receive European Commission funding under the prestigious European Universities initiative. The alliance has pioneered a Europe-wide living lab of over 20 innovative educational formats, with mobility at the core. Opportunities for students, academics and university staff span joint bachelor’s degrees and PhD programs to challenge-based learning and international training placements. Una Europa is also developing a research and innovation ecosystem by building a common research and innovation agenda, developing joint strategies for sharing infrastructures, and strengthening human capital. The university of Zurich joined Una Europa in 2022.

Una Europa and You – Overview of Opportunities

Una Europa's activities are characterized by openness and collaboration. Whether you are a student, an academic or a member of professional service staff, you can get involved throughout the year.

As a student you can:
•    Become part of the local Una Europa student task force and help building the international student community
•    Participate in one of Una Europa's exchange schemes
•    Participate in international, multilingual, and interdisciplinary learning opportunities

... and more! Find out more on the Una Europa website

As a researcher, you can:

  • Get involved in transdisciplinary research
  • Apply for seed funding to finance collaboration with your peers in Una Europa
  • Participate in mobility schemes for research staff

... and more! Find out more on the Una Europa website

As professional service staff, you can:

  • Participate in mobility schemes for professional staff
  • Participate in joint staff training opportunities

... and more! Find out more on the Una Europa website

If you would like to get involved in Una Europa as a UZH member (student, researcher, staff), please write an email to una.europa@global.uzh.ch.

Collaborative Spotlight

  • UZH Hosts Una Europa General Assembly 2024

    UZH has welcomed 300 delegates to Zurich for the three-day Una Europa General Assembly. Centered on the theme “One Earth, One Future”, this gathering highlighted a commitment to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration among universities and other partners. Una Europa is an alliance of 11 European research-intensive universities, including UZH.
  • A Catalyst for Interdisciplinarity

    UZH hosted the General Assembly of the Una Europa European university alliance for the first time in June 2024. Vice President Elisabeth Stark looks back at the event and emphasizes the boost given to One Health.
  • Faces of Una Europa's CommUNAty

    At the Una Europa General Assembly in Zurich this June, One Health is in the spotlight. Representing UZH, Adrian Hehl and Laura Tüshaus-Rudin, key vvoices behind the programme’s One Health focus, share insights on what One Health means in the context of Una Europa and how everyone can get involved. Read the full interview published in Una Europa's series "Faces of our CommUNAty".
  • UZH Participates in EU Joint Degree Project

    The concept of a European Degree emerges from a rise in joint study programs initiated by European university alliances, featuring curricula from multiple universities and culminating in a joint qualification. In a recent interview conducted by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), Annika Martin from UZH's Teaching Development Office provided valuable insight into the ED-AFFICHE pilot project.
  • UZH Joins Una Europa's Joint Bachelor’s Degree Program in European Stu

    The University of Zurich (UZH) is set to embark on a significant academic journey by joining the Una Europa Joint Bachelor of Arts in European Studies (BAES) from 2025. This initiative aims to provide students with a holistic educational experience that embraces various European cultures and academic fields.
  • Una Europa Boosts European Cooperation

    Find out how the Una Europa alliance is turning the University of Zurich (UZH) into a hub for international education and cooperation. Vice President Gabriele Siegert explains the key impacts of the alliance, from improving UZH's political networking in Europe to the introduction of innovative joint Bachelor's degree programs to be launched at UZH in 2025.
  • Una Europa – What’s the Story?

    “Ag tōgāil ollscoil don todhchaī” – this is Irish and stands for “building the university of the future”. Representatives of UZH, together with members of ten other universities have gathered to work towards this goal at the biannual Una Europa General Assembly, hosted by the University College Dublin (UCD).
  • Fostering an Inclusive and Diverse Future – Insights from the Una Euro

    Diversity and Inclusion took center stage as a group of over 50 dedicated Human Resources and Professional Staff members representing the 11 Una Europa Universities convened at the University of Bologna for the Una Europa Staff Week.
  • One Year of Una Europa Membership – A Glance at What Has Been Done So

    In May 2023, the University of Zurich celebrated its one-year anniversary of joining the University Alliance Una Europa. In this context, the Una Europa Community at the University of Zurich (“CommUNAty”) came together to look back on this first year of membership.

Get Involved now | Opportunities

  • Webinar 7: Discovering the Materials of Tomorrow

    Join Una Europa to embark on a journey of exploration and discovery guided by the academic experts behind Una Europa’s Future Materials Focus Area. Let’s come together to envision more sustainable futures built using the materials of tomorrow.


    Date: 11.12.2024, 3-4 pm CET
    Location: Zoom (online)
  • Webminar: One Health aspects of human companion-animal bond

    Join Una Europa to delve into the health benefits and potential risks associated with having companion animals as integral members of our households.

    Date: 22.11.2024, 12 - 1.30 pm CET
    Location: Zoom (online)
  • OPEN CALL - PhD Impact Competition

    Are you a doctoral researcher in the field of 'Future Materials'? Then enter the Una Europa PhD Impact Award competition! Submit a short case study on the impact of your research for a chance to present at the next Una Europa General Assembly. The winners will also receive communications training to further their professional development. Take this opportunity to make your research stand out and connect with leading scholars across Europe!
  • CALL CLOSED – Una Europa Seed Funding Call 2024

    With a strong emphasis on empowering early-career researchers, the Una Europa Seed Funding Call 2024 supports academics from our 11 partner universities to pursue a collaborative research, education or outreach project with counterparts across the alliance. Open to all disciplines, the Una Europa Seed Funding Call 2024 is your chance to secure up €39k to embark on a new collaboration and accelerate your academic career.
  • Live My Life 2024

    Ever wanted to see what your work life would look like in a different country? If you are a member of professional services staff in ICT, Human Resources, Research Management, or Digital Pedagogical Engineering, then this is your call. Join the 2024 edition of Live My Life – a unique job-shadowing programme that enriches your professional journey by immersing you in an Una Europa university for up to a week.
  • Una Europa Staff Week

    Do you want to explore the latest trends in AI and apply them in your job? Join from 21–25 October 2024, the Una Europa Staff Week 2024 hosted by Uniwersytet Jagielloński in Kraków. "Embracing AI for Professional Development” will be an experience designed to empower professional services staff from Una Europa universities with the knowledge and skills to navigate the evolving landscape of higher education in the digital age. Don't miss out!

Una Europa @ UZH: Internal organization

Una Europa’s Focus Areas act as the thematic glue that ties together the network’s member universities. Each focus area is governed by a Self-Steering Committee (SSC) with experts hailing from each member university. The SSC develop formats based on the Focus Areas. They are complemented by Thematic Clusters, which revolve around the topics of Research, Teaching and Learning, and Mobility. The clusters support the implementation of the formats developed by the SSC. Further, through representatives for the topics of International Strategy, Sustainability and Diversity, alignment with the UZH's strategy and policies in this regard is accounted for. In addition, Student Representatives ensure that student’s voices are heard within Una Europa. Open the drop-down menus below for detailed information about UZH representation within Una Europa.

Una Europa Governance Bodies

Board of Directors

Director: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Stark, Vice President Research

Support (Una Europa Senior Local Leads): Valentina Manzato and Carmen Richard, Global Affairs

 
Research Strategy Group

Research Strategy Lead: Prof. Dr. Beatrice Beck Schimmer, Vice President Medicine

Research Strategy Support: Laura Lots, Research Development

 
Teaching & Learning Strategy Group

Teaching & Learning Lead: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Siegert, Vice President Education and Student Affairs

Teaching & Learning Support: Dr. Thomas Hidber, Educational Development

 

Project Management and Communications

Una.Futura Senior Project Lead (and Co-Senior Local Lead)

Valentina Manzato, Global Affairs
Una.Futura Operations Coordinator

Fabienne Rohner, Global Affairs

Communications Lead Thurka Sinnathurai, Global Affairs 

Una Europa Self Steering Committees (SSC)

SSC Cultural Heritage

Prof. Dr. Mareile Flitsch, Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies

Prof. Dr. Inga Mai Groote, Director Department of Musicology

Prof. Dr. Rebecca Sauer, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies

SSC Data Science & AI

Prof. Dr. Manuel Günther, Department of Informatics

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Furrer, Department of Mathematics and Department of Computational Science

SSC Europe and the World

Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinemann, Faculty of Law

Prof. Dr. Martin Dusinberre, Department of History, Global History

Prof. Dr. Peter Finke, Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies

SSC Future Materials

Prof. Dr. Greta Patzke, Department of Chemistry

Prof. Dr. David Tilley, Department of Chemistry

Prof. Johan Chang, Physics Institute

SSC One Health

Prof. Dr. Adrian Hehl, Vetsuisse Faculty

Prof. Dr. Jan Fehr, Institute of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute

Prof. Dr. Thomas Lutz, Institute of Veterinary Physiology

Dr. Laura Tüshaus-Rudin, General Manager, One Health Institute

SSC Sustainabilty

Prof. Dr. Maria Santos, Department of Geography

Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert, Department of Geography

Prof. Dr. Stefano Battiston, Department of Banking and Finance

Dr. Jeannette Behringer, Project Leader Sustainability

Prof. Dr. David Atwood, Department of Religious Studies

Una Europa Thematic Clusters

Teaching & Learning Cluster Support and coordination of joint education initiatives, internal coordination of all Teaching & learning questions and formats

Dr. Annika Martin, Coordinator Educational Programmes Una Europa

Mobility Cluster Support and coordination of student mobility initiatives and mechanisms Afra Schacher, Max Lauber, Global Student Experience
Research Cluster Support and coordination of research and third party funding initiatives Laura Lots, Maurus Bolfing, Research Development
Student Administration Cluster Support and coordination of joint courses and innovative learning opportunities for students. Gerd Bordon, Student Services
Legal Cluster

Provision of legal support to all clusters and legal project attendance in order to guarantee conformity between Una Europa activities and national laws operating at each University.

Amelie Eidenberger, Simon Meier, Legal Services and Data Protection
Doctoral Training Cluster

Connecting PhD students and supervisors from different UNA universities, enriching the PhD trajectory by joint activities.

Dr. Claudine Leysinger, Graduate Campus
Quality Assurance of Educational Formats Cluster

Responsible for practical guidance, process management and monitoring of internal quality assurance at each UNA university. 

Dr. Jana Ebermann, Educational Development

Educational Design and Technology

Creating a collaborative network of experts committed to advancing digital learning and teaching across all disciplines, with a primary focus on supporting university staff members.

Dr. Alexandra Jansky, Educational Development

Una Europa Taskforces

International Strategy Taskforce Ensure that Una Europa initiatives are compatible with the UZH Global Strategy 2030 Katja Durkin, Global Affairs
Sustainability Taskforce Ensure that Una Europa initiatives are compatible with the UZH sustainability policy

Dr. Jeannette Behringer, Sustainability Team

Diversity Council Ensure that programmes and initiative are open and inclusive Tanja Neve-Seyfarth, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion

Student Representation

Member Una Europa Student Board Ladina Bischof
Member Una Europa Student Board Lars Weidinger

Weiterführende Informationen

Contact

For questions, inputs, and general inquiries please contact

una.europa@global.uzh.ch

Acknowlegement

This project is financially supported by Movetia. Movetia promotes exchange, mobility and cooperation within the fields of education, training and youth work – in Switzerland, Europe and worldwide.

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