Alessandro Seguino, University of Edinburgh and the NEXTVET Summer School
Alessandro Seguino is Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety at the University of Edinburgh's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and the first Una Europa Seed Funding Chair in One Health. In June 2023, Alessandro travelled to Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna to co-deliver the NEXTVET Summer School alongside host Alessandra De Cesare and a dynamic team of Una Europa academics dedicated to public safety and meat hygiene.
" Una Europa gave us a great platform to bring together multidisciplinary expertise from all over Europe, not only represented by the diversity of the students we welcomed, but also by academics from important vet schools across Europe, welcoming academics from seven different European countries. "
Alessandro Seguino on the added value of delivering the NEXTVET Summer School with the support of Una Europa
María García Hernández, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Cultural Heritage at the Urban and Metropolitan Peripheries
Professor of Human Geography at Universidad Complutense de Madrid María García Hernández took a partial tour of our alliance in her role as Una Europa Seed Funding Chair in Cultural Heritage. She travelled to Kraków, Bologna and Edinburgh to co-deliver workshops for both doctoral and senior researchers, including students of the alliance's Joint Doctoral Programme in Cultural Heritage, to exchange views, share research and encourage future collaborations. María's Chairship culminated in an international conference hosted by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, showcasing the successes of the workshops and offering space for our alliance's cultural heritage community to come together.
Take a tour of our cultural heritage community with María García Hernández
" The support of the Una Europa community has been decisive.. I am happy because I have seen an increasingly larger group of fellow researchers and specialised professors gradually being consolidated. There is a very friendly working atmosphere, leading to the advancement of many joint collaborative initiatives. "
María García Hernández on the the energy and enthusiasm of the Una Europa Cultural Heritage community
Jan Wouters, KU Leuven and creating textbooks for a University of the Future
As Una Europa Seed Funding Chair in Europe and the World, Jan Wouters applied his extensive expertise as Professor of International Law and Jean Monnet Chair ad personam European Union and Global Governance at KU Leuven to developing two textbooks to support core teaching for the alliance's pioneering Joint Bachelor of Arts in European Studies. Jan co-led workshops hosted by Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna to develop the textbook content, taking an innovative interdisciplinary approach by including experts from seven Una Europa universities from the fields of political science and economics, history, law, philosophy and governance studies.
Delve into Jan's experience at Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
" The project brought together an amazing, energising group of people where genuine cross-fertilisation could take place. As our eleven partner institutions are so large and diverse, there is still an enormous amount of untapped potential. Provided the right incentives are given to people, I think the sky is the limit. "
Jan Wouters on where the collaboration initiated under his Una Europa Seed Funding Chairship could take us in the future
Filippo Fontanelli, University of Edinburgh and helping early-career researchers to explore synergies between EU policy and SDGs
Filippo Fontanelli, Senior Lecturer in International Economic Law at the University of Edinburgh, spent his summer at Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna empowering early-career researchers to examine and analyse touchpoints between EU policy and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In his role as Una Europa Seed Funding Chair in Sustainability, Filippo delivered a course on, "The External Economic Action of the European Union and the Sustainable Development Goals" in collaboration with senior academic from six Una Europa partner universities.
" The support from Una Europa has been great... I highly recommend this experience, and I look forward to doing it again. "
Filippo Fontanelli on his experience as Una Europa Seed Funding Chair
Carsten Momsen, Freie Universität Berlin and defending against the inevitable sophistication of crime
Carsten Momsen, Professor of Criminal Law at Freie Universität Berlin, began his journey as Una Europa Seed Funding Chair in Data Science and AI when he met future collaborator Michele Panzavolta, Associate Professor in Criminal Law at KU Leuven, and they decided to join forces and tackle the latest innovations in cybercrime. With the support of Una Europa Seed Funding their project, "Future Aspects of Crime and Enforcement" became a reality, delivering a webinar series exploring how emerging technologies are adopted into the world of crime and preparing a joint blog, which will be launched at the project's final conference on 5-6 October 2023.
Read about Carsten's experience collaborating with Una Europa researchers from KU Leuven and beyond
" There was great sympathy and interest in the collaboration from the very beginning, especially from KU Leuven colleagues. It was a special moment to be accepted as a member of the Leuven team. "
Carsten Momsen on being welcomed to the project team and to Leuven for his visiting professorship
The next edition of the Una Europa Seed Funding Chairs will launch in autumn 2023. Keep an eye on our Get involved as an academic page for the latest updates.
