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Teaching complexity Through Real-World and Collaborative pedagogies
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Transregional sustainable development
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Overcoming racism in healthcare: a European and African perspective on how to improve medical training
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Decolonising African-European academic partnerships
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Migrant storytelling on home and belonging as transformative tools
Done
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Polycrisis and forced displacement across Africa and Europe
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Climate change and other challenges - building convergence through collaboration
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Participatory action research in vulnerable contexts: a trans-continental perspective
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Building on PolyCIVIS Insights: Enhancing African-European Cooperation in Research and Evidence-Based Policy
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Rethinking Aging: Scientific Evidence, Public Perception, and Cultural Practices
Done
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The African Cancer Immunology and Infection Initiative
Done
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Added-value collaboration between academic research&local stakeholders
Done
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Transcultural memories and narratives
Done
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Experimentation and the making of experiential knowledge
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Exploring opportunities and challenges of AI in research and teaching in Europe -Africa Alliance
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Challenging the complexities of informal elderly care. Towards African-European collaborative aging research and education
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Decolonising university museum collections
Done
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Equity and Inclusion in African–European Knowledge Partnerships
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Heritage for the future: promoting best practices for preservation and promotion
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CIVIS Research Council face-to-face meeting
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African-European teaching collaboration and instructional design
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Joint African-European studies and viewpoints on epidemiology
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Closing session
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Preparedness and adaptability in Global Health
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Opening session
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Cultural heritage and housing: protection, safeguarding, and belonging
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Universities in Transformation
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Toward equitable and transformative science partnerships: Which role for CIVIS?
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Language beyond learning
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Session chair: Prof. Hafissatou Kane, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Dakar (Senegal)
Collective contribution
Dr. Carmen Fernández-Montraveta - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid (Spain)
Prof. Clélia Rossi-Arnaud - Sapienza University of Rome, Rome (Italy)
Dr. Hughette Abou Mrad - Antonine University, Baabda (Lebanon)
Dr. Camille de Garidel-Thoron - Aix-Marseille University, Marseille (France)
Prof. Halima Ouanada - Université Tunis el Manar, Tunis (Tunisia)
Persistent issues such as value-driven education and social inequality
require responses entrenched in cross-continental collaboration. Higher
Education Institutions (HEIs) in Europe and Africa must step up to
build partnerships that bridge any existent divides. The WE4LEAD
project (March 2023-April 2026), rooted on the Téthys network, brings
together nine universities from Europe (Aix-Marseille Université, amU,
FR; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, UAM, ES; Sapienza Università di
Roma, SUR, IT), Africa (Université Frères Mentouri Constantine 1, UC1,
DZ; Université Constantine 3 Salah Boubdiner, UC3, DZ; Université
Tunis el Manar, UTM, TN; Université de Sousse, US, TN), and West Asia
(Université Libanaise, UL, LB; Antonine University, UA, LB)
In
partnership with the Réseau Francophone des Femmes Responsables dans
l’Enseignement Supérieur et la Recherche (RESUFF). Its goal is to
transform the governance of Mediterranean HEIs by promoting a culture
of gender equality.
Over the past three years, the consortium has
collectively advanced by taking a firm political stance and
institutionalizing gender equality policies in their universities,
through concrete actions such as: collecting gendered data; increasing
decision-makers’ awareness of the existence and causes of gender
inequality; creating a political framework to support gender equality;
instituting training widely shown to reduce gender bias in recruitment
decisions; and improving awareness of gender-based harassment and how
to address it.
Through sustained collaboration and mutual learning, the
project has succeeded in implementing policies that promote the full
participation of women in university governance.
This Panel will
present these advances together with the tools and methodologies
developed, while opening a space for dialogue on lessons learned and
strategies transferable to other HEIs.
The discussion will focus on how
to sustain political commitment, engage decision-makers more
effectively, and foster inclusive governance across the Mediterranean
region.
Questions for the audience
- How could we sustain political commitment with gender equality?
- Which are your local experiences on fighting against barriers to women promotion?
- How could we foster effective decision-makers engagement in gender equality policies?
- How could we promote inclusive governance across the Mediterranean region?
- How could we broaden the effectiveness of locally-proven solutions?