CIVICA – The European University of Social Sciences brings together ten leading European higher education institutions in the social sciences to mobilise and share knowledge as a public good and to facilitate civic responsibility in Europe and beyond. CIVICA was selected by the European Commission as one of the pilot European Universities.
CIVICA brings together ten leading European higher education institutions in the social sciences, humanities, business management and public policy, with a total of 72,000 students and 13,000 academic staff. Together, they build on an ever-stronger combination of teaching, research and innovation to mobilise and share knowledge as a public good and to facilitate civic responsibility in Europe and beyond. CIVICA members strive to find solutions to complex societal challenges through a series of integrated activities focused on four key topics: Societies in Transition and Crises of Earth; Challenges to Democracy in the XXIst Century; Europe Revisited; and Data Driven Technologies for the Social Sciences. CIVICA was selected in 2019 by the European Commission as one of the pilot European Universities, funded under the Erasmus+ programme. CIVICA members are: Bocconi University (IT), Central European University (HU), the European University Institute (Intergovernmental), the Hertie School (DE), IE University (ESP), the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (RO), Sciences Po (FR), SGH Warsaw School of Economics (PL), the Stockholm School of Economics (SE) and The London School of Economics and Political Science (UK). Read more on civica.eu.