What is ERUA?

ERUA, the European Reform University Alliance, is a partnership of five universities, including Paris 8 University, which was selected by the European Commission during the second Erasmus call for pilot projects.

ERUA is based on the ambition of developing an alternative model for the European university, reimagining it as a space for critical thinking, creation and experimentation. Thanks to the five million euros in funding allocated to this project, partner universities will be able to implement forty different measures that will reinterpret the role of the university in a global context. ERUA members are strongly committed to diversity, fairness and inclusivity.

Their aim is to develop personalised learning pathways in a multilingual and multicultural environment. The members of the Alliance create the right framework and structures to help students from different backgrounds come together in a shared European experience.

Our ambition is to achieve excellence in research by encouraging independent thinking in a bottom-up approach based on individual and collective initiatives and open science. We cover the majority of subject areas, with a particularly strong focus on the human and social sciences, and the arts. This allows us to develop original interdisciplinary approaches, and new approaches and solutions to contemporary issues and challenges.

5 European universities

• Roskilde University (Denmark)
• University of Konstanz (Germany)
• University of the Aegean (Greece)
• The New Bulgarian University (Bulgaria)
• Paris 8 University (France)

Areas of activity

• Management and coordination
• Reimagining higher education and research
• Reimagining learning paths
• Reimagining the community
• Reimagining the campus
• Communication and sustainability

Opportunities

The European Reform University Alliance offers teaching and study exchange programmes for students, teachers and administrative staff.

For teachers

• Travelling seminars
• Joint initiatives
• Teaching weeks
• Research workshops
• For administrative staff
• Joint training programmes
• Virtual exchanges
• ERASMUS staff days

For students

• Intensive courses
• Travelling seminars
• Student ambassador programme

Contact details

Sophie Wauquier – ERUA Vice President & Academic Coordinator

Rudward Akueson – ERUA Administrative Coordinator

• Office A2-209
• Email : rudward.akueson02@univ-paris8.fr
• Tel: +33 (0)1 49 40 71 14

Maria Kouti – ERUA Project Manager - Piloting

• Office A3-308
• Email: maria.kouti04@univ-paris8.fr
• Tel: +33 (0)1 49 40 65 71

Kyriaki Rousou – ERUA Project Manager - Course Programme Project Manager

• Office A3-310
• Email: kyriaki.rousou@univ-paris8.fr
• Tel: +33 (0)1 49 40 80 76

Cécile Bayle - ERUA Communications Manager

• Office A3-310
• Email: cecile.bayle@univ-paris8.fr
• Tel: + 33 (0)1 49 40 73 30

Bastien Torres – ERUA Administrative and Financial Manager

• Office A3-309
• Email: bastien.torres@univ-paris8.fr
• Tel: + 33 (0)1 49 40 72 96

Valeria Manzione – ERUA Project Manager

• Office A3-310
• Email: valeria.manzione02@univ-paris8.fr
• Tel: + 33 (0)1 49 40 73 29

Chloé Le Moal – Educational Innovation Engineer

• Office A3·308
• Email: chloe.le-moal@univ-paris8.fr
• Tel: + 33 1 49 40 73 71

Tanmay Banerjee – Digital Coordinator (EWP) / ERUA

• Office A3-308
• Email: tanmay.banerjee03@univ-paris8.fr
• Tel: + 33 1 49 40 71 38