Why join the EC2U Research Community?
EC2U connects researchers across Europe, providing access to infrastructures, data, training, and collaboration opportunities.
As a researcher within the EC2U Alliance, you become part of a transnational academic ecosystem. You can collaborate with experts in diverse fields through our Virtual Institutes, contribute to shared agendas and innovation hubs, and benefit from open access platforms and research infrastructure databases.
EC2U supports your professional development with masterclasses, knowledge tools, and a commitment to open science and responsible research. It’s more than a network—it's a pathway to making your research matter across borders.
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Beyond the Work Packages structure, EC2U Virtual Institutes represent the long-term cooperation within the Alliance. They translate EC2U’s vision into lasting, thematic hubs that connect universities, cities, and communities across Europe.
Each Virtual Institute is an “Institute without walls”, bringing together interdisciplinary teams of students, teachers, researchers, and innovators from all 9 EC2U universities through a network of research, training activities and collaboration opportunities. By fostering cross-border collaboration, knowledge transfer, Open and Citizen Science, and mutual learning, they enable EC2U universities to be pioneers in the knowledge square, integrating research and innovation into education.
While most of the Virtual Institutes are closely linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that guide the Alliance, others emerge around shared strategic topics such as materials, or education sciences. Together, they form an open and evolving structure that reinforce EC2U’s collective capacity to innovate and respond to emerging challenges:
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