“Going on Erasmus is an amazing opportunity to study abroad in a different country and encounter different cultures. It helps you gain intercultural skills to improve your career chances for the future, build up an international network and improve your languages.
However, it might also cause a change in your lifestyle. In order to understand your habits during your exchange, we are asking for your help. We need your help to understand how students travel, eat and shop during their exchange year. By doing so, you have the chance to contribute to the latest research that will impact the Erasmus+ programme and 2 respondents will be able to win 2 interrail tickets that allow them to travel with a friend for 7 days in a month across 33 countries valued at 670 EUR.
Tell us about your exchange experience by filling out the survey here.
The research is part of the Green Erasmus project.
With over 9 million young people benefiting from the Erasmus Programme throughout the programme’s history, the programme has contributed to a more integrated and inclusive European continent, however it has also contributed to an increased carbon footprint because of student mobility.
The Erasmus Student Network (ESN) believes it is important to gather more evidence from across Europe to research the impact student mobility has on an individual student’s environmental impact.
The research, which will be the first of its kind, is led by researchers at Université libre de Bruxelles. Other partners in the project are the European University Foundation, the European Students’ Union, Technische Hochschule Köln and Students Organising for Sustainability. The results of the research will be published and available free for anyone on the partners’ websites. They will also be presented at a conference in Brussels in October 2021 (or online if the Covid-19 situation requires it).”
