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Upcoming opportunities

The Aurora universities offer many exciting opportunities for their students and staff across the universities to develop their skills. Additionally, there are opportunities to impact the development of the Aurora collaboration.

Upcoming opportunities are listed below. You can also find a complete overview of courses at the Aurora universities in the Aurora course catalogue on the central Aurora website. Other opportunities such as seminars, workshops and shorter training can also be found on the central Aurora website.

If the opportunities include trips abroad, you can contact aurora@hi.is to find out whether mobility grants are available. 

 Students

Do you want to gain international experience in your studies? Find out about courses at Aurora universities and other opportunities offered to students. 

The student opportunities are listed below whenever they are available.

Aurora Peace Talks - 2nd series - featuring academic expertise and personal stories from conflicts across the globe.

April 16, 2025 | 15:00 CET

Dr. Pius Mosima

“Hope as a Social Virtue in Peacebuilding”

Explore the transformative power of hope from an African philosophical perspective.

May 26, 2025 | 15:00 CET

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wagner

“Opposing Support for Ukraine”

A political analysis of why segments of the European public resist military aid to Ukraine.

June 10, 2025 | 15:00 CET

Dr. Marije Luitjens

“Introducing the Peace System Analysis”

Discover how local resilience in Kosovo and Medellín can shape sustainable peace.

Interested participants can register through this form. 

After registering, participants will receive the link to each of the sessions. 

 

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 Staff

Do you want to gain a better understanding of Aurora's vision and develop your skills at work? Find out more about the opportunities available for staff within Aurora. There are various opportunities, such as workshops, courses, and conferences.

The staff opportunities are listed whenever they are available.

Aurora webtalk taking place on 6 June 2025 at 12:45 PM (CET), as part of the Erasmus+ project Living Lab and Climate Litigation. The guest speaker will be Pia Hollestein, a member of the Swiss organisation KlimaSeniorinnen, which recently won a landmark climate case before the European Court of Human Rights.

This online session will offer valuable insights into climate litigation, intergenerational justice, and the role of civil society in advancing climate action. The webtalk is open to students, researchers, and anyone interested in climate justice.

Registration required: Registration form to webtalk with Pia Hollestein

4 EU Projects – One Innovative Event

Bringing together four EU-funded initiatives - MATISSE, CloudSkin, NearData, and Extract - this hackathon showcases state-of-the-art research, from foundational cloud-computing frameworks to advanced Digital Twins.

Hosted simultaneously at UIBK and URV, each campus will tackle its own challenge. Participants will then come together in hybrid sessions to watch demos and share results in real time.

Whether you join on-site or online, you’ll have the opportunity to test your skills, work with live cloud services and data streams, and experience hands-on innovation driven by leading European research projects - all while competing for exclusive rewards.

More information and registration

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the event organizer: Sashko.Ristov@uibk.ac.at.

Aurora Peace Talks - 2nd series - featuring academic expertise and personal stories from conflicts across the globe.

April 16, 2025 | 15:00 CET
Dr. Pius Mosima
“Hope as a Social Virtue in Peacebuilding”

Explore the transformative power of hope from an African philosophical perspective.

May 26, 2025 | 15:00 CET
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wagner
“Opposing Support for Ukraine”

A political analysis of why segments of the European public resist military aid to Ukraine.

June 10, 2025 | 15:00 CET
Dr. Marije Luitjens
“Introducing the Peace System Analysis”

Discover how local resilience in Kosovo and Medellín can shape sustainable peace.

Interested participants can register through this form. 
After registering, participants will receive the link to each of the sessions. 

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Registration will be open after the COIL Fair, 8 April 2025.

The training is addressed exclusively to instructors who have a partner and wish to design and develop their COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning), step by step.

The methodology will combine asynchronous work -visualize videos and autonomous work with partner; and synchronous sessions to share progress, debate on questions and doubts and possible approaches, as well as peer learning.

Further information.
 
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