News from CIVICA

Sciences Po is a founding member of CIVICA - the European University of Social Sciences, created in March 2019. CIVICA brings together today 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 faculty members.

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 thematic priorities: 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 since 2019 by the European Commission as one of the pilot European Universities, funded under the Erasmus+ programme. 

The other members of CIVICA are: Bocconi University (Italy), Central European University (Austria and Hungary), the European University Institute (Intergovernmental), the Hertie School (Germany), IE University (Spain), the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (Romania), SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Poland), the Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden) and The London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom). 

What can CIVICA do for you?

Bachelor students

Bachelor students can enroll in:

• The CIVICA engage track (in the framework of the mandatory Civic Learning Programme of Sciences Po's College). In order to complete the CIVICA Engage Track and receive a CIVICA Engage formal acknowledgement, students must: meet the obligations of the Sciences Po Civic Learning Programme, successfully complete an Engage Course at a CIVICA Partner University or participate in a European Week and complete a Showcase Reflective Component (graded by Sciences Po on a pass/fail basis),
• A CIVICA European Week takes place every year at one of the partner universities.

Master students

Master students can attend:

• The CIVICA joint courses (between two partner universities),
• The CIVICA multicampus courses (organised between seven partner universities on their different campuses). 

PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty

PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty can benefit from the alliance to build connection and work together:

• Thanks to networking tools such as the PhD Clinic that gives researchers the chance to contact professors via an in-built email system,
• Early stage researchers can attend specific courses and research conferences organised by CIVICA,
• Faculty and postdoctoral researchers can apply for short visits to a partner university in order to foster collaborative activities (through talks and workshops, for example).

All students initiatives are also encouraged and supported, such as the futurEU – a European policy competition. At any point during their journey at Sciences Po, students can apply to become CIVICA ambassadors: to promote CIVICA's initiatives and values among their peers and network with ambassadors from the other partner universities.