ERUA Collaborative Open Space

The digital platform serves as an informative and engaging hub where community members, researchers, and students can discover ongoing initiatives, share ideas, and co-create knowledge.

COMMUNITY BASED ERUA COLLABORATIVE OPEN SPACE

The platform functions as the ERUA virtual Science Shop, connecting universities and society in an open, collaborative online environment. By showcasing community-engaged research and innovation across the alliance, ECOS demonstrates how academic and societal partners work together to explore solutions to shared challenges, advancing societal impact of research.


As ERUA’s virtual Science Shop, ECOS strengthens cooperation among academia and society, showcasing the alliance’s commitment to sustainable development, creativity and digital transformation.

In its final form ECOS will operate as a cooperation mechanism that supports interaction among diverse interest groups and users. These include members of ERUA alliance universities, associated partners, interregional and civil society actors, policymakers, social and green enterprises, NGOs, activists, artists, creative and cultural actors. Its aim is to link academic expertise with societal needs and foster both top-down and bottom-up initiatives.

Discover places around...

Currently, ECOS serves as a friendly neighborhood for several ERUA’s mini-sites and projects, supporting a wide palette of participatory activities and informative events. You can discover some here:

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ERUA Summit 2025

ERUA's 5th Annual Summit brings together students, academics, and local partners from across Europe to reflect, connect, and shape the future of higher education through collaboration, creativity, and reform.

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Doing Democracy

Doing Democracy is a cross-border initiative that brings together academic institutions and civil society organizations from Germany and Poland to foster democratic engagement and collaboration.

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ERUA Social Entrepreneurship Lab

The ERUA Social Entrepreneurship Lab is a collaborative initiative aimed at fostering social innovation and entrepreneurship across the ERUA network.

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ERUA Science Café events

The European Reform University Alliance (ERUA) is hosting a series of online Science Café events, designed to engage various stakeholders.

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ERUA DigiTalks

DigiTalks are informative, dialogue-oriented sessions where participants primarily receive insights from invited experts or panelists.

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ERUA Online & in-person Biennales

The 2025 Biennale opens a space for shared reflection on the multifaceted relationship between the arts and the critical concept of edge.

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ERUA Mentors Catalogue

The European Reform University Alliance (ERUA) via regular calls invites experienced professionals and academics to join our pool of mentors.

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ERUA Ideathons

An Ideathon is about submitting an idea — it acts as a springboard for creative proposals and challenges that ignites innovation and connects people, needs, places.

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ERUA Hackathons

Hackathon events either digital or in-person are conducted, offering opportunities for broader synergies and community building acting as catalyst for creative ideas and innovation.

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