The Kircher Network International Officers’ group gathers international counterparts from the different member institutions created to find collaborative activities in the context of international education. Its primary focus is to benefit from the competitive advantages that we have as a network.
The group’s first meeting took place on the 19th and 21st of September, where funding opportunities were discussed, collaborative projects were presented, and the steering committee was created to organise the subsequent encounters and actions of the group.
The utter purpose is to enhance the ties inside the network, to function as a single body and make the most of the talent among the Kircher Network.
To contribute to the internationalisation of the member institutions in the European and global contexts through developing collaborative projects and mission-driven activities that take advantage of synergies and add value to the universities.
The group has been working on the preparation of an Erasmus+ BIP Programme International Training Staff Week titlled: “The Challenges of Inclusion in Europe: the Contribution of Jesuit HEI”. The training week will take place at the University of Namur from the 2nd to the 6th of July.
1.The group
The group of Senior International Relations Officers has been growing since its first meeting in September. This growth has been in terms of the number of member institutions as well as collaboration projects. In its firts meeting, there were representatives from 12 member universities and institutions from the Network. Five more institutions have joint the group since then.
Member Institutions
- Hochschule für Philosophie
- IQS – Institut Quimic de Sarrià
- The Newman Institute
- Universidad de Deusto
- Universidad Loyola
- Université Saint-Joseph
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas
- ICAM
- University of Namur
- Universidade Católica Portuguesa
- Jesuit University Ignatianum
- National College of Ireland
- Lumen Vitae
- Esade
Steering Committee
University of Deusto
Munich School of Philosophy
Universidad Loyola
Kircher Network Executive Secretary
2. Projects and initiatives
Since the creation of the group the past September in Seville the group has been involved in the development of three different inititatives, three Blended Intensive Programmes receiving funding form the Europena Union Erasmus+ funds.
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING STAFF WEEK: “THE CHALLENGES OF INCLUSION IN EUROPE: THE CONTRIBUTION OF JESUIT HEI
This initiative is already in motion and will have its in person component from the 2nd to the 6th of July in the University of Namur.
Find all the information on the website of the event
SYMPOSIUM CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM RELATIONS (IN PREPARATION)
The group is promoting a Blended Intesive Programme together with the HEST cluster on Christian and Muslim Relations for the organization of a Symposium this July about “Universal-Communitarian Approaches to Social Values in Christian and Islam”. The event will take place in the University of Deusto from the 11th to the 15th of July.
Access the symposium programme here
STUDY WEEK IN GRANADA (IN PREPARATION)
The group is helping the cluster design a Study Week to deepen into Christian- Muslim encounters in Granada from June 31 to July 6, 2024. It will be open for the students of the Online Course and other students from the Kircher Network.
They are preparing an Erasmus BIP Student Training for the Study week. The Universidad Loyola coordinates this Erasmus BIP, and its international relation unit is helping the grooup to prepare the project. The Jesuit University Ignatianum- Krakow, Faculty of Theology – Innsbruck University and the Sankt Georgen Jesuit College of Philosophy and Theology – Frankfurt will also participate in the BIP.
