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LiU leads the development of teacher education in Europe

LiU is taking a leading role in driving pedagogical innovation across Europe. With a focus on international collaboration and the role of AI in education, LiU is strengthening its efforts to prepare future teachers and transform teaching practices.

The ECIU Student Council had its first physical meeting in the fall of 2024.

LiU student elected vice-president of ECIU Student Council

Ellen Ivarius Andersson took a break from her studies after three years in the teacher programme to become the student union president of StuFF. She has now also become vice-president of the ECIU Student Council.

A Creathon focused on solving the future digital cities

Future digital cities and municipalities face several challenges. How can they deliver socially beneficial information when digital development is faster than ever, and the audience is overrun with a continuous, constant flow of information?

Jan-Ingvar Jönsson new president of ECIU

Linköping University’s Vice-Chancellor Jan-Ingvar Jönsson has been appointed new president of the European network for innovative universities in Europe, ECIU.

Objective: finding creative solutions to real problems

ECIU University, the virtual university, is celebrating its fifth birthday. In the university, LiU students have the opportunity to work in international and multidisciplinary groups with the objective of finding creative solutions to real problems.

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LiU hosts open lecture on sustainable and interdisciplinary research

LiU hosted an open lecture titled "Pick and Mix Circular Economy and why we love it" as part of the Interdisciplinary Networking for a Sustainable and Circular Economy (INSCE) project funded by the ECIU SMART-ER program.

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Professional project pitchers

It is different, fun, productive and profitable! This is how some students describe inGenious - a creative and interdisciplinary course at Linköping University. The students work in projects trying to find a business idea to solve an existing issue.

She took on the challenge of creating climate-neutral campuses

How can university campuses become climate-neutral? Students came together to address this question in the first ECIU Strategic Challenge. One of them was Juliane Maria Kraskes from the master’s programme Science for Sustainable Development.

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Network meeting for a sustainable and circular economy

Researchers working on the project "Interdisciplinary networking for a sustainable and circular economy (INSCE) met in Kaunas Lithuania to discuss current and futures trends in sustainability and circular economy related research.

Sam Anlér, 35, Danae Diaz Escalante, 28, Oskar Johansson, 25, Linnea Tjernberg, 23, och Klara Gustafsson, 24.

Sustainable innovations in the InGenious course

Sustainable packaging, anti-theft recycling bins and packaging materials that can replace plastic. These are some of the ideas that were recently pitched by students from the InGenious course at Linköping University.

Vice-chancellor given leading role in European consortium

LiU’s vice-chancellor Jan-Ingvar Jönsson has been selected as a member of the presidium of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU), a network of 13 research-intense universities.

European collaboration for the future of learning

ECIU University is an initiative where students and researchers from all over Europe work together to create sustainable cities and communities. Linköping University is part of the initiative, which has been under way for one year.

Two students, Maria Lokat and Markus Pettersson, looking straight into the camera.

ECIU University up and running

Two LiU students, Maria Lokat and Markus Pettersson, are taking the first course to be given by the virtual university ECIU. Together with students at universities in Twente and Stavanger, they will seek smart solutions for sustainable transport.

Rasmus Elmersson, Oliwer Schultz, Madeleine Edenfeldt Hellgren and Tuva Bernwall

First prize for smart waste sorting

For four months, three students that take the eight-credit course Ingenious, have been working on real challenges from companies and organisations. They have five minutes to present their ideas. Reangle, smart waste sorting, was this year’s winner.

Green light for ECIU University

LiU and the consortium of universities in ECIU has been awarded funds from the European Commission to form the virtual university of the future – ECIU University. The education provided is to be challenge-driven and interdisciplinary.

European network strengthens LiU’s innovation

Linköping University is one of twelve innovative and research-intensive universities participating in the ECIU Startup Discovery Journey targeted at students and research students.

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