In an era of deepening political divides, echo chambers are growing as individuals retreat into spaces where they only engage with like-minded people. But what if conversations between people with opposing views could reduce this polarisation? A new study, supported by CIVICA, explores how such dialogues could foster understanding and bridge the gap between opposing views.

As a proud member of CIVICA - CEU offers its students unique courses spanning multiple European university campuses, the latest being CIVICA’s Europeanship Multicampus Course: “The Road to the Green Transition”.

One of the most effective ways to tackle challenges in research projects is to sit down together with colleagues and work through ideas. Remote cooperation plays a vital role in modern research, but the energy and creativity that come from in-person discussions can often lead to breakthroughs and help overcome obstacles.  

The CIVICA alliance has selected 24 accomplished postdoctoral researchers and faculty members from across the ten universities of our alliance in the fifth call for the Faculty Short Visits programme. 

Machine translation solutions can be powerful tools for social scientists across different disciplines. Researchers frequently have to translate their text corpora before performing further analysis because many natural language processing (NLP) models are optimised for English. Machine translation tools can facilitate this process and are easily integrated into R-based workflows.

The KIND (Knowledge and Informal Diplomacy) Conference, held on November 21-22 at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, gathered representatives from five CIVICA universities (LSE, Bocconi, CEU, SGH), the CIVICA Secretariat, other European University Initiative alliances, Ukrainian universities, EU policymakers and other important stakeholders.