Author name: Mikko Kulmala

The CLUVEX Training #5 for moderators took place online on 12th September 2024. More than 40 moderators attended the online training. The main focus was placed on introduction of the CLUVEX Group Exercise “Climate Horizon” and publicly available tools for visualisation, analysis, and interpretation of climate related data. Such web-based tools include the ERA-5 Explorer, […]

The CLUVEX Training #4 for moderators took place online on 5th September 2024. More than 40 moderators attended the online training. The main focus was placed on introduction of content and main topics of the CLUVEX guidebooks developed as e-living documents for students and moderators who will participate in the VE Weeks. These include the

In January 2024, the Government of Ukraine, through an order issued by the Ministry of Education and Science, resolved to merge Odessa State Environmental University (OSENU) with Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University (ONU). As a result of this merger, all assets, rights, and obligations of OSENU have been transferred to ONU, which will continue to

During the Climate University for VE Week on 14-18.October 2024 (3 hours per day) we will introduce and discuss the latest scientific knowledge on climate change from multidisciplinary perspectives, from natural sciences to society-socio economics and art. In this course, you can try working in an international environment with an own pace and threshold than

The CLUVEX project monthly online meeting took place on 24 June 2024. All CLUVEX Partners representatives (10 persons in total) attended the meeting, including the members of the Student Advisory Board. This meeting followed up the outcomes of the previous monthly meeting in May 2024. As usually, it included also reporting by WP leaders about

The University of Helsinki is hosting a joint meeting of the ClimEd/CLUVEX Erasmus+ projects from June 26 to 28, 2024. Colleagues from Odesa Mechnikov National University, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, and Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University are participating in the meeting onsite.

The 4th International Forum on Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (https://www.fbas.org.cn/fbas2024/en) takes place on 6-8.Sep.2024 in Beijing. ERASMUS+ “Climate University-for-Virtual Exchanges ” (CLUVEX) and “UnaEuropa-for-Virtual Exchanges” (UNAVEX) VE projects will be introduced in the session called “Youth innovative education”. University of Helsinki is currently coordinating (active in 2023…2027) these two VE projects, which are

Forum deCYPher lab: ethics and aesthetics of linking AI/ML & SynBio will take place on 6 Jun 2024 (Espoo, Finland) This day-long forum brings together artists, scientist and other practitioners to stimulate deeper reflection on the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) techniques and synthetic biology (synbio). With an emphasis on initiating discussion

The remaining two CLUVEX trainings for moderators will take place online (in zoom) in September 2024. The TR#4 about the CLUVEX developed guidebooks (VE Guidebook, Climate Literacy Guidebook, Climate Messenger Code of Conduct) and other educational materials will take place online on 5 Sep 2024. The TR#5 about the CLUVEX Group Exercise “Climate Utopia” (i.e.,

Note the Journal of Virtual Exchange (JVE). The journal provides interesting insight to tele collaboration and virtual exchange across all disciplines and subject areas in higher education. JVE is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal aimed at practitioners and researchers in the field known variously as tele collaboration, virtual exchange, or online intercultural exchange. For information from