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Peace Engineering: Building Resilient

Peace Engineering: Building Resilient

Peace Engineering addresses the urgent need for resilience amid conflict, disruption, and systemic fragility. By uniting science, technology, and social responsibility, it empowers communities to rebuild and prosper. Technical University of Košice and Ulysseus European University offer a platform to connect universities, industry, and civil society in pursuit of this vision, with Ukraine as a central case.

The event is a part of the Ulysseus Košice Week.

Session Focus

  • Explore Peace Engineering’s role in addressing today’s crises, especially in the context of the war-situation in Ukraine
  • Highlight practical applications through a demonstration project in the Uzhhorod Region: Community Redevelopment for Post-War Ukraine
  • Exchange best practices in engineering, leadership, and education for peace between policymakers, academia and civil society
  • Develop pathways for joint research, teaching, and societal engagement in the topic of peace engineering with exploiting synergy effects from Ulysseus European University and regional context of Eastern Slovakia and Western Ukraine

Expected Outcomes

  • Peace Engineering: presentation of research and educational priorities
  • Identification of collaborative projects and mobility opportunities
  • Exploration of EU funding streams (Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, etc.) and philanthropic funding streams
  • Strengthened institutional inter-regional and transnational partnerships and commitment to social impact
  • Advancing Ulysseus cooperation by positioning peace engineering as a shared platform for education, research, and innovation

Agenda Snapshot

  • Welcome remarks (TUKE)
  • Keynote Address (Georgia Tech)
  • Presentation of Community Redevelopment for Post-War Ukraine
  • Panel discussion with Ulysseus partners & Uzhhorod National University
  • Commitments and next steps

Key Partners

  • Technical University of Košice (Slovakia) and Ulysseus European University
  • Uzhhorod National University (Ukraine, as Ulysseus Associated Partner)
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)

Target Audience and Registration

The workshop in target at the following target groups:

  • Educators developing multidisciplinary study programs
  • Researchers eager to participate in peace engineering projects
  • Representatives from Ulysseus partner universities engaged in the university/research/project management
  • Stakeholders (NGOs etc.) and local authorities engaged in community resilience
  • Policymakers shaping peace-oriented strategies.

The event will be organised as the 1,5-hour hybrid workshop for ~50 participants.

Registration is required

 

Event Organiser and Venue

The event is organised by the Ulysseus European University and is part of the Ulysseus Košice Week. The will be held at the Technical University of Košice in Slovakia.

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The Technical University of Košice (TUKE), established in 1952, is Slovakia’s flagship technical university, offering more than 100 study programmes to nearly 10,000 students across nine faculties.

Nestled in the vibrant, student-friendly city of Košice, TUKE blends research-led teaching with an entrepreneurial spirit. Its on-campus University Science Park TECHNICOM anchors a dynamic ecosystem for technology transfer, start-ups and European Digital Innovation Hub services, making Košice a hotspot for sustainable, digital innovation.

Ulysseus Košice Week

Running 20 – 24 October 2025 at the Technical University of Košice, Ulysseus Košice Week is set to be the alliance’s flagship multi-event of the year, packaging twenty back-to-back activities into one vibrant programme and marking 5th anniversary of Ulysseus European University.

Alongside high-level governance meetings such as the Ulysseus Summit, the week weaves in ten internal project sessions, specialised workshops and student assemblies while opening its doors to the wider community through four headline public events: the Ulysseus R&I Conference on Digital Transformation of Industry, the presentation of Ulysseus Innovation Hub at TUKE, an Equality–Diversity–Community Engagement forum and the art-and-science session Creative Playgrounds.

By blending strategic project work with outward-facing forums on digitalisation, entrepreneurship, inclusion and the arts, Ulysseus Košice Week will transform Košice into a living laboratory of Ulysseus research, innovation and civic engagement, showcasing the alliance’s impact across Europe.

Go to Ulysseus Kosice Week

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