The world is now more connected and more global than ever before and the needs of our society are changing accordingly. New technologies are arising and with them new challenges that can only be faced with synergic alliances between different societal actors. European university alliances are now emerging as a means to embody collaborative efforts and provide solutions to our future problems.
TORCH is the research arm of CHARM, a university alliance that aims to explore new venues for the university of the future with a focus on pressing issues: climate change, sustainability, gender gap, inclusion and equity. How do we intend to address these topics that are in the policy agenda of all countries? We aim to provide a flexible and useful channel by not only transferring scientific knowledge from University to society, but also by involving societal partners. To construct this new future we envision, universities have to enable civil engagement, promote citizen science and establish a positive dialogue with stakeholders. This is the mission of TORCH. And as a starting point, in our alliance, we will coalesce forces to address three main impending sustainability global challenges: WATER, FOOD and HEALTH.
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Latest news
Discover collaboration networks in CHARM-EU with the TORCH Bibliographic Apps
Developed within our R&I dimension TORCH, the applications help you to search publications and discover inter-institutional research collaboration networks within the CHARM-EU Alliance.
Citizen Science Training Initiatives in European Universities
The TORCH Project builds up the CHARM-EU R&I dimension, and has Open Science as one of its primary topics.
Joint research proposal developed under TORCH wins grant
A proposal developed in the CHARM-EU R&I dimension has secured funding under the highly competitive Water4All Joint Transnational Call for research and innovation projects. A multidisciplinary team led by Prof. Judit Mádl-Szőnyi (ELTE) will work on a nature-based solution that mitigates the impact of extreme climate events and contributes to securing water supplies.