Communicating Across Borders: Intercultural Communication 

The Charm-EU alliance of European universities presents CHARM-ON, a series of monthly webinars designed to explore and share innovative teaching practices. In January: Episode #4 on intercultural communication.

This new episode of the webinar explores intercultural communication through real-world experiences drawn from teaching, mobility, and professional practice. How can we communicate, collaborate, and build trust across cultures, languages, and institutions? The speakers will share their insights on how to navigate linguistic diversity, cultural expectations, and institutional norms and practices. Together, they will explore approaches to the intentional development of intercultural competencies and how these competencies foster inclusion, trust, and more effective cooperation. 

Featuring: Christopher M. Schmidt and Nelli Piehl (Abo Akademi, Finland), Rena Zendedel (Utrecht University, Netherlands), and Monika Kovács (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary).

Every last Monday of the month at 1:00 p.m., CHARM-ON offers a supportive space for dialogue designed to share ideas, best practices, and personal experiences within the Charm-EU academic community. Faculty members, researchers, students, administrative staff… Drawing on their real-world experiences, they provide practical insights into the implementation of the alliance’s pedagogical principles: challenge-based learning, mobility, interculturalism, responsible innovation, and more. These exchanges aim to help staff at partner universities adopt the best practices developed within Charm-EU and to encourage their participation in the training programs offered throughout the year.

The next webinar will be held in late February. You can listen to all the podcasts on Spotify.