New ENLIGHT Incubator Grant for the Center!


The collaborative project Genetics, Linguistics and Archaeology in the Digital Age is one of 23 applications that will receive funding from ENLIGHT. ENLIGHT stands for European university Network to promote equitable quality of Life, sustaInability and Global engagement through Higher education Transformation. It is a network of ten European universities that supports academics and students in creating innovative teaching and learning initiatives.

The grant will allow the Center and our partners from the universities in Tartu (Estonia), Ghent (Belgium) and Turku (Finland) to design interdisciplinary education together. Harald Hammarström (UU) is the project coordinator.


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