Meet the Unite! Award winners 2025
The Unite! Award 2025 Ceremony took place last week during the Closing Plenary Session of the Aalto Dialogue, hosted by Aalto University in Espoo, Finland.
As every year, nominees are proposed by the rectors and presidents of each Unite! partner university, based on their institution’s own criteria, while the final awardees are selected by the Unite! Executive Board. The winners represent the full diversity of the Unite! community, including students, teachers, researchers, and staff.
*Photos: Katri Heinämäki
Meet the winners of this edition
For Politecnico di Torino: Eugenio Brusa
Eugenio Brusa has been involved with Unite! since the beginning of the alliance, first as Deputy KLO and next as Cm.7 Coordinator His contribution to the development of PhD activities within Unite! has been fundamental to the advancement of doctoral courses across the alliance.
For Aalto University: Dr Minna Söderqvist and the Unite! Doctoral education services team
They have made a significant, long-term impact by championing increased mobility opportunities for Aalto’s and partners doctoral students within the Unite alliance.
For Kungliga Tekniska högskolan: ÆSIR: Association of Engineering Students in Rocketry
The ÆSIR, Association of Engineering Students in Rocketry has showcased a deep engagement in the Unite! Community and have been a role model of student engagement, innovation, and leadership.
For Université Grenoble Alpes: Lucie Jiraskova
As Former Grenoble INP-UGA Deputy KLO & Unite! Cm 3. Co-lead for Wellbeing, Jiraskova has put significant efforts to support inclusion, diversity and well-being in our universities thanks to collaborative actions within Unite!
For Technische Universität Graz: Dr.techn.Bernd Deustchmann and the GreenChips-EDU project team
Bernd Deutschmann and GreenChips-EDU Project Team have played a pivotal role on bringing together committed educators, researchers and industry in the field of microelectronics and successfully securing funding for their project through Digital Europe.
For Technische Universität Darmstadt: Prof. Dr. Jan Phillip Hoffmann, Dr Bettina Wagner and Ms. Corrina Caspar-Terizakis
They have been instrumental in promoting young scientists from TUDa and played a key role in the strategic expansion of the Unite! Doctoral School.
For Universidade de Lisboa: SLO team
The ULisboa Unite! SLO Team has demonstrated commitment and enthusiasm in supporting Unite! initiatives such as the Unite! Student festival.
For Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) : Pau Maza, Milica Zivanic (SURE!)
They have played an instrumental role in the establishment of SURE! and contributed to building the alliance from the students' perspective with an active and committed involvement.
For Wrocław University of Science and Technology: Krystyna Kubiak
Krystyna Kubiak as the Technical Coordinator of the Unite! WIDENING project has actively contributed to key initiatives such as the Industry-Embedded Doctoral School by leading dissemination and communication activities.