Find Horizon Europe partners | Cluster 2 matchmaking event

At this event organised by Una Europa’s Research Coordination Cluster, participants will present ideas and connect with potential partners, with the goal of building strong, international consortia.

This event is aimed at assistant, associate and full professors at all 11 Una Europa partner universities. Early-career researchers are also welcome to join the matchmaking session, to connect with more senior researchers and contribute their expertise to a new consortium.

Participants' research interests should align with one of the Horizon Europe Cluster 2 topics for 2027:

• Democracy and Governance.
• Cultural Heritage.
• Social and Economic Transformations.

See the list of all sub-topics below.

For coordinators seeking partners:

• Present your idea to potential collaborators.
• Meet researchers from Una Europa’s 11 partner universities.
• Identify expertise needed to strengthen your proposal.

For researchers looking to join proposals:

• Discover emerging Horizon Europe project ideas.
• Find opportunities to contribute expertise to a consortium.
• Expand your international research network.

Democracy and Governance

• Countering and preventing radicalisation, extremism, hate speech and polarisation.
• Women’s, LGBTIQ+ and minority rights in the context of autocracy, conflict and geopolitical shifts.
• Student and family engagement for democratic/civic participation.
• The impact of AI, cyberviolence, and deepfakes on equality, democracy and inclusive societies.
• Development aid and democratic governance.
• User-focused solutions to support news media freedom.
• The role of private companies in democracy.
• Global human rights and EU values.
• Reinvigorating and shielding European democracy.

Cultural Heritage

• Towards a culture and creativity driven European innovation ecosystem.
• Embracing a fair AI revolution.
• Crafting routes to a circular economy.
• Culture, heritage and creative industries for health and well-being.
• Interplay between the cultural and creative sectors and industries and the social economy.
• Future-proofing sustainable cultural tourism.
• Societal impact of cultural heritage.
• Safeguarding and transmission of intangible cultural heritage.
• Realising the full potential of cultural heritage, arts and cultural and creative industries.

Social and Economic Transformations

• Impact of nature-positive environments in promoting social cohesion and reducing inequalities.
• Impact of in-kind benefits on income distribution and on vulnerable populations.
• Rethinking sustainable competitiveness: role and contribution of the Social Economy.
• Impact of EU labour mobility on the Member States of the EU.
• Use of AI in pre-primary and primary education.
• Causes and effective policy interventions for declining youth skills in mathematics, reading, and science.
• Opportunities for labour inclusion and social protection for people with disabilities.
• Scaling and deploying innovations in migration management.
• Improving socio-economic outcomes for people with dementia and informal caregivers.

To register as a potential project coordinator or partner, please fill in this form.

Researchers interested in coordinating a project should register by 23 October. Those interested in participating in a project should register by 27 November 2026.

If your university is not listed, please contact Lea Kodeih at Universiteit Leiden: l.kodeih@luris.nl.

All researchers who aim to coordinate a project proposal will be contacted to discuss their ideas and expectations, prior to the session on 9 December. In this way, we can design the event in a way that supports coordinators and meets their needs.