Supporting Ukraine's Next generation of scholars:
a project for Raising university capacity and Improving doctoral Student Education
SUNRISE
SUNRISE addresses challenges faced by Ukrainian PhD students in environmental subjects due to the war. It develops the capacity of EU partners to provide relevant support in this sense. With 12 involved scholars from EU & 10 from Ukraine, SUNRISE aims to:
- build war-resistant and resilient learning infrastructure;
- support the war resilience and post-war recovery through curriculum contents reflecting the emerging challenges;
- ensure future academic competitiveness and research innovation
In particular, SUNRISE will develop online ICT services for PhD training, leveraging on post-disaster experiences of UniCam & UniZg in the context of UN and EU strategies and directives; co-develop research databases and curricula on post-war recovery & resilience, PhD (co-)supervision and expert advising/training support on emerging topics; develop resilience guidelines for the post-war recovery and enhancement of academic activities in environmental research at partner campuses in Ukraine.
Partership
1. University of Camerino, School of Architecture and Design, ITALY (LP)
2. Estonian University of Life Sciences, ESTONIA
3. University of Zagreb, CROATIA
4. Karazin Kharkiv National University, UKRAINE
5. Odessa State Environmental University, UKRAINE
6. Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians, Natajyaal Academy of Ukraine, UKRAINE
Objectives
SUNRISE brings forward the following objectives:
1. Ensuring resilience of learning infrastructure and resources of PhD training in environmental fields, through the development of ICT and organisational solutions providing uninterrupted access of PhD students in Ukraine to credit mobility, supervision, graduation and networking solutions.
Results: development of an ICT online framework for PhD training (e-learning, e-science modules, e-portfolio), organisational and institutional solutions for accessing network resources available to EU partners, and training events for future users of the developed products.
2. Supporting resilience to war impacts and postwar recovery of Ukraine through the development of curriculum contents and teaching expertise in the areas of disaster preparedness and post-disaster restoration of settlements, agrifood- and ecosystems.
Results: new courses and modules of 10 ECTS, addressing issues of war resilience and post-war recovery, with particular attention to war-related impacts; co-supervision of Ukrainian PhD students with the provision of different forms of resource support; and training events for staff and students addressing the emerging issues.
3. Strengthening the development perspectives of Ukrainian partners in the post-war period by establishing resilience guidelines for supporting strategic recovery planning and enhancing Ukrainian higher education and research, especially in environmental studies.
Results: resilience guidelines to support the recovery process, the development of competitive environmental research, and the research training, as well as other activities and knowledge exchange with the EU partners.
Contact and further information:
- Massimo Sargolini (project coordinator) - massimo.sargolini@unicam.it
- Anton Shkaruba (project vice-coordinator) - anton@mespom.eu
- Flavio Stimilli (contact point and project manager) - flavio.stimilli@unicam.it
- Ilenia Pierantoni - ilenia.pierantoni@unicam.it
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
