"Connecting knowledge, shaping futures: transdisciplinarity in research".

Organized as part of the Charm-EU Summer University for doctoral students, the international conference "Bridging minds, shaping futures: transdisciplinary in research" features a series of inspiring talks by nine internationally renowned scientists from European universities belonging to the Charm-EU alliance.

Bringing people and knowledge closer together, linking communities, crossing modes of thought... Transdisciplinary research is more necessary than ever to meet the increasingly complex, interrelated and global challenges facing the world. If we are to find sustainable, impactful solutions, we need to connect knowledge and ideas across geographical and academic boundaries. And we need to do all this while fostering rich interactions with civil society, businesses and citizens.

This conference presents a non-exhaustive and inspiring panorama of projects carried out at universities belonging to the European Charm-EU alliance. It is organized as part of the alliance's first summer school for doctoral students, whose theme is "Developing transdisciplinary practice to tackle complex challenges". The invited international speakers are leading researchers who have put transdisciplinarity at the heart of their work. What they have in common is excellence in research and a deep commitment to contributing to a more sustainable society. Their fields of expertise are vast: philosophy, law, physics, hydrogeology, epidemiology, medicine... Giving them the floor is an opportunity to show students, PhD students, teaching and research staff alike, that transdisciplinarity can get research moving. A formidable source of inspiration for tomorrow's research.

The international keynote speakers (detailed program to follow) are :

• Quique Bassat Orellana
  Professor of Global Health, pediatrician, epidemiologist
  Director General, Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), Spain

• Jennifer Edmond
  Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities
  Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

• Isabel Feichtner
  Professor of Public Law and International Economic Law
  Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Germany

• Judit Mádl-Szőnyi
  Senior Lecturer in Hydrogeology
  Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

• Mark Oelmann
  Professor of Water and Energy Economics
  Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences, Muelheim, Germany

• Ronald Österbacka
  Professor of Physics
  Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

• Rasmus T.Slaatelid
  Professor of Philosophy of Science
  University of Bergen, Norway

• Mircea Sofonea
  Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases
  University of Montpellier, France

• Iris van der Tuin
  Professor of Cultural Survey Theory
  Utrecht University, Netherlands

This conference will be held entirely in English.

Registration only until June 17. Free admission.