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university and community
03/10/2025.
UNIRI Faculty of Law hosts the 1st Session of the UEFA Football Law Program
In the week of 22-26 September 2025, the Faculty of Law in Rijeka hosted the first session of the sixth edition of the UEFA Football Law Programme, which was held in Zagreb. The session was led by Assoc. Prof. Vanja Smokvina, as the session director, member of the scientific board of the progra...
In memory
25/09/2025.
In memory of George F. Smoot
The Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory in Paris mourns the loss of George Fitzgerald Smoot, III, an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and Nobel laureate, who passed away in late September at his home in Paris. Smoot was one of the pioneers of observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which revolutio...
SDG
23/09/2025.
European Researchers' Night - Rijeka edition
On 26 September 2025, researchers, teachers, citizens, and science enthusiasts across the continent will celebrate yet another European Researchers’ Night. This year's edition is expected to welcome over 1.5 million people of all ages into museums, universities, and research institutions in 460 cities across 25 countries.
Scientists
23/09/2025.
Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List
The much-anticipated Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List for 2025 has been officially released! This prestigious list highlights the world’s leading scientists who have made a substantial impact in their respective fields through their citation influence. For researchers, institutions, and science enthusiasts alike, this is a vital resource to recognize excellence and...
university and community
19/09/2025.
Training on community engagement held in Georgia
Within the scope of the Erasmus+ KA2 Institutional Development project titled "Enhancing Capacities for Sustainable Community Engagement: Cases of Georgia and Sierra Leone", academic and administrative staff from all partner institutions gathered at the University of Georgia to participate in a three-day training focused on community engagement.
Students
12/09/2025.
Join the YERUN Hackathon 2025 - AI in Education and You
As part of the DigiEduHack 2025, YERUN is organising its own challenge, AI in Education and You: Hack the Future of Tutoring, which will take place online from 7 to 14 November 2025. Held under the framework of the European Commission’s Digital Education Action Plan, this hackat...
Other news
11/09/2025.
Key takeaways from von der Leyen's State of the Union Address (SOTEU)
On September 10, the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, delivered the State of the Union address. While her speech was largely dominated by geopolitics and industrial policy, she also made several announcements relevant to higher education, science, and research. In her words, Science has no passport, gender, ethnicity, or political colour. It is...
Scientists
08/09/2025.
Join the 12th Conference on Scholarly Communication in the Context of Open Scien...
Get ready for an inspiring and dynamic exploration of open science at PUBMET2025! The 12th Conference on Scholarly Communication in the Context of Open Science is set to take place at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology from September 11–12, 2025, and you won’t want to miss it!
Diversity
08/09/2025.
Join the Workshop: Walking the gendered (in)visibilites of resistance in Prishti...
The Rectors' Forum of Southeast Europe and Western Balkans is pleased to announce the upcoming workshop Walking the gendered (in) visibilities of resistance in Prishtina, Kosovo, which will take place on October 13-17, 2025, at the University of Prishtina.
Scientists
27/08/2025.
Open Science Fair in Geneva
Open Science Fair 2025, co-organised by OpenAIRE and the CERN Open Science Office, brings together international stakeholders from across the research ecosystem. The event aims to explore how we can work collectively to embed Open Science into the heart of research and innovation.
Scientists
18/08/2025.
Call for Early Career Researches: CAT Initiative
University of Konstanz, the University of Rijeka's partner within YERUN, is excited to share a 2026 Call for Applications for the Constructive Advanced Thinking (CAT) Programme. The CAT initiative aims to foster networks of excellent early-career researchers dedicated to devising new ideas to understand ...
Int. Cooperation
06/08/2025.
Call for Applications: Ludovika Fellowship Programme 2026
We are pleased to inform you that the application platform for the Ludovika Fellowship Programme is now open! The Ludovika Fellowship Programme is an initiative created to host foreign, internationally acknowledged academics. The chosen academics will conduct research in their fields and delive...
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