Mark your calendars! The 4th Virtual Exchange (VE) Week will run from February 23-27, 2026, daily starting at 14:00 pm (Helsinki time, UTC+3).
The Call-for-Moderators and the Call-for-Students to participate in the 4th VE Week will open soon.
The virtual exchange is a great opportunity to experiment interacting in an international environment – especially if you have considered applying for a traditional student exchange. Participating in the VE Week does not require an advanced knowledge base in natural sciences. More important is to be interested in climate change-related issues and workshopping in an international team. The VE Week is open to students of all fields coming from EU and EU Neighbourhood countries.
If you’re interested to act as a moderator in the 4th VE Week, you can register through the web-form here. (coming soon)
Note also: Students who participated in the 3rd VE Week (October 2025) can apply to be moderators during the 4th VE Week (February 2026). Moderators may earn 2 ECTS credits for their role.
If you’re interested to participate as a student in the 4th VE Week, you can register through the web-form here. (coming soon)
Programme of the 4th Virtual Exchange Week:
All times are given in EET (i.e., in Finnish time)
1st Day: 23 February 2026 (14:00 – 17:00, 3h online)
14:00 – Welcoming words from the Hosts
Introduction into CLUVEX project & Virtual Exchange (Hanna K. Lappalainen, UH)
L8: Towards Sustainable Future Utopia (Antti Rajala, UH)
L5: Impacts of Climate Change and Future Outlook (Hasmik Movsesyan, YSU)
L2: Climate Change, Disasters, Carbon Neutrality and UN SDGs (Alexander Baklanov, UCPH)
L7: Artistic Res. & Critical Thinking at Intersection of Art, Science & Society (Yvonne Billimore, BioArt)
Introduction into Climate Horizon exercise (Julia Karhumaa, Laura Riuttanen, UH)
15:45 – Breaking students into groups & Introduction round in groups & pre-task sharing (1+ hour)
17:00 – End of the day
2nd Day: 24 February 2026 (14:00 – 17:00, 3h online)
14:00 – L1: Navigating Planetary Boundaries: Blueprint for Sustainable Future (Inna Khomenko, ONU)
L3: Climate Change Impact on Water Resources (Sergiy Snizhko & Olga Shevchenko, TSNUK)
L4: Nature Hazards – Floods (Valeriya Ovcharuk, ONU)
Tool for Environment and Data Visualization | ERA5 PCE | Past & Present | (Alexander Mahura, UH)
Detailed Introduction into Climate Horizon exercise (Julia Karhumaa, Laura Riuttanen, UH)
15:30 – Breaking into same groups & working with tool and individual Climate Horizon (1.5 hour)
17:00 – End of the day
3rd Day: 25 February 2026 (14:00 – 17:00, 3h online)
14:00 – L6: Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies (Hasmik Movsesyan, YSU)
Tool for Socio-Economic Drivers of Climate Change | SSPs | Past & Future | (Stefan Fronzek, SYKE)
Detailed Introduction into Climate Horizon exercise (Julia Karhumaa, Laura Riuttanen, UH)
14:30 – Breaking into same small groups & working with tool and individual Climate Horizon (2.5 hour)
17:00 – End of the day
4th Day: 26 February 2026 (14:00 – 17:00, 3h online)
14:00 – Tool for Climate Scenarios | IPCC Atlas | Future | (Risto Makkonen, FMI/UH)
Detailed Introduction into CHGE (Julia Karhumaa, Laura Riuttanen, UH)
14:30 – Breaking into same groups & working with tool and individual Climate Horizon & discussing and drafting collaborative Climate Horizon (2.5 hour)
17:00 – End of the day
5th Day: 27 February 2026 (14:00 – 17:00, 3h online)
14:00 – Breaking into same small groups & working/ finalizing collaborative Climate Horizon (2 hour)
16:00 – Summary by Hosts, demonstration for all groups the collaborative Climate Horizon exercises
Questionnaire with feedback about VE Week
Reminders about Climate University online courses & reports in DigiCampus & ECTS credits
Wrap up & closing the VE Week
17:00 – End of the day | End of the Virtual Exchange Week for students
If you are interested in further details of the CLUVEX project, please, contact the CLUVEX team members.
If you are interested to participate the project, please leave your own contact information here and we will get back to you.