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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'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:
... and more! Find out more on the Una Europa website
As professional service staff, you can:
... 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.
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.
| Board of Directors |
Director: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Stark, Vice President Research Support (Una Europa Senior Local Leads): Valentina Manzato and Carmen Richard, Global Affairs |
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| Research Strategy Group |
Research Strategy Lead: Prof. Dr. Beatrice Beck Schimmer, Vice President Medicine Research Strategy Support: Laura Lots, Research Development |
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| 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 |
| Una.Futura Senior Project Lead (and Co-Senior Local Lead) |
Valentina Manzato, Global Affairs |
| Communications Lead |
Thurka Sinnathurai, Global Affairs (Communications Lead) |
| 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. Avi Bernstein Ph.D, Director Digital Society Initiative 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 |
| 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 |
| Teaching & Learning Cluster | Support and coordination of joint education initiatives, internal coordination of all Teaching & learning questions and formats |
Dr. Annika Martin, Dr. Franziska Fecher, 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. | Helen Datsomor, 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 |
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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 |
| 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 | Dr. Karin Gilland Lutz, Gender Equality and Diversity |
| Member Una Europa Student Board | Ladina Bischof |
| Member Una Europa Student Board | Lars Weidinger |
