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University College Cork is one of the founding partners of UNIC, the European University of Cities in Post-Industrial Transition. UNIC is an alliance of ten universities across Europe who are working with their cities and with one another to tackle urban challenges and develop shared, sustainable futures.

The UNIC university partners are University College Cork, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Koç University Istanbul, University of Deusto in Bilbao, University of Liège, Ruhr University Bochum, University of Oulu, University of Zagreb, University of Lodz, Malmö University.

UNIC unlocks new international opportunities by connecting students, staff and city stakeholders with our partners for transformative learning, research, innovation and societal impact. See the main UNIC site: Home (unic.eu).

UNIC is funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

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19 May 2026

One-day Training on Methods in Migration and Superdiversity Research

Superdiversity is one of the thematic lines and defining features of the UNIC alliance. It refers to the increased and complex forms of diversification and the existence of multiple identity markers that intertwine to shape the socio-cultural reality around us. A one-day training on methods used in migration and superdiversity research is delivered by experts of the UNIC Superdiversity network on June 2nd. It is open to all staff, PhD/post-graduate students and post-doctoral researchers across the UNIC alliance.
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The Swedish city of Malmo will host the 2026 UNIC International Sustainability Leadership Autumn School
27 Apr 2026

Visit Malmö University for the UNIC International Sustainability Leadership Autumn School 2026

Following the success of last year's UNIC International Sustainability Leadership Autumn School held in University College Cork under the leadership of Dr Paul Bolger (UCC Sustainability Academy) in October 2025, Malmö University will host the 2026 Sustainability Leadership Autumn School (5 ECTS credits).  
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Simone O'Rourke and Aoife Dowling (both UNIC at UCC) welcoming visitors from University of Lodz
15 Apr 2026

UCC welcomes visitors from UNIC partner universities

April was an extremely busy and productive month for active collaboration and planning of future activities between colleagues across the UNIC alliance. We were delighted to welcome a number of visitors from University of Lodz. They were hosted by colleagues in the Centre for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL), the Department of Economics, and the People and Culture Department respectively.
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Students taking part in UNIC Dialogues event held in the Student Hub on March 19
13 Apr 2026

UNIC Dialogues on "Internationalisation" was held on March 19

UNIC Dialogues is an annual initiative organised by student representatives held at each of the partner universities of the UNIC alliance. On March 19th, UNIC UCC Student representatives Margarita Linetska and Sadhbh Tierney led the local UCC UNIC Dialogues event under this year's theme of "Internationalisation".  
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