As you know, we have joined the CIVICA alliance, the European University of Social Sciences, and almost all the departments of the institution are involved. From the IT Department, we are working, among other things, on the development of the CIVICA website https://my.civica.eu/, which we would like to encourage you to visit. It is available to the entire IE Community.

It is very easy to access it by clicking on the IE University button and through our SSO system. Inside you will find…

1. A growing catalogue of courses offered by the universities belonging to the alliance;

2. CIVICA's PhD Clinic, a directory of research professors, which aims to facilitate the communication between researchers and professors; and

3. CIVICA Social, a social network, organised in thematic branches, based on a secure platform (Whaller) built according to the Privacy by Design approach, which gives users full control of their data.

An amazing project which is still being worked on by people from various departments and which we hope will be of interest to everyone.

Krystina Dos Santos, Mariza Grundmann, Noemí Sánchez García, Rafal Kasprowski, Rosa Aranda