Abstract:
International collaborations among universities, achieved through joint research projects, student and faculty exchanges, and shared academic programs, offer numerous benefits. This poster explores how cross-border partnerships enhance research impact, elevate global reputation, diversify financial resources, and improve student experiences. The content of this poster is based on institutional data from alliances in the Asia–Pacific region. Furthermore, this presentationhighlights measurable outcomes from research on new revenue streams, as well as the effects of international student mobility on scientific discoveries.

Key strategies for successful collaboration are discussed, including the structuring and implementation of memorandums of understanding (MOUs) and cross-cultural orientation programs. This presentation aligns with the APAIE theme of “”AsiaPacific Partnerships for the Global Good”” by showcasing equitable, sustainable, and impactful collaboration models that benefit both universities and their communities.

Learning objectives:
Viewers will:
– Identify three main benefits of international collaboration: research excellence, financial resilience, and enriched student/faculty experience.
– Understand effective strategies for developing sustainable, equitable partnerships.
– Acquire tools for building sustainable and beneficial international partnerships.

Target audience:
– University administrators
– International Office Managers
– University Faculty
– Policy-makers Preparing Partnership Strategies and Global Engagement Programs

Abstract:
This poster will explore how European University Alliances—funded through the Erasmus+ programme—can serve as models for forging sustainable and inclusive academic partnerships between Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. These alliances promote deep transnational collaboration through joint curricula, inter-university campuses, mobility integration, and collaborative research. With a strong policy and governance foundation, they respond to global challenges through academic innovation and cross-border cooperation. Drawing on concrete examples from Portuguese institutions engaged in the UNITE! and SEA-EU alliances, the session will present their internal transformations and global engagement strategies. The discussion will reflect on the role of national agencies in fostering capacity building, promoting internationalisation beyond Europe, and supporting long-term partnerships.

Emphasis will be placed on potential synergies between European alliances and Asia-Pacific networks, with particular attention to how these collaborations can advance equitable mobility, institutional resilience, and digital transformation. The session will provide participants with a transferable framework for structuring multilateral partnerships aligned with the conference theme—Asia-Pacific Partnerships for the Global Good—and invite reflection on how inter-regional alliances can drive global solutions through shared values, innovation, and mutual benefit.

Learning objectives:
– Understand the policy context and strategic aims of European University Alliances under the Erasmus+ programme.
– Explore how alliances foster long-term academic cooperation through joint curricula, mobility integration, and research collaboration.
– Identify the internal benefits and institutional transformations experienced by alliance member universities.
– Analyse how the European alliance model can inspire structured partnerships with Asia-Pacific institutions.
– Examine the role of national agencies in supporting capacity building and inter-regional dialogue.
– Discover opportunities for synergies between European alliances and Asia-Pacific networks.
– Reflect on how transnational alliances can address global challenges through inclusive, innovative and sustainable cooperation models.
– Gain transferable insights into governance, sustainability, and partnership strategies for global higher education.

Target audience:
Higher education professionals involved in international strategy, academic cooperation, and policy development; representatives of international offices; those working with European programmes, global partnerships, transnational education (TNE), and the SDGs through institutional alliances.

Abstract:
In support of APAIE 2026’s theme “Building partnerships for the global good”, this poster highlights how European research institutions, in collaboration with global partners, are advancing inclusive academic mobility and sustainable knowledge exchange. It presents the case of the University of Lodz (UL) in Poland, a regional EURAXESS Contact Point, and its efforts to support international researchers and PhD students—especially those from the Asia-Pacific region—through enhanced infrastructure, cooperation, and access to the EURAXESS Worldwide network. The University of Lodz, through its role in the EURAXESS network, has strengthened its services for incoming international researchers.

In partnership with universities across Central Poland, it has launched a regional Welcome Point—funded by a national grant—to provide personalized support, legal advice, and social integration services to researchers and PhD students from abroad. This initiative not only exemplifies a good practice in regional coordination but also contributes to the broader objectives of the EURAXESS Worldwide initiative.

The poster will outline best practices, strategic partnerships, and institutional models that are adaptable across regions. By showcasing the synergies between local efforts and global platforms like EURAXESS Worldwide, the University of Lodz offers a valuable perspective for institutions in the Asia-Pacific region looking to foster reciprocal academic mobility and build stronger research links with Europe.

Learning objectives:
– Understand the role of EURAXESS and EURAXESS Worldwide in facilitating international researcher mobility, with a focus on collaboration between Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
– Learn how the University of Lodz, as a regional EURAXESS Contact Point, supports international researchers and PhD students through tailored services and infrastructure.
– Discover the impact of the regional Welcome Point initiative in Central Poland as a model for coordinated, inclusive researcher support.
– Explore best practices and strategic partnerships that can be adapted by institutions in the Asia-Pacific region to strengthen their own mobility programs.
– Gain insight into how global platforms and local institutions can work together to promote equitable, sustainable academic exchange.
– Identify opportunities for Asia-Pacific institutions to engage with EURAXESS and establish reciprocal research collaborations with European partners.

Target audience:
This session will benefit international office staff, researcher mobility coordinators, academic partnership managers, and
those involved in global engagement, researcher support, or internationalisation strategies—especially those seeking to
strengthen Europe–Asia-Pacific academic collaboration.

Abstract:
In support of APAIE 2026’s theme “Building partnerships for the global good”, this poster highlights how European research institutions, in collaboration with global partners, are advancing inclusive academic mobility and sustainable knowledge exchange. It presents the case of the University of Lodz (UL) in Poland, a regional EURAXESS Contact Point, and its efforts to support international researchers and PhD students—especially those from the Asia-Pacific region—through enhanced infrastructure, cooperation, and access to the EURAXESS Worldwide network. The University of Lodz, through its role in the EURAXESS network, has strengthened its services for incoming international researchers.

In partnership with universities across Central Poland, it has launched a regional Welcome Point—funded by a national grant—to provide personalized support, legal advice, and social integration services to researchers and PhD students from abroad. This initiative not only exemplifies a good practice in regional coordination but also contributes to the broader objectives of the EURAXESS Worldwide initiative.

The poster will outline best practices, strategic partnerships, and institutional models that are adaptable across regions. By showcasing the synergies between local efforts and global platforms like EURAXESS Worldwide, the University of Lodz offers a valuable perspective for institutions in the Asia-Pacific region looking to foster reciprocal academic mobility and build stronger research links with Europe.

Learning objectives:
– Understand the role of EURAXESS and EURAXESS Worldwide in facilitating international researcher mobility, with a focus on collaboration between Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
– Learn how the University of Lodz, as a regional EURAXESS Contact Point, supports international researchers and PhD students through tailored services and infrastructure.
– Discover the impact of the regional Welcome Point initiative in Central Poland as a model for coordinated, inclusive researcher support.
– Explore best practices and strategic partnerships that can be adapted by institutions in the Asia-Pacific region to strengthen their own mobility programs.
– Gain insight into how global platforms and local institutions can work together to promote equitable, sustainable academic exchange.
– Identify opportunities for Asia-Pacific institutions to engage with EURAXESS and establish reciprocal research collaborations with European partners.

Target audience:
This session will benefit international office staff, researcher mobility coordinators, academic partnership managers, and
those involved in global engagement, researcher support, or internationalisation strategies—especially those seeking to
strengthen Europe–Asia-Pacific academic collaboration.

Abstract:
This poster refocuses attention within international higher education on the specific needs of Third Culture Kids, students who have lived highly internationalised lives but often struggle with belonging and identity. While these students are commonly viewed as globally advantaged, many face emotional dislocation, cultural loss, and difficulty expressing their complex experiences.

Short-term programmes and summer schools are often designed for students encountering international contexts for the first time. As a result, they tend to offer logistical and cross-cultural support that may overlook the deeper emotional and developmental needs of students already shaped by global mobility. These programmes can unintentionally reinforce feelings of detachment rather than provide space for reflection and growth.

This poster draws on student voices and practitioner experience to explore how universities can better support Third Culture Kids. It suggests that short-term international education can be reimagined as a space where identity, belonging, and voice are affirmed. By recognising the layered realities of these students, educators can move toward more inclusive, meaningful, and human-centered approaches to global learning.

Learning objectives:
– To raise awareness of the unique identity and belonging challenges faced by Third Culture Kids in short-term international education settings
– To critically examine common assumptions about globally mobile students and the impact of these assumptions on programme design and student support
– To explore ways in which summer schools and short-term programmes can become more inclusive, reflective spaces for Third Culture Kids
– To highlight practical strategies that educators and institutions can adopt to acknowledge and support the emotional and developmental needs of these students
– To encourage dialogue around holistic, student-centred approaches that move beyond logistical support toward
meaningful global learning experiences

Target audience:
This poster will benefit educators, programme coordinators, and student support staff involved in international higher education, especially those working with short-term and summer programmes. It is also relevant for professionals interested in cross-cultural education, global mobility, and student wellbeing.

Abstract:
The future seeks to achieve a life-centred, comprehensive and long-term sustainability. How can universities adapt to this? The technological shift has triggered several new megatrends. Technological innovations are reborn by retransforming ancient knowledge, because the ancient becomes the new! How can we navigate through the complex world of interconnected megatrends? To understand geopolitical and global economic processes we need to use a combination of interconnectedness, complexity and sustainability. In this new life-centred world, competitiveness must be accompanied by viability!

The blue zones of our planet indicate areas where the average age of people is over 100 years, and groups of people who are ageing healthily. These are the ‘hotspots’ of longevity. People living in the “”Blue Zones”” have in common that they live in harmony with nature, value leisure and relaxation, but also work hard, walk a lot, have a purpose in life, i.e. they know what they wake up to every morning.

Alongside the blue zones, which are hotspots of biodiversity are equally important as they are the most important areas of global sustainability.  Biodiversity is the inherent form of existence of living organisms and living nature. Biodiversity is the natural capital of our planet. Today, our planet is home to 36 areas that scientists and naturalists believe are home to the world’s greatest diversity of plants and animals. Together, these 36 biodiversity hotspots account for at least 50% of the world’s plant species and 42% of the world’s terrestrial vertebrates.

Learning objectives:
– Learn about global megatrends which influence the life and future of all Global Citizens
– Understand how the exponential development of technology can globally be paired with human factors, preserving the values of humanity and cultures – making teaching and learning more effective at the same time
– The exact place and good use of skills: gamification, storytelling, visualisation.

Target audience:
– Recruitment
– International affairs
– Public relations
– Communications and marketing
– Studies Committee
– Student Affairs and Support

Abstract:
This poster will explore how European University Alliances—funded through the Erasmus+ programme—can serve as models for forging sustainable and inclusive academic partnerships between Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. These alliances promote deep transnational collaboration through joint curricula, inter-university campuses, mobility integration, and collaborative research. With a strong policy and governance foundation, they respond to global challenges through academic innovation and cross-border cooperation. Drawing on concrete examples from Portuguese institutions engaged in the UNITE! and SEA-EU alliances, the session will present their internal transformations and global engagement strategies. The discussion will reflect on the role of national agencies in fostering capacity building, promoting internationalisation beyond Europe, and supporting long-term partnerships.

Emphasis will be placed on potential synergies between European alliances and Asia-Pacific networks, with particular attention to how these collaborations can advance equitable mobility, institutional resilience, and digital transformation. The session will provide participants with a transferable framework for structuring multilateral partnerships aligned with the conference theme—Asia-Pacific Partnerships for the Global Good—and invite reflection on how inter-regional alliances can drive global solutions through shared values, innovation, and mutual benefit.

Learning objectives:
– Understand the policy context and strategic aims of European University Alliances under the Erasmus+ programme.
– Explore how alliances foster long-term academic cooperation through joint curricula, mobility integration, and research collaboration.
– Identify the internal benefits and institutional transformations experienced by alliance member universities.
– Analyse how the European alliance model can inspire structured partnerships with Asia-Pacific institutions.
– Examine the role of national agencies in supporting capacity building and inter-regional dialogue.
– Discover opportunities for synergies between European alliances and Asia-Pacific networks.
– Reflect on how transnational alliances can address global challenges through inclusive, innovative and sustainable cooperation models.
– Gain transferable insights into governance, sustainability, and partnership strategies for global higher education.

Target audience:
Higher education professionals involved in international strategy, academic cooperation, and policy development; representatives of international offices; those working with European programmes, global partnerships, transnational education (TNE), and the SDGs through institutional alliances.