Higher Education and Research

The Unit is established in 2012 and it holds the primary responsibility for fostering higher education and applied research in Europe and Partner Countries, contributing to the creation and development of innovative and knowledge society.
The Unit’s work is based on qualitative and quantitative research methods to a wide range of sectoral and transdisciplinary activities, maximising their impact at local and international levels. These activities are aimed at cross cutting priorities (such as ethics and gender issues, open data access, science education etc.) to support social and economic development of territories.
Today it holds the primary responsibility of leading CESIE’s Competence Cell, established to create strong local networks of actors from the quintuple helix innovation systemic for co-creation, promotion and test of responsible research and innovation (RRI) practices for our territory. Thus, fostering applied research in Europe and Partner Countries, contributing to the creation and development of innovative, sustainable and knowledge society.
Competence Cell
The Competence Cell is a transdisciplinary sub-unit, established to create strong local networks of actors from the quintuple helix innovation system for reflection on glocal challenges, co-creation, promotion and test of RRI practices for local territory.
Main Activities
Discover our Higher Education and Research Initiatives

SCIREARLY – Policies and Practices based on Scientific Research for Reducing Underachievement and Early School Leaving in Europe

SMARTEL – Improving the process of education through the development of e-learning multimedia platform and smart classrooms

ICU-RERE: ICU-Knowledge Triangle, Innovation: Reinforcing of Education- Research E-Health & Medical Links

INTERBA – INTERnationalization at Home: Embedding Approaches and Structures to Foster Internationalization at Western BAlkans

HEI4Diversity – Building Capacities to Prevent and Respond to any Form of Violence against the LGBTQI+ community in Higher Education Institutions in Europe

RAISD – Reshaping Attention and Inclusion Strategies for Distinctively vulnerable people among the forcibly displaced

CIM – Promoting Creativity and Innovation Management in an innovative blended learning and validation programme at the interface between higher education (HE) and business

SSaMs – Training Sports Students as Mentors to Improve the Educational Attainment of Boys and Young Men

BBChina – Master Programme on Bio-Based Circular Economy: From Fields to Bioenergy, Biofuel and Bioproducts in China

LMPI – Bachelor’s and Professional Master’s Degree for development, administration, management, protection of computer systems and networks in enterprises in Moldova, Kazakhstan, Vietnam

SCIENT – A European University-Business Alliance aiming to foster young SCIEntists’ ENTrepreneurial spirit

ENCHASE – Enhancing Albanian System of Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Application of the Process and Outcome-based Methodology

GOVERN – Fostering autonomy and accountability: Development of State-of-the-Art HE Management System for efficient changes in line with Bologna principles

PICASA – Promoting Internationalization of HEIs in Eastern Neighborhood Countries through Cultural and Structural Adaptations
