YUFE Academy

The YUFE Academy is a sequence of lectures, workshops and activities travelling along the YUFE campi on “Citizens wellbeing”, YUFE’s second focus area, which will give interested students, staff and citizens a “feel” of YUFE. It is a platform aimed at strengthening European identity, raising awareness about social issues, providing solutions to global and local challenges, and making a true impact on Citizens’ wellbeing.

All lectures and other activities together cultivate into a programme one could follow entirely or only some parts of. All these little building blocks together make the YUFE Academy, a beneficial gathering and learning experience for YUFE students, staff and citizens.

Lecture

What to expect?  

  • Lectures and other activities in English and other European languages, so that everyone can follow the activities in either their mother tongue or a second language – this multilingual approach makes YUFE Academy more inclusive and accessible to partner cities’ population;
  • YUFE D&I Lecture Series – a lecture series promoting and celebrating D&I education and engagement across the YUFE community and what D&I can look like in practice;
  • Entrepreneurial talk shows – workshops in which an entrepreneurial mindset are promoted through the experience and advice of an expert in a specific area of the European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework (EntreComp);
  • Series of lectures and activities focusing on the employees’ well-being;
  • Workshops, trainings, and spring/summer schools directed to universities’ (prospective) research staff and to professional service staff;
  • Lectures concerning various topics relevant to the community.

How to attend?

Follow the registration link to the event you would like to attend. The format for the YUFE Academy is blended: due to the COVID-19 pandemic most lectures, workshops and other activities will take place virtually. Some events will attempt to take place physically.

Upcoming Lectures & Activities

All YUFE Academy Lectures & Activities

Date Lecture Type of Lecture
14 June 2021, 10:00 – 12:00 CET Motivation and persistence in achieving goals Entrepreuneurial Talk Show
24 June 2021, 13:00 – 14:00 CET Certification and accreditation schemes for Gender Equality in Higher Education: the CASPER Project D& Lecture Series
13 July 2021, 13:00 – 15:00 CET Univerzalni dizajn YUFE Academy
14 July 2021, 15:00 – 16:30 CET Six Key Traits for a Powerful Business Vision Entrepreuneurial Talk Show
20 September 2021, 16:00 – 18:15 CET The Great Lockdown and the Sustainability of the European Socioeconomic Project YUFE Academy
21 September 2021, 16:00 – 18:00 CET Citizen Participation in Co-constructing Narratives on European Heritage YUFE Academy
22 September 2021, 16:00 – 18:00 CET Executive Federalism and Politicisation in the European Union Before and During Covid-19 YUFE Academy
23 September 2021, 16:00 – 18:00 CET Introduction to Immigration, Intra-EU Mobility, and the Welfare State YUFE Academy
24 September 2021, 16:00 – 18:15 CET Wicked problems, origins, and governance approaches needed to move towards a sustainable society YUFE Academy
24 September 2021, 10:00 – 12:00 CET Prioritise, organise and follow-up Entrepreuneurial Talk Show
29 September 2021, 08:00 – 10:00 CET Success story of the Finnish school lunch YUFE Academy
4 October 2021, 15:00 – 17:00 CET Il ruolo della scienza nella società e cultura moderna con un approfondimento sulla teoria dei numeri verso la crittologia YUFE Academy
5 October 2021, 11:00 – 14:00 CET Rencontres et dialogue interculturels en Europe au XVIIIe siècle YUFE Academy
5 October 2021, 13:00 – 14:30 CET Paradoxes of Anthropocene YUFE Academy
7 October 2021, 11:00 – 13:00 CET Servitization – transforming products (and resources) into services Entrepreuneurial Talk Show
12 October 2021, 17:00 – 18:30 CET Marihuana, kannabinoidy i inne substancje psychoaktywne w świetle współczesnej medycyny. Fakty i mity YUFE Academy
14 October 2021, 16:00 – 18:00 CET Technological solutions and innovation as ‘key enabler’ for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals YUFE Academy
20 October 2021, 17:00 – 19:00 CET Food for you (F4u): sustainable diet and precision nutrition for the well-being, prevention of chronic degenerative diseases and COVID-19 YUFE Academy
26 October 2021, 09:30 – 10:30 CET Targeting Focal Adhesion Kinase in anti-metastatic erapies YUFE Academy
28 October 2021, 13:00 – 15:00 CET Coping with uncertainty, ambiguity and risk Entrepreuneurial Talk Show
28 October 2021, 15:00 – 16:30 CET Mindfulness and Wellbeing YUFE Academy
2 November 2021, 16:00 – 17:30 CET Promoting mental wellbeing of citizens. Can digital solutions help? YUFE Academy
4 November 2021, 14:00 – 15:30 CET Movie discussion: Picture a Scientist D&I Lecture
8-10 November 2021, 10:00 – 15:00 CET What about a PhD at YUFE? YUFE Staff Academy
19 November 2021, 15:00 – 16:00 CET Covid 19 pandemic and discriminations: the Council of Europe’s Guidelines on upholding equality and protecting against discrimination and hate during the Covid-19 pandemic and similar crises in the future D&I Lecture
24 November 2021, 11:00 – 12:30 CET Assessing Well-being YUFE Academy
25 November 2021, 16:00 – 17:30 CET Wie kann „wellbeing“ in der ökonomischen Analyse adäquat betrachtet werden? Eine Einführung in welfaristische vs. extra-welfaristische Ökonomik. YUFE Academy
30 November 2021, 09:00 – 11:00 CET Defining hate speech, counteracting hate speech. YUFE Academy
1 December 2021, 10:00 – 10:30 CET Making Antwerp University an attractive place to work YUFE Staff Academy
1 December 2021, 11:00 – 12:00 CET Measuring wellbeing YUFE Staff Academy
1 December 2021, 12:00 – 12:30 CET Well-being of students, Ph.D. students and employees of NCU in Poland and supporting them by University Centre for Support and Personal Development. YUFE Staff Academy
1 December 2021, 13:00- 13:30 CET Multi-location work at the Univeristy of Eastern Finland YUFE Staff Academy
1 December 2021, 13:00 – 14:00 CET Supporting early career researchers on the institute level – before, during and after the pandemic. Examples from a research faculty at the University of Bremen YUFE Staff Academy
1 December 2021, 13:00 – 14:30 CET How we work at Essex: developing people to support the delivery of our strategic ambitions YUFE Staff Academy
1 December 2021, 15:00 – 16:30 CET Mindfulness at Work: Wellbeing of Employees YUFE Staff Academy
1 December 2021, 16:30 – 17:30 CET Recovery workshop YUFE Staff Academy
2 December 2021, 10:00 – 10:45 CET Mental Health Strategies for Employees YUFE Staff Academy
2 December 2021, 12:00 – 13:00 CET Workers’ health in the third millennium YUFE Staff Academy
2 December 2021, 14:00 – 15:00 CET Practices that promote work-life balance YUFE Staff Academy
3 December 2021, 13:00 – 14:30 CET Employee Wellbeing Roundtable YUFE Staff Academy
10 December 2021, 14:00 – 16:00 CET Cities of Wellbeing YUFE Academy
13 December 2021, 14:00 – 15:00 CET Knowledge production and Eurocentrism D&I Lecture
15 December 2021, 11:00 – 12:00 CET Midiendo el Bienestar YUFE Academy
December 2021 Financial and economic literacy Entrepreuneurial Talk Show
19 January 2022, 13:00 CET Craving life: Managing craving oughts and addictive behaviors YUFE Academy
19 January 2022, 13:00 CET Craving life: Managing craving oughts and addictive behaviors YUFE Academy
20 January 2022, 10:00 CET Antiracism at Colleges and Universities D&I Lecture
25 January 2022, 10:00 CET Fat Hate, Discrimination Against Fat People D&I Lecture
25 January 2022, 15:00 CET Covid 19 pandemic and discriminations: the Council of Europe’s Guidelines on upholding equality and protecting against discrimination and hate during the Covid-19 pandemic and similar crises in the future D&I Lecture
27 January 2022, 10:00 CET The Intersections of Racism and Ableism D&I Lecture
11 February 2022, 10:00 CET Sexual & Gender Diversity D&I Lecture
25 February 2022, 11:00 – 12:00 CET What biobanking is all about? Why investing in biobanking is investment in healier societies? YUFE Academy
February 2022 Learning through experience Entrepreuneurial Talk Show
March 2022 Valuing ideas Entrepreuneurial Talk Show
28 April – 29 April 2022 What about a PhD at YUFE? (part II) YUFE Academy
April 2022 Ethical and sustainable thinking Entrepreuneurial Talk Show
May 2022 Creativity Entrepreuneurial Talk Show