First IBSEN Meeting in Split

From 10 to 12 November 2025, the Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism (FEBT), University of Split, hosted the IBSEN Network meeting. Representatives of partner universities from Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Türkiye, Finland, France, the Czech Republic, Canada, Spain and Croatia took part in the event.

The official programme included updates on the activities of the network, discussions on the IBSEN Entrepreneurship Series, the Real Game project and plans for the upcoming summer schools. FEBT presented its own projects — the Student Business Incubator, BizLabJunior and the Service-Learning Programme — as examples of innovative teaching and student development practices. The meeting also featured sessions on IBSEN admission criteria, the new IBSEN website and a panel discussion on the relevance of written theses in the age of AI.

In addition to the working sessions, the event provided several opportunities for networking among members, as well as with FEBT staff. The cultural programme included a guided tour of Split’s historic city centre and a visit to the Split 3 district, along with two networking dinners showcasing the local culinary tradition.

The meeting further strengthened cooperation within the IBSEN Network and opened new possibilities for joint initiatives in international education and research, as well as new opportunities for academic and student mobility.

Continue ReadingFirst IBSEN Meeting in Split

IBSEN Meeting in Bielefeld

The meeting in May 2025 took place in Germany, where Riza Öztürk, Eika Auschner and Nermin Karaoglu from the IBSEN team in Bielefeld welcomed the representatives of the IBSEN network. Key points of the meeting were the update on the international activities of the business faculties, the IBSEN Summer School in Izmir in July and the IBSEN certificate. The second day was under the motto World Café: In three themed cafés (social media, student projects, research/transfer), interested colleagues from HSBI talked together with the IBSEN members about ideas on these topics. All participants had to visit all three cafés and share or discuss ideas. The results of the cafés were presented at the end and task packages were distributed within the network.

This year, new elections were held to lead the network, and a new president and vice president was elected. Because of the great work done in the past, the previous presidents were confirmed in office. Congratulations to Alessandro Spano and Armand van Oostrom!!! 🙂

The IBSEN meeting with representatives from eight partner universities was used several times for networking. The HSBI students were able to obtain information from the guests about the individual IBSEN universities in a question hour. In addition, a joint network lunch of the faculty staff and the IBSEN representatives took place.

The cultural aspect was also not to be neglected: Beyond a dinner in a German brewery, a city tour and a guided tour of the “Sparrenburg” castle were organized.

IBSEN members during the city tour at the old theater in Bielefeld
HSBI students have questions to Changik Jo, who represents Hallym University in South Korea

 

 

 

Continue ReadingIBSEN Meeting in Bielefeld