EUTOPIA Ideas Club is a student-led debate programme that brings together student from across Europe to explore key values and intercultural understanding. It’s all about looking beyond local, regional, and national identities to strengthen a shared European identity, with a focus on values, human rights, and participation.
The event will explore the topics of asylum policy, migration, inclusion, and solidarity in the European Union. Through interactive, hands-on activities, you’ll take part in activities such as a simulation of negotiation on the EU migration and asylum policy and a debate on solidarity and inclusion.
Ideas Club will take place in blended format, in presence at the University of Ljubljana from October 9 to October 10, 2025 (2 full working days) with an online activity in September 2025.
Up to three students per partner university of the EUTOPIA Alliance will be selected, which means you will meet students from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain), Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai (Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Bruxelles, Belgium), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Venice, Italy), CY Cergy Université Paris (Paris, France), Technische Universität Dresden (Dresden, Germany), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal), Univerza v Ljubljani (Ljubljana, Slovenia), and The University of Warwick (Coventry, United Kingdom).
Eligibility
To qualify, applicants must be regularly enrolled as an active undergraduate-level (kandidatnivå) student at the University of Gothenburg, both at the time of application and when the Ideas Club takes place. Students can come from any subject area and do not have to have prior knowledge or experience in the topic
Application
To apply - fill in the application form no later than 24 August:
Application form
Please write your motivation for participating in English, clearly explaining your commitment to the event, how the topic connects to your academic, professional, or personal journey, and why it interests you. Selection will be based on the quality and thoughtfulness of your answers, your ability to express yourself in English, and the aim of creating a diverse group of participants. We particularly welcome applicants who are curious about EUTOPIA but have not yet taken part in its activities. If needed, a lottery may be used to finalize the selection.
Travel grant and daily allowance
To attend the events on October 9-10, the University of Gothenburg will provide a fixed amount of 309€ for roundtrip travel Gothenburg - Ljubljana plus a per diem of 79€ per day for up to four days; the exact number of days will vary based on your travel plans. There is additional funding available if you travel by approved green means. There is also additional financial support if you are a student with permanent physical or mental impairment or if you are a student with a dependent child (the child does not have to accompany you to the event).
Application deadline
Deadline for applications is 24 Augusti 2025 by 23:59 (11:59 pm). Applications received after the deadline will not be considered. In addition, applications will not be considered if the motivation text is missing or overly incomplete; you are not regularly enrolled or will not be enrolled at the time of the event; or if at any stage in the application procedure, it is established that the information you have provided has been knowingly falsified or plagiarized. Decisions cannot be appealed. We expect to notify selected candidates by August 29, 2025.
Data protection
Information relating to individuals (personal data) is collected and used in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) n. 2016/679 of the European Commission, with regard to the processing of personal data by European institutions and organizations and the unrestricted circulation of such data. Application information will be shared within the activity coordinators.
Questions?
Please contact eutopia@gu.se.
Ideas Club is part of the activities developed by the EUTOPIA MORE project, co-funded by the European Commission’s European Universities Initiative.
Read more about the University of Gothenburgs participation in EUTOPIA:
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