Last month, Thawab Hilal, Senior Scientist at the Division of Public Spheres and Inequalities, represented the University of Salzburg in the Erasmus+ Cooperation Seminar for “Austrian and Jordanian Higher Education Institutions” in Vienna, organized by OeAD-GmbH – Agentur für Bildung und Internationalisierung.

The seminar brought together higher education institutions and Erasmus+ experts from both countries to strengthen long-term international cooperation and explore new opportunities for sustainable academic exchange.

As one of the invited experts in the program’s “Thematic Impulses” session, Thawab Hilal contributed to discussions on sustainability, international collaboration, and knowledge exchange in higher education. The interactive workshop format encouraged participants to jointly reflect on future cooperation projects, shared societal challenges, and the role of universities in fostering sustainable development.

Beyond networking, the seminar highlighted the broader impact of international academic partnerships: creating opportunities for student and staff mobility, strengthening intercultural dialogue, supporting collaborative research, and developing long-term institutional cooperation within the Erasmus+ framework.