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Four universities of Eucor participate in the new network EPICUR

In the “European Partnership for an Innovative Campus Unifying Regions” (EPICUR) the Universities of Strasbourg, Freiburg and Haute-Alsace as well as the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology are collaborating with the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria and the […]

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Hans-Jochen Schiewer has been confirmed as President of Eucor – The European Campus

The reigning president of Eucor – The European Campus, Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Schiewer, rector at the University of Freiburg, has been confirmed in his office through the meeting of the heads of the member universities of Eucor – The European Campus in Basel. Prof. Dr. Andrea Schenker-Wicki, rector at the University of Basel, was also […]

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“Communicating in the other person’s language”

Continuing education to improve Franco-German language skills aimed at staff members from member universities within the Eucor – The European Campus network is starting its second segment in February. Anna Navickas, Consultant for International Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Michal Parusinski, research engineer at the University of Strasbourg and Marlene Kottmann, research assistant […]

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The projects of the second funding round cross-border “Seed Money”

In the call for the second funding round “Seed Money”, Eucor – The European Campus approved the financing of eight projects in research and teaching with a total amount of 300,000 euros. With the “Seed Money”, adopted in 2017, the trinational university network has set about to finance new cross-border science projects within the member universities […]

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Panneau Profit vs. Moral

Joint seminar about ways of dealing with ethical conflicts

How do executives handle situations involving a conflict between practical constraints and moral problems? Teachers and students of economics, theology, and Catholic welfare studies at the Universities of Basel, Freiburg, and Strasbourg are investigating this question – and in doing so are transforming themselves into silent shadows. The scandal at Oxfam, misappropriation of donations at […]

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2.7 million euros for cross-border research

The European Union is funding two projects in sustainability research on the European Campus. The Monitoring Committee of the European INTERREG program has approved two cross-border applications from universities in the Upper Rhine region. The three-year projects in the fields of hydrology and renewable energy are managed by the University of Freiburg and strengthen the […]

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Portrait Prof. Astrid Möller

Cross-border collaboration in Classical & Ancient Studies

Twenty years ago, four of the universities united through Eucor – The European Campus founded the Collegium Beatus Rhenanus. The Collegium Beatus Rhenanus (CBR) is a Classical & Ancient Studies research and teaching network from the universities united through Eucor – The European Campus. Prof. Dr. Astrid Möller (Department of Ancient History Freiburg) took over […]

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Konferenzteilnehmende in Basel

Conference about Migration in East European History

On 10 and 11 September 2018, scholars from Switzerland, Austria, France, the UK, the US, and Russia met at the University of Basel in order to discuss new research projects on migration within and out of Eastern and East Central Europe in the 19th and 20th century. The conference was organized by the chair of […]

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Portrait Moritz Faist

The Swiss adventure

Moritz Faist studies comparative modern history at the University of Freiburg. The 25-year-old uses Eucor mobility and attends courses on Swiss European policy and the history of European integration as well as a Danish course at the University of Basel. We talked to him about his experiences as a cross-border student. Mr. Faist, why did […]

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Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer am Bibliothekstreffen

Networking libraries

The libraries from the Eucor region met once again on September 19, 2018 at the University of Freiburg. Colleagues from the Eucor university libraries in Basel, Freiburg, Haute-Alsace, Karlsruhe and Strasbourg as well as the Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe and the Bibliothèque Nationale Universitaire (BNU) in Strasbourg reported on the work in their institutions and […]

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