In May 2026, through the Micro-Residency Program, hypha_etc hosts three separate interdisciplinary workshops addressing urban commons, artificial intelligence and the futures of labor, and critical pedagogy. The program includes “Build-up for Communities: The Final Piece”, organized by Asociația Studenților Arhitecți; “A.I. at Work? The Challenges of Artificial Intelligence and the Futures of Labor”, organized by the Master’s Program in Labor and Social Transformations and the Centre for Labor and Society, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca; and “Mentés másként pedagógia: Critical Pedagogy and Collective Organizing”, organized by Asociația Mentés Másként. Together, these events create a shared framework for collaborative learning, research, and community-based practice.

hypha_etc invites educators, university teachers, and research groups to apply for a short-term micro residency in a quiet, natural environment, ideal for focused pedagogical work, collective learning, and reflection beyond traditional academic settings.

This workshop aims to broaden students' perspectives on art's role in addressing societal and environmental issues, fostering civic consciousness through creative practice. It will include presentations on major art movements from 1945 onward, with a focus on Romanian art from the 1970s and 80s.

The workshop brought together doctoral students and recent graduates from the Doctoral School of Philosophy at Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, particularly those researching and writing in Hungarian. This event marked the initial step of a long-term research project on Hungarian philosophy in 20th-century Romania, with a focus on the socialist era

The Cluj Architecture Students’ Association (A.St.A) team was the second organization to benefit from the 2024 hypha_workshop program.

rom April 24-26, we hosted the first participants of the 2024 hypha_workshop program: a group of students and their tutors from the Ornithology course, an elective course within the Biology and Ecology undergraduate program at Babeș-Bolyai University. They held their annual field ornithology workshop at hypha_etc, Câmpu Cetății.