PIE Annual Meeting 2025: Call for Contributions

We invite ELIA member institutions to submit their contributions for the PIE Annual Meeting 2025 in Barcelona, Spain.

Next year's meeting will be hosted by Llotja Art School, ESDAPC - Escola Superior de Disseny i d’Arts Plàstiques de Catalunya, and will take place from 4 – 6 June 2025.

The PIE Working Group invites internationalisation professionals and experts, students, teachers, deans, and directors to co-create the programme and submit proposals on the main theme, 'The Added Value'.


The Added Value 

The importance of internationalisation in higher arts education is often taken for granted. Art, by its very nature, transcends borders, and all students in higher arts education inevitably engage with international perspectives and a global landscape.

Achieving internationalisation in higher arts education can take many forms: institutional cooperation, student and staff exchanges, guest lectures, international projects, and more. Experts across the board—whether educators, administrators, or management—recognise it as essential for enhancing the quality of education and research, enriching both the curriculum and students’ perspectives. 

As we face political shifts that may challenge the value of international exchanges in arts and higher education, it becomes essential to reflect on one crucial question: What is the true added value of internationalisation in higher arts education? 


What are we looking for?

Be creative! Your chosen format should stimulate lively debate, enable co-creation, facilitate dialogues, encourage participation, and move towards creating mutual understanding.  Share your experiences, research, and case-studies. We are looking for contributions from international colleagues that respond to the following topics and questions:

The Hidden Curriculum 
How valuable are the skills and competencies acquired through internationalisation, and could these be taught otherwise? What are the tangible or intangible added values?

Enrichment of Education 
How does internationalisation enrich arts education and research? How do students and staff benefit from internationalisation? How have institutions benefitted from internationalisation?  

Equality and Accessibility in Internationalisation 
Is the international experience accessible to all actors, regardless of their position on the social and income ladder – inside as well as outside your institution? Which schools and counties are accessible to whom? 

Impact in Internationalisation 
What concrete changes are international projects bringing to the pedagogy and international dimension in arts education? How can new Erasmus+ programmes be creatively used by art schools within and outside Europe?  


For further information, please visit the event webpage or read the full call for contributions.

Submission deadline: 15 January 2025

If you have any questions, please contact ELIA Conference Manager, Janja Škerget at janja.skerget@elia-artschools.org.