{"id":1788,"date":"2026-04-20T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2026-04-21T06:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:08:10","slug":"cluvex-5th-ve-week-for-students-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/?p=1788","title":{"rendered":"CLUVEX 5th VE Week for students \u2013 Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 1st day, 20<sup>th<\/sup> April 2026, of the CLUVEX 5<sup>th<\/sup> Virtual Exchange (VE) Week successfully completed. It is held from 20<sup>th<\/sup> to 24<sup>th<\/sup> April 2026. The VE Week is hosted by Anton Syvenko (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, TSNUK, Ukraine) and Ruzan Habetyan (Yerevan State University, YSU, Armenia). A total of &nbsp;430 students and other professionals have registered for the VE Week on the DigiCampus platform for students (632 students as pre-registered). The three CLUVEX trainings \u201cModerators-Get-Together\u201d were caried out during March-April 2026 (TR1 \u2013 on 30 March, TR2 \u2013 on 8 April, and TR#3 \u2013 on 13 April). In total, 60 moderators have registered for the VE Week on the DigiCampus platform for moderators, 33 confirmed their participation in VE Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"436\" data-id=\"1789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_1-1024x436.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_1-1024x436.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_1-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_1-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_1-1536x655.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_1-2048x873.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_1-500x213.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_1-800x341.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_1-1280x546.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_1-1920x818.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_2-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_2-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_2-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_2-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_3-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_3-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_3-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_3-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_v1_3-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On 20<sup>th<\/sup> April, on the opening day, 274 participants attended the VE Week in Zoom. The majority (76%) of participating students were from Ukraine. The remaining participants are from Finland, Armenia, and Denmark (8% in total) well as also some students attended from outside the CLUVEX Partners\u2019 countries as others (about 16%) from Argentina, Canada, China, Ecuador, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, South Africa, The Netherlands, Zimbabwe, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Majority of students (69%) are earning\/or earned Bachelor\u2019s degree, 13% &#8211; Master\u2019s students, 6% &#8211; PhD students, 3% &#8211; PostDocs, and 8% &#8211; others. The 31% of participants have background in natural sciences, 27% &#8211; social and humanitarian, 14% &#8211; economical, 3% &#8211; art sciences background as well as 24% &#8211; in other fields such as architecture, archaeology,&nbsp; medicine, tourism and recreation, ecology, hydrology, law and jurisprudence, economics and environmental law, philology, diplomacy and international relations, management; biosystems, thermal and electrical engineering; geography, geology, sustainable development, marketing and public administration, digital technologies, urban studies, political science, renewable energy and energy systems, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VE Week was opened with Welcome words from the hosts, and short introductions into the CLUVEX project and the Climate Horizon exercise. The plenary session was opened with the invited presentation of Prof. Antti Rajala, University of Helsinki, titled \u201c<em>Towards Sustainable Future Utopia: Utopian Pedagogy<\/em>\u201d, and it was followed by other lectures such as \u201c<em>Impacts of Climate Change and Future Outlook<\/em>\u201d by Prof. Hasmik Movsesyan, Yerevan State University (YSU), Armenia; \u201c<em>Climate Change, Disasters, Carbon-neutrality and UN Sustainable Development Goals<\/em>\u201d by Prof. Alexander Baklanov, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark; and \u201c<em>Artistic Research and Critical Thinking at the Intersection of Art, Science and Society<\/em>\u201d by Yvonne Billimore, Bioart Society, Finland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the plenary session with lectures, the VE Week participants also online met each other for the first time in small groups (in total of 28 small groups of 1 moderator plus up to 10 students) in zoom break-out-rooms. In these rooms, each group had a round table introduction of participants, followed by discussions on: what we have learned from lectures delivered? what we can learn from each other? and initial steps in developing Personal\/Individual and Collaborative\/Joint Climate Horizon exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5th_VEW_Day1_participants.pdf\">See participants of the 1<sup>st<\/sup> Day of the 5<sup>th<\/sup> VE Week.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in further details of the CLUVEX project, please, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/?page_id=45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contact the CLUVEX team members<\/a>.&nbsp;<br>If you are interested to participate the project, please leave your own contact information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/?page_id=668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> and we will get back to you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1st day, 20th April 2026, of the CLUVEX 5th Virtual Exchange (VE) Week successfully completed. It is held from 20th to 24th April 2026. The VE Week is hosted by Anton Syvenko (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, TSNUK, Ukraine) and Ruzan Habetyan (Yerevan State University, YSU, Armenia). A total of &nbsp;430 students and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":{"x":0.25,"y":1},"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1788"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1794,"href":"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788\/revisions\/1794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atm.helsinki.fi\/cluvex\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}