UCSIA Winter School 2026

The European Leadership Programme (ELP) by JESC is an intensive five-month programme in Brussels designed to train young professionals in responsible and impactful leadership. It combines work experience in EU-related institutions with ethical leadership formation, coaching, and community living.

UCSIA has been supporting the programme since 2020. Every year, we also mentor an ELP Fellow in our operation.

Feeling or showing compassion is typically human and has many sides. The expo ‘COMPASSION’ in Museum MAS shows how we portray this in different times, cultures and worldviews. And also, what its abrasive sides are.

UCSIA is taking the expo as a starting point to explore the concept of ‘compassion’ more deeply in this lecture series (in English and Dutch). Internationally renowned experts share their view on compassion from a religious, political, psychological and neurological angle.

Delve into the many contradictory faces of compassion with us!

In the Solidarity Academy, we reflect on old and new forms of solidarity and sustainable solutions to contemporary issues. We look for ways to strengthen local forms of solidarity. The substantive focus is on the just transition and the migration and refugee issue.