EVENT I – Summer School
Theme: Shaping the Future: Philosophy, Creativity, and Human Transformation in the Age of AI
Location and date: Braga, Portugal | 12–16 October 2026
Organiser: Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences (Braga campus) from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in collaboration with institutional, societal, academic, corporate and GLAM partners.
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP) invites applications for T4EU Creativity Week 2026, which will embrace two major events: T4EU Summer School, realised as a Blended Intensive Programme (BIP), bringing together virtual and in-person learning activities as well as an International PhD Conference in Philosophy.
The programme also includes:
- Matchmaking Event – Together We Create the Future
- Transformational Lab (T-Lab) – Transforming the World through Creativity
Summer School and PhD Conference participants will automatically participate in all three activities as part of the integrated Creativity Week programme.
How can creativity help us respond to the challenges of the twenty-first century?
Artificial Intelligence, climate change, geopolitical tensions and rapid technological transformation are reshaping society and raising fundamental questions about what it means to create, innovate and act as human beings.
The T4EU Creativity Week brings together students, researchers and academics from across Europe to explore creativity as a driver of innovation, sustainability and social transformation. Through keynote lectures, workshops, challenge-based learning and collaborative projects, participants will engage in interdisciplinary dialogue across philosophy, the arts, science and technology.
EVENT I – Summer School – realised as a Blended Intensive Programme
Participants will work in international teams on one of three thematic pathways:
- Creativity and Artificial Intelligence
- Creativity and Conflict Resolution 2
- Creativity towards Sustainability
Learning Outcomes
Participants will:
- develop interdisciplinary problem-solving and creative thinking skills;
- collaborate in international and intercultural teams;
- engage with researchers and external stakeholders;
- strengthen communication, teamwork and innovation competences;
- contribute to collaborative solutions addressing contemporary societal challenges.
Applications are open to:
- Master’s students (interested in doctoral studies)
- PhD candidates
- PhD students
- Post-doc researchers
Funding and documents:
The activity is implemented under the Erasmus+ programme as a Blended Intensive Programme (BIP).
Participation requires meeting the requirements of the Erasmus+ programme. Only persons with an active status of a student or doctoral student at the University of Silesia may participate in the BIP. The BIP programme and participation in it must be approved by the home teaching unit of the individual participant, i.e. by the home faculty or doctoral school or IEDS – this is done by accepting and signing the learning agreement for studies, before the trip an individual Erasmus+ KA131 HED BIP grant agreement is signed. The settlement of the trip is based on the confirmation issued by the BIP’s organising institution on the completion of the whole BIP course, including the online and stationary parts, the physical presence during the whole stationary part, the acquisition of a minimum of 3 ECTS credits and the completion of the individual participant’s report and the submission of additional documents, if required, including declarations, statements of tickets and invoices or receipts in the case of travel by environmentally friendly means of transport and receipt of an increased flat-rate contribution to travel costs (Green Travel). Participants, upon acceptance by the home teaching unit, the sending university and the host university, fulfilment of all requirements and submission of the required documents, and the conclusion of an individual Erasmus+ grant agreement, receive:
Individual funding: EUR 79 per mobility day (5 days + 2 travel days)
Lump sum for travel costs – dependent on the chosen mode of transport and distance:
EUR 417 – environmentally friendly travel (e.g. train, bus, carpooling)
EUR 309 – regular travel (e.g. plane)
For the settlement of the lump-sum travel funds, in the case of travel by environmentally friendly means of transport (Green Travel), the above-mentioned documents will be required (declaration, declarations of travel by environmentally friendly means of transport, tickets, invoices/receipts (in the case of travel by bus or train).
Those with fewer opportunities to participate (people with disabilities or receiving a social allowance) can receive an additional EUR 100 for the entire trip.
Each Erasmus+ KA131 HED BIP must include an online component and an on-site component of at least 5 days (not including travel days).
Each participant covers his or her own accommodation and food costs from the funds received as part of the individual allowance.
Documents required:
– Learning Agreement for Studies (Erasmus+ BIP);
– Application for travel abroad – WS;
[Complete signatures: participant, faculty coordinator, and dean];
– GDPR information clause.
The allowance agreement will be signed upon submission of the complete set of documents to the International Exchange Office of the University of Silesia.
Mobility will be settled on the basis of:
– Confirmation of the completion of the programme by the organising university (Universidade Católica Portuguesa);
– completing an individual online questionnaire in the Beneficiary Module system;
– in the case of Green Travel funding, the documents indicated above;
– providing the Transform4Europe office with a project report
Recruitment: The participants will be selected based on the assessment of applications. The priority will be given to persons, who did not participate in the mobilities to partner universities.
The deadline for submitting applications is 9 September 2026.
Registration form: https://formularze.us.edu.pl/form/index/7413
If you have any questions about recruitment, please contact: transform4europe@us.edu.pl.
