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The Circle U. European Alliance’s Democracy Knowledge hub invites undergraduate and graduate students to present their work at a round-table discussion on the influence of social networks on election campaigns.

Circle U. European University Alliance: Université Paris Cité, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, King’s College, London, UCLouvain, University of Oslo, Aarhus University, University of Belgrade, Université of Pisa and Université of Vienna

Objectives

More and more messages from politicians are appearing on social media. The electoral campaigns are to a large extent also being held on social media, which represents a considerable budget.This event provides a broader perspective on this trend.

Undergraduate or graduate students who are carrying out or have carried out research related to this topic, whatever their field, are invited to present it in 180 seconds. Specialists from UCLouvain and other Circle U.universities, will also participate by linking the student presentations with broader tendencies as well a to give suggestions to those working on this subject.

Target Audiences

Bachelor’s and Master’s students from all Circle U. universities who would like to submit work on the topic « Social networks: Are social media a step-up or an obstacle for democracy ? »

Registration

Students who would like to contribute with a presentation, please send your proposal by 19 April 2024 via this form. Those who cannot attend in persn at Louvain-la-Neuve for the event can send a 180 seconds video. The presentation can be in English or in French (with PowerPoint in English).

A prize will be awarded for the best presentation in terms of content as well as a prize for the most original presentation. All presenters will receive a certificate for their participation.

Participants who wish to watch the event, click on the registration link.

Contact

Barbara Decock, Circle U. Academic chair Democracy knowledge hub, UCLouvain

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Are you interested in analysing large amounts of biological data using computer models? The Master Class organised by the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering offers you this opportunity by teaching you the fundamentals of Network Science applied to biology. You will learn to create complex networks representing connections between biological elements.

Co-funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 SwafS programme, the Circle U. ERIA project (Empowering Research and Innovation Actions) is steering initiatives aiming to strengthen research collaboration and innovation within the alliance. Hosted by Université Paris Cité, the project members invite you to its conference focusing on the project acheivements and Circle U. opportunities.

Circle U. European University Alliance: Université Paris Cité, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, King’s College, London, UCLouvain, University of Oslo, Aarhus University, University of Belgrade, Université of Pisa and Université of Vienna

The aim of this conference is to share the successes of the Circle U. ERIA project, as well as discuss the future of Research and Innovation within European university alliances with both European and French research actors. On this occasion, the Inter Circle U. Prize for inter- and transdisciplinary research (ICUP) prize award ceremony will be held. The Inter Circle U. Prize is designed to showcase best examples of inter- and transdisciplinary research at Circle U. universities. Every year, the prize is awarded to three researchers and/or research teams evaluated by a by a multidisciplinary jury.

Target audience

• Early career and senior researchers
• Circle U. partners
• Circle U. administrative staff involved in supporting research and academic activities
• PhD students
• European and French researchers from other alliances 
• Swafs project holders from the European Research Executive Agency
• EU and French research organisations 

Programme

Registration

Register by May 22, 2024 by completing the online form.

Contact

Amanda Smith, Circle U. ERIA Coordinatrice

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The third edition Experimental Grammar 2024 summer school is open to all université Paris Cité students and is organised in collaboration with the Graduate School of Linguistics. Registration as of March 1st.

The courses will introduce new methods for experimental studies, quantitative analyses on extensive corpora, and innovative approaches to morphology, syntax, semantics, and language acquisition. They will use large annotated corpora in various languages and conduct experimental tests to assess linguistic comprehension and production, comparing with the performance of large language models (LLMs).

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Registration opens on March 1st.