On 01st of June began the third regional campus, the SMUS LATIN AMERICAN REGIONAL CAMPUS 2026 at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil. For this Campus is participating the Dipenogoro University (Indonesia) and IIT Kharagpur (India).
The programme consisted of a series of lectures and several field visits to the areas affected by the May 2024 floods in Porto Alegre. Guest researchers from various disciplines also took part, complementing the perspectives offered by the university.
The work focused on developing the concept of Ec(h)otoning, through projects carried out by teams from the Universities of Xalapa and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, as well as the host university.