BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam//NONSGML v1.0//EN NAME:Aurora Symposium on Global Citizenship METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260527T090000 DTEND:20260529T170000 DTSTAMP:20260527T090000 UID:2026/aurora-symposium-on-globa@8F96275E-9F55-4B3F-A143-836282E12573 CREATED:20260430T173047 LOCATION:Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam SUMMARY:Aurora Symposium on Global Citizenship X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

We are pleased to invit e you to participate in the upcoming Aurora Symposium 2026, which wil l take place on 27–29 May 2026. The symposium will focus on the ove rarching theme of Global Citizenship.

The event will bring tog ether educators, researchers, students, and professionals interested in this theme from across the Aurora network and beyond to share insights, b est practices, and innovative ideas that contribute to fostering glob al citizenship in higher education and society.

The eve nt will be kicked off with a special opening keynote (27 May, 13:00-1 5:00).

Keynote title: Institut ional Change through Curricular Innovation
Speaker< /strong>: Robert G. Bringle, Ph.D. Phil.D. (Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University)

Keynote overview: The aspiration is that European Alliances can transform the mission and practices of univers ities. But how can this happen? Community engagement and service-lear ning will be examined as potential mechanisms for innovative change n ot only in the curriculum but also in the mission, faculty roles and rewards, strategic planning, and institutional assessment. As such, t hey can contribute to enhancing partnerships with the community, glob al learning, and civic learning focused on social justice.

< p>All VU staff are welcome to join.
How to register
Sym posium registration is now open.
If you are from an Auror a Alliance university, please use the sign up link at the top of the page. Non-Aurora members should register and pay using this link.

The deadline to register your attendance is 30 April, 2026.

DESCRIPTION: The event will bring together educators, researchers, stu dents, and professionals interested in this theme from across the Aurora network and beyond to share insights, best practices, and innovative ide as that contribute to fostering global citizenship in higher educatio n and society. The event will be kicked off with a special op ening keynote (27 May, 13:00-15:00).

Keyno te title: Institutional Change through Curricular Innovation
Speaker: Robert G. Bringle, Ph.D. Phil.D. (Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Philanthropic S tudies, Indiana University)
Keynote overview: The aspiration is that European Alliances can transform the missi on and practices of universities. But how can this happen? Community engagement and service-learning will be examined as potential mechani sms for innovative change not only in the curriculum but also in the mission, faculty roles and rewards, strategic planning, and instituti onal assessment. As such, they can contribute to enhancing partnershi ps with the community, global learning, and civic learning focused on social justice.

All VU staff are welcome to join.
How to register
Symposium registration is now open. If you are from an Aurora Alliance university, please use the sign up link at t he top of the page. Non-Aurora members should register and pay using this link. The deadline to register your attendance is 30 April, 2026. We are pleased to invite you to participate in the upcoming Aurora Symposium 2026, which will take place on 27–29 May 2026. Th e symposium will focus on the overarching theme of Global Citizenship . END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR