This year's Research Week will be 3 events wrapped into one :

• the usual Research Week,
• the finale of the first EU GREEN "3-minute fame" contest
• the 2nd edition of the Young researchers Summer School (please note : participants will be the students from the 3-minute fame contest")
   

This event is a core time in our always busy academic calendar, with invaluable face to face meetings replacing the many virtual connections taking place during the year. Building on plenary sessions and various live meetings between the cluster members, the PhD Council, the European Task Force, and the Joint Research Commission, this Research week will deliver the vision and roadmap for WP3 for the next academic years while being also a moment to get out of your day-to-day activities and think differently.  

Rooting Research in Society, a multi-level stakeholder approach

One of our topic for 2025 will be “Rooting Research in Society, a multi-level stakeholder approach”. Three open roundtables will be organized on transversal topics to allow for joint discussions across scientific topics. The roundtables will have the goal of rooting the EU GREEN research world into the local regions, where public and private stakeholders operate. The aim is to connect the regional needs and demands for knowledge in sustainability with our EU GREEN university researchers, to develop external networks and to focus on sustainability solutions. The sessions will address interactions with the regions at increasing spatial scales: (1) our campuses, where stakeholders are our students, citizens, and associations; (2) our cities, where stakeholders are the administrators; and (3) our macroregions, where stakeholders are small, medium, and large enterprises, both public and private. 

To infinity and beyond : the future of EU GREEN research collaboration after 2026

Our second main topic will be "To infinity and beyond : the future of EU GREEN research collaboration after 2026." The first EU GREEN project lasts from 2023 to 26. In the beginning of 2026 we will have to apply to the European Commission to continue our alliance. So this research week will be the perfect time to start reflecting on the next step we collectively would like to achieve. 

Participants will also have timeslots dedicated to meetings in smaller groups, within cluster, projects or other. This big event it the occasion to meet new colleagues and discuss: we will be here to help you find a scientific match within the participants of the Staff Week if needed. 

A parallel event dedicated to PhD students 

In parallel to the Research Week, we will have the pleasure to host the first edition of the Three-minute Fame contest organised at the level of the PhD Council, where PhD students from our 9 universities will present their work. Be there to support them in this EU GREEN competition! The PhD students will also follow parallel workshops to improve their cross-disciplinary skills.  

Registration

All members of the WP3 bodies (JRC, the 6 clusters, the PhD council and the taskforce) are cordially invited and strongly encouraged to attend in order to pursue the collaboration that has already been kickstarted. 

Any other interested researchers and staff wishing to join the EU GREEN Research bodies are also warmly invited to join. 

To ensure that they can attend, all interested staff and researchers should contact the referent person from their university before April 15th 2025:

• BARTOLI Marco, marco.bartoli @ unipr.it (University of Parma, Italy)
• BENGTSSON Lars lars.bengtsson @ hig.se (University of Gävle, Sweden)
• BLOUËT Alix, eugreenwp3 @ univ-angers.fr (University of Angers, France)
• DODESCU Anca, otiliaanca.dodescu @ gmail.com (University Oradea, Romania)
• HAGEN Martina martina.hagen@ovgu.de (University Otto von Guericke Magdeburg, Germany)
• KOPANCZYK Katarzyna, katarzyna.kopanczyk @ upwr.edu.pl (Wroclaw University of Life & Environment Sciences, Poland) 
• LUCY Frances, frances.lucy @ atu.ie (Atlantic Technological University, Ireland)
• PEREZ ALOE VALVERDE Raquel, eugreen_uex@unex.es (University of Extremadura, Spain)
• PIRES Cesaltina, cpires @ uevora.pt (University of Evora, Portugal)

Practical information

How to come to Parma

Option 1. Bologna airport – Train 1 Marconi Express (shuttle from Bologna airport to Bologna central station – 13 Euros – about 7 minutes) – Train 2 train to Parma (about an hour)

Option 2. Milano Malpensa – Train 1 Malpensa Express (train from airport to Milano centrale station – 13 Euros – about 55 minutes) – Train 2 Regional train to Parma (12 Euros – 1h40 minutes).

Option 3. Milan Bergamo Airport – Bus from airport to Milano centrale station (10 Euros – about 50 minutes) – Train 2 Regional train to Parma (12 Euros – 1h40 minutes).

Hotels recommendations

The Research Week venue will be the University of Parma, Department of Economics and Management -

• Grand Hotel di Parma
• Ibis Styles Parma Toscanini
• Mercure Parma Centro Stendhal
• Hotel NH Parma
• Hotel Button
• Hotel Torino

We are pleased to meet you all soon for this third edition !

Work Package 3 Team