CIVICA alliance news

In the CIVICA alliance, we are collaborating across campuses and borders to foster a dialogue between the social sciences and society.

On this page, you can stay up to date with the latest developments in the alliance, peruse news from our joint research or teaching projects, read expert opinions on current events, and much more.

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Hertie School

Seeding a learning community: First annual CIVICA Political Behavior and Institutions Conference and Public Lecture

Scholars across CIVICA institutions discuss governance in times of crisis.

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CIVICA Short Visits Scheme: Faculty and Postdocs Selected for the Inaugural Round

Twenty-six among professors and postdoctoral researchers have been selected to take part in the inaugural round of CIVICA Faculty Short Visits starting this September.

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CEU

Spotlight on CIVICA Women in Research: Elisa Omodei

Elisa Omodei from CEU tells us about her experience with the CIVICA thematic group "Societies in Transition, Crises of Earth".

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SNSPA

SNSPA CIVICA Ambassadors attracted students to the Door2Door campaign

Between 3 and 7 April 2023, as part of the CIVICA Door2Door information campaign, SNSPA students had the chance to learn more about the opportunities offered by the latest programmes, projects and events held within CIVICA from the two SNSPA CIVICA Ambassadors, Joanna Grams and Alexandra-Bianca Marica. 

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Bocconi University

CIVICA students take on the EU’s challenges

Three cross-campus teams of the CIVICA alliance received a prize for their capstone projects in conclusion of the Multicampus course.

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Day 2 of The State of the Union - Perilous times renew EU cooperation: energy, security, economy

The second day of the 13th edition of The State of the Union, the flagship conference of the European University Institute (EUI), took place at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence on 5 May 2023. The conference brought together policymakers from across Europe in a high-level political dialogue with scholars and experts.

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Hertie School

The Climate Divide: How the EU should address equitable climate policy

Eman Atta Maan from Pakistan and François Praum from France formed the Bocconi team of students that won the futurEU competition 2023 with their policy proposal titled "The Climate Divide: Why the EU's Border Adjustment Mechanism Needs Rethinking for Developing Countries."

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Sciences Po

Sciences Po in Europe: how to build a common digital campus, library and student degree?

Sciences Po has been a founding member of CIVICA, the European alliance of universities on social sciences, since 2019. As such, Sciences Po employees take part in building connections with the nine other leading European partner universities so that the alliance can live up to our expectations and offer quality opportunities to students, professors and researchers.

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CEU

CEU hosts CIVICA universities to deepen service to society collaborations

On March 20 and 21, Central European University (CEU) hosted representatives from CIVICA universities to initiate the next phase of work together focused on service to society initiatives across the alliance.

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