Revive partners
The REVIVE consortium connects six partner organizations from Greenland and five EU member states: Spain, Italy, Finland, Lithuania, and Bulgaria.
The REVIVE consortium comprises a network of renowned professionals from the academic sector with various backgrounds, eager to work together to support cross-regional exchange of best practices and successful rural development strategies.
University of Greenland
University of Greenland (Ilisimatusarfik, in Greenlandic) is an Arctic university that creates knowledge and innovation in the rapidly developing region. It highly prioritizes cooperation with the outside world, locally as well as internationally, and it wishes to bridge the university world with the business community and the public sector, combining new thinking and innovation. Ilisimatusarfik is strongly committed to training students to develop their ability to analyze and solve complex problems faced by the Arctic and the international community at large. The courses at Ilisimatusarfik are taught in Danish, Greenlandic, and English. It has around 650 students enrolled in different academic programs such as Health Science, Social Science, Economics and Journalism, and Culture, Language and History.
University of Salamanca
The University of Salamanca (USAL), founded in 1218 and one of the oldest Universities in Europe, is today a modern European University, boasting a wide range of Faculties and Research Institutes in Sciences and Arts. USAL offers a wide range of Studies to about 26.000 pre-graduate students every year (with the second highest international community in Spain), plus about 2.600 post-graduate ones; it contracts 2.200 researches, who are distributed in 57 University Departments, 26 Faculties and Universities Schools, 12 Research Institutes and 10 Research Centres. USAL is recognized as one of the most outstanding Spanish universities in both national and international rankings. In 2011, it was awarded the Campus of International Excellence status considering its high quality and excellence in teaching, training, researching activities and academic life.
Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences
The LCSS, or Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences is the main institution in which the Lithuanian Institute of Economics and Rural Development (formerly known as Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics) conducts currently its activities. The institution is a scientific research institute established in 1990. It operates under the supervision of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, with the Ministry of Agriculture overseeing its core functions. The institute conducts scientific research and experimental development in the social sciences, primarily focusing on agricultural, food, and fisheries economics, as well as rural development. The institute is also involved in doctoral studies, scientific projects, and innovation transfer. It publishes research findings to contribute to knowledge dissemination in its fields of expertise. LCSS employs around 55 individuals, including 40 scientific researchers, with 20 holding doctoral degrees. The team focuses on developing data-driven insights and policy recommendations to support the sustainable development of Lithuania's agricultural and rural economy.
University of Oulu
The University of Oulu has a wide range of scientific disciplines and promotes interdisciplinary research through university's profile areas and multidisciplinary research centres. There are about 2,000 researchers and hundreds of ongoing research projects at the University of Oulu. About 50-60 invention disclosures are done yearly. This institution is an active partner in numerous local, national, and international networks in research, education, and innovations.
University of Catania
With an average enrolment of 40,000 students, roughly 1250 academic staff, and 1100 administrative staff, the University of Catania (Unict) is a long-standing public institution, founded in 1434, being the oldest of the Italian Southern universities. It is organized into 17 departments, located in Catania, Ragusa, and Siracusa. Alongside research, education, and the "third mission" (the University’s engagement activities with local actors), Unict considers the internationalization process as a key to its development, therefore, it is willing to adopt strategic plans aiming at improving the construction of international partnerships. Specifically, since the beginning of the Erasmus programme, The University of Catania has promoted it as a tool of pivotal importance for the university's internationalisation process.
National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
The National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography (NIGGG-BAS) is an independent research body among the oldest academic institution in Bulgaria – the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (established in 1869). The institute carries out fundamental and applied research in the fields of geophysics, seismology, earthquake engineering, geodesy, and geography to facilitate the sustainable development of the Republic of Bulgaria. It provides scientific services to governmental and non-governmental bodies, including monitoring and expert information, analyses and assessments. The research focuses on aligning societal priorities with anthropogenic risk management by developing advanced scientific methods, maintaining an integrated geoinformation databases, and monitoring natural and anthropogenic risks.
