3.4 - EUniverCities Aveiro - Public Seminar

Meeting of politicians/decision makers

Cooperation City & University

Attractiveness&

Marketing

Science in Society

Local/Regional Economy

Internationali-zation

Students & City Life

Challenges for collaboration:

• Attracting students, knowledge workers• Not just the city: Cooperation in the region and with

companies • Not just a few people: broader!• Tackling social problems together• Fight divides between academic community & rest of the

city• Develop joint projects that match with the core business of

the university: Research and education• Seeing students as citizens. And we need to know who they

are!

Next steps

• Continue to exchange & learn, develop the network

• Publication: analysis, needs, best practices• Develop joint projects around key themes

(smart city, ageing etc.)• Be a partner for European Commission

policies