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5th International Symposium on Sustainability | Climate "How": How to Engage Society and Deploy Decarbonization

February 7-8, 2019

Venice International University and Alcantara are organizing the Symposium "Climate "How": How to Engage Society and Deploy Decarbonization", which aims to explore the question of how to generate engagement in addressing actions at different levels of society.
The Symposium is supported by the World Bank Group’s Connect4Climate global partnership program.

Today, global climate change is one of the most impactful risks with a very high probability of manifestation. Despite the importance of this issue, citizens seem to be distracted by nearer and more fearful urgencies, like social and personal security and unemployment. Moreover, their perceptions of the evolving local and global situation change rapidly, because of the booming availability of information, and the coexistence of very different opinions within the debate.

During an intensive two-day symposium world-class scientists, economists, academics, managers of top corporations, science writers, governmental and non-governmental organizations will come together at Venice International University to discuss how to engage multiple stakeholders in our society on topics relevant to climate change and decarbonization.

VIU’s TEN Program on Sustainability has paid growing attention to raising citizens’ awareness towards topics that stem from scientific research and that have a daily impact on their lives (e.g. health, food safety, climate change) through its activities in Science Communication, which can be an important lever to achieve sustainable development. 

This is the fifth edition of our Symposium, following the previous editions organized by Alcantara and Venice International University: 

2018 Coping with Change: Global Warming and Decarbonization
2016 Sustainability and Corporate Value (in Tokyo in collaboration with Nikkei, and Waseda University.
2014 Sustainability and the New Automotive Value Chain
2015 The Automotive Ecosystem on the Global road to Sustainability, the Asian Perspective

 

 

The Symposium is streamed live on the VIU YouTube Channel.

 

 

Updates about speakers and agenda in the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2176166459108325/

Contacts and info

Alessandra Fornetti

Venice International University 
Isola di San Servolo
30133 Venice
ITALY
T +39 041 2719511
F +39 041 2719510 
E alessandra.fornetti@univiu.org

Accommodation for Globalization Program students

The following information is relevant for students of the Globalization Program.

For information about accommodation arrangements for all other VIU Academic Programs or activities, please refer to the program coordinator directly.

The residential halls on the San Servolo Campus are managed by a services company San Servolo Servizi Metropolitani.

 

 

Students who will attend a semester of VIU Globalization Program can apply for support in finding an accommodation through VIU channels.
Places are limited and assigned on a first-come-first-served basis. We will try to satisfy all requests but we cannot guarantee that all students will be assigned a place.

There are two accommodation options:

- Dorms on San Servolo island campus
- A place in apartments in Venice city

Requirements
Students who have been assigned an accommodation through VIU channels, in the residential halls on the island of San Servolo or in apartment, are required to take and complete at least three courses.

Applications
Applications open twice a year, together with the semester pre-registration opening (see Registration calendar), students can register through an online form on VIU website.

Deadline to apply for accommodation

- Fall semesters: June 5
- Spring semesters: November 30

After the deadline, VIU pre-reserves accommodation for students who have confirmed their preference by signing the accommodation agreement. Each place is considered confirmed only after receipt of payment.

VIU will take care of all practical procedures concerning campus confirmation, apartment research and lease contracts.

 

Accommodation dates

2nd Semester of the AY 2025-26:
check-in February 15, 2026
check-out May 31, 2026

1st Semester of the AY 2026-27:
check-in Septemebr 6, 2026
check-out December 20, 2026

2nd Semester of the AY 2026-27:
check-in February 14, 2025
check-out May 30, 2027

 

Read more in the Student Accommodation Guidelines (see box in the page).

 

Admission Requirements

Students registered in degree programs at one of VIU's Member Universities are eligible to apply for the Globalization Program.

Exchange students at Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Università Iuav di Venezia and Università degli Studi di Padova are also eligible to apply. 

The Italian Language course is reserved for students who are attending at least two full term courses. 

Courses are open to students of both undergraduate (lauree triennali) and graduate degrees (lauree magistrali) and can be recognized for credit.

However, students must have completed at least the first year of their undergraduate degrees (lauree triennali) before attending the Globalization Program. 


Tuition fees
Students do not pay any tuition directly to Venice International University. However, students must be regularly enrolled in their home university and must pay regular tuition fees to their home university.

 

Applications
Procedures differ depending on which university you are from.

Students of the Italian member universities Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Università Iuav di Venezia, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Università degli Studi di Padova and Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" may apply for the program directly with VIU by filling out the pre-registration form on VIU website (link to pre-registration form in the white box at the side of the page - published only in the application period).

Students from all other universities must apply through the relevant office in their home university, as listed below:

Boston College
Students must apply through the BC Office of Global Education.
Contact Kathryn Wright: wrightgu@bc.edu

Duke University
Students must apply through the Duke Global Education Office for Undergraduates.
Contact Mariah Anderson: mariah.henderson@duke.edu

European University at St. Petersburg
Contact Prof. Natalia Mazur: nmazur@eu.spb.ru

Korea University
Students must apply through the Office of International Affairs
Contact Hyunjoo Cho: outeurope@korea.ac.kr

KU Leuven
Students must apply through the KU Leuven International Office
Contact Laura Lenssen: laura.lenssen@kuleuven.be

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Students must apply through the LMU International Office
Contact Prof. Hans Van Ess, Academic Advisor: vaness@ostasien.fak12.uni-muenchen.deContact Philippa Menzel, Administrative Advisor: Philippa.Menzel@verwaltung.uni-muenchen.de

Stellenbosch University
Students must apply through the Global Education Center
Contact Sarah Van der Westhuizen: sarahvdw@sun.ac.za

Tel Aviv University
Students must apply through the TAU Office of Interacademic Affairs
Contact Prof. Shira Betesh-Galili: acadaff@tauex.tau.ac.il

Tsinghua UniversityGlobal Environment Program office
Contact: Aina Jiang, jiangaina@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Université de BordeauxContact Prof. Laurent Servant, International Relations office: laurent.servant@u-bordeaux.frContact Anne Blassiau: anne.blassiau@u-bordeaux.fr

University of Exeter
Students must apply through the Global Opportunities Team
Contact: outbound@exeter.ac.uk

Université de LausanneInternational Relations Office
Contact: Emmanuel Cenuse, emmanuel.cenuse@unil.ch

Waseda University
Students must apply through the WU Center for International Education: cie-europe@list.waseda.jp
Contact: Emi ITOKAWA - cie-outbound04@list.waseda.jp


Registration

Following admission, students must complete a pre-registration form via the VIU website, and later a course registration form.
Visit registration page.

 

For further information:
Globalization Program
Tel. : +39 041 2719 511 
Fax : +39 041 2719 510
E: student-services@univiu.org

 

Admissions and Course Organization

Eligibility
Students registered in any Bachelor's or Master's degree programs at one of VIU's Member Universities are eligible to apply.
Exchange students are not admitted.

Application dates for the 2026 edition
April 15 - May 15 , 2026

Students need to pre-register to the VIU portal to receive the login and password necessary to register for courses.
The pre-registration link will be available in a white box at the side of the pages in the Summer Session section of the VIU website.

Late applications from students who do not require accommodation will be evaluated based on rolling admissions up to June 15.

Tuition
Summer Session courses are open to students regularly enrolled in any Bachelor or Master's degree programs at one of VIU's Member Universities.
Students will pay an administration fee only: €50 (the admission fee is waivered for students who book accommodation on campus).
Students will however sustain the cost of their travel and accommodation.

Credits
The Summer Sessions is a credit-only program. Auditors are not admitted to the courses.
VIU Summer Sessions courses are worth 6 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

 

Course organization
Courses do not require preliminary knowledge on the topic, as they are open to students from any discipline. However, they remain challenging for students of that specific field of study.
Courses will be delivered through interactive forms of tuition (seminar papers, discussions, presentations, etc.), to foster group work and to mix nationalities and students from different disciplines. The number of students per class may vary from 10 to 20.
Each course consists of 40 hours of tuition including a virtual component that will be held before the beginning of the program (July 1- August 3, 2026).
The aim of the virtual component is to facilitate interaction before and after the program and strengthen the network among the participants. The virtual component may include online classes/presentations/discussions and asynchronous activities, facilitating collaborative online learning exchange and teamwork.
The in-class teaching during the 4-week program at the VIU campus will be indicatively 9 hours per week. Courses may consist of 4 classes of 2h15 sine tempore or 2 classes of 4h30 each week, for a total of 36 hours. The remaining 4 hours can be scheduled at the professors’ discretion (the virtual component, field trips, seminars, lectures, workshops, to allow students to present their research papers, etc.).
Classes will be held Monday to Friday.
All final evaluations must be completed within 2 weeks of the end of the course.
Students can register for up to two courses.

Attendance is compulsory in all courses in the Globalization Program, including the Summer Sessions.  Students who miss more than 15% of a course may not be admitted to the final exam. 
All absences will affect the grade in a course. 

 

Co-curricular activities
The co-curricular activities are an integral part of the learning experience at VIU as they offer students the opportunity to discover and relate to the city of Venice, its lagoon and its hinterland.
The program will include visits to Venice's cultural institutions and museums as well as interactive activities to explore and understand the lagoon.
Some examples of activities that may be organized:
- Visit to Palazzo Ducale
- Visit to the 18th International Architecture Exhibition by La Biennale di Venezia
- Visit to the Lagoon by boat
- Rowing classes
- Visit to the Lazzaretto Nuovo
- Bike tour on the Lido island

Co-curricular activities may be scheduled also on Saturdays.

 

 

Advanced Seminar in the Humanities 2023

Literature and Culture in the Ancient World: Greece and Rome
March 26 - April 7, 2023 

The Advanced Seminar is organized by Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, in cooperation with Venice International University. 

The Program

The program will consist of lectures by scholars with a seminar approach on the origins and development of literary genres and literacy in Ancient Greece and Rome. Some lectures will be on broad themes and issues, while others will be devoted to the interpretation of specific classical texts, with more focus on textual analysis. Among the faculty and invited speakers in the last sessions of the seminar were Alessandro Barchiesi, Alan Cameron, Glenn Most, Matthew Leigh, Marco Fantuzzi, Michelle Lowrie, Douglas Olson, Johanna Hanink, and Mary Bachvarova.

The lectures will alternate with a series of site visits, to the Marciana Library, the Library of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, and the Basilica of San Marco.

The Faculty

The faculty will include scholars active in the field of Greek and Latin literature and of Reception Studies: Yelena Baraz (Princeton University); Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer (University of Chicago); Luigi Battezzato (Scuola Superiore Normale di Pisa); Ettore Cingano (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia); Joy Connolly (American Council of Learned Societies); Bruno Currie (Oriel College, Oxford); Giambattista D’Alessio (Università Federico II, Napoli); Richard Hunter (Trinity College, Cambridge); Enrico Emanuele Prodi (University College London); Victoria Rimell (University of Warwick); Alessandro Schiesaro (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa); Erika Valdivieso (Yale University). 

Whom is it for?

The program is open to up to 30 fellows and auditors who will be either in an advanced stage of doctoral research, or will have recently completed their Ph.D. The candidates will be selected by a committee whose decision will be final.

Read the announcement
Download the application form

Application deadline: December 30, 2022

Convener:
Ettore Cingano, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

For information, please contact: 
Silvia Casalini
E-mail: classics@univiu.org

Advanced Wireless Technologies for Enhancing the Radio Interface from 5G towards 6G

7-11 September 2026

Rolling admissions open until May 31: 5 places availbale

The Graduate Seminar is led by:
- Sabanci University, Turkey
- University of Padua, Italy
- KU Leuven, Belgium

This seminar will cover the key enabling technologies for next generation wireless systems, considering antennas, communications and hardware perspectives. With the evolution of the mobile communication networks from the fifth generation (5G) to the sixth generation (6G), capabilities including immersive experiences, massive communication and ubiquitous connectivity are stringently required. International Mobile Telecommunications 2030 (IMT-2030) is expected to connect humans, machines and all surroundings, allowing advanced human-machine interfaces and high resolution video systems (e.g. XR displays) for extending the real world. Such applications will be facilitated by innovative use cases, such as non-terrestrial networks, artificial intelligence, and integrated communication and sensing.

From 5G towards 6G, technologies for enhancing the radio interface include full duplex communication, massive MIMO (multiple input multiple output), Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM), MEMS antennas, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) for reaching high data rates within the bandwidths available at mm-wave , sub-Terahertz (THz) and THz frequencies. In particular, the THz band, with a frequency range from 0.1THz to 10THz and wavelength from 3 millimeters to 30 micrometers, can support unprecedented throughput thanks to its multi-hundred gigahertz continuous bandwidth resources, and therefore represents a perfect solution for 6G networks. Interestingly, when communication technology with high spatial density is also capable of full duplex or high-bandwidth operation, it becomes possible to serve communication and sensing use cases at the same time. Combining this with dense deployments, and near-field operation, the use of communication systems for both localization and sensing everywhere becomes viable.

In this seminar series, the attendees will have the opportunity to learn about all aspects of the above- mentioned enabling technologies towards 6G, from antennas, communications, integrated communication and sensing to radio transceivers hardware. Moreover, these seminars will provide a comprehensive overview of the innovations introduced by the new standard specifications for beyond 5G, and the recent research and standardization trends towards 6G.

Faculty
Ibrahim Tekin, Sabanci University
Ozgur Gurbuz, Sabanci University
Korkut Kaan Tokgoz, Sabanci University
Michele Zorzi, University of Padova
Marco Giordani, University of Padova
Sofie Pollin, KU Leuven
Francesco Luzzini, Università del Piemonte Orientale

Topics
- mm-wave beam steerable antennas
- OAM antennas
- Reconfigurable (Intelligent Surfaces) antennas
- MEMS antennas
- Full Duplex Communication
- Channel modeling for THz band non-terrestrial communications
- Beam control for THz band non-terrestrial communications
- Resource Allocation and Medium Access Control (MAC) for THz band non-terrestrial communications
- Resource allocation for joint communication and sensing.
- Near-field localization and sensing
- Sensing performance as function of topology, bandwidth and frequency
- Aspects of integrating communication and sensing
- Millimeter-Wave & Terahertz Transceivers
- Ultra-broadband high speed wireless communications
- Phased arrays for wireless communications
- Design of millimeter-wave and terahertz circuits
- Active & Passive Devices for millimeter-wave and terahertz circuit design

Who can apply?
This Graduate Seminar is offered to advanced Master, PhD students and junior researchers in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science.
Open to candidates from all the VIU Member Institutions; applications from excellent candidates from non-member institutions will be also considered and evaluated.

Fees & grant support
Full fee waiver scholarships are available for students from VIU member institutions. In addition, grant support is available to support partially or fully the costs of international travel. Accommodation is provided free of charge.
The participation fee for students of non-member institutions is Euro 1.150 VAT included. The fee is inclusive of tuition, course materials, accommodation, lunches, social events and taxes. Students from non-member institutions are not eligible for VIU grant support. VIU Alumni are eligible for a reduced fee.

Applicants must submit the (1) application form, (2) a letter of motivation – which should include a short bio and a brief description of the candidate’s research project, (3) a curriculum vitae, and (4) a photo.

For further information please download the brochure and the program or write to: summerschools@univiu.org

After Capitalism: Micro and Macro-institutional Conditions of Transformation

5th Edition | June 14-18, 2021 | Online edition

In its fifth edition, the summer school aims at the development of ideas that promote a more sustainable future by bringing together young scholars from all over the world to discuss their ideas on the Grand Transition of our society from the microlevel of individual decisionmaking to the organizational and the societal level.

It gives young scholars the opportunity to discuss with eminent scholars in management theory and to test their ideas and present their work. Participants will become familiar with recent research from a broad set of disciplines.

They will work on their ability to engage in the transdisciplinary discourse which is required for the development of innovative answers to grand sustainability challenges.

Who is it for?
Applications are welcome from current PhD students, post-doc scholars and young researchers in Management, Strategy, Organization Theory, Finance, Economic Sociology, and related disciplines from universities worldwide.

Application procedure and cost
This summer school is a postponed 2020 activity. Applications are currently closed, however, should any places become available, a new call for applications will be opened.

Program theme
Our society is facing a legitimacy crisis. The accelerating ecological crisis, the growing gap between the rich and the poor as well as the systemic risks provoked by disconnected financial markets make it necessary to profoundly rethink our routines of production and consumption. While there is a growing awareness for the importance and urgency of radical change, deep processes of transformation usually face numerous institutional and psychological barriers that have to be overcome. As Jared Diamond described in his book “Collapse”, civilizations often react to a crisis of which they do not understand the causalities by reinforcing the routines that might have created the crisis in the first place. The VIU Summer School in 2021 will go beyond those routines, to reimagine pathways for the Grand Transition on which we have embarked on a planetary scale, and to reflect upon the radical change, both in what economic actors do, and how organization scholars theorize about it. For the same reason for the 2021 edition, a change of title from "Responsible Capitalism" to “After Capitalism” represents the need for the paradigm shift proposed in the school. We look forward to engaging in discussion with the young scholars in the Summer School.

Faculty
Guido Palazzo, University of Lausanne (Coordinator)
Francesco Zirpoli, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Francesco Rullani, Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia
Giovanni Favero, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Elisa Giuliani, Università di Pisa
Johanna Mair, Hertie School of Governance/ Stanford University
Juliane Reinecke, King’s Business School

Credits
A Certificate of attendance will be issued at the end of the course.
Number of ECTS credits allocated: 2

The Program will admit 15 student participants. 

Fees | online edition
Students of VIU member universities: € 150 VAT included
Students of other universities: € 250 VAT included

The fees will cover tuition, course materials, lunches in the VIU cafeteria and Social events.
Student participants will be responsible for covering their own travel expenses to and from Venice, accommodation and local transportation.

 

For further information: summerschools@univiu.org

 

 

Alcantara SpA

The VIU partnership with Alcantara aims to promote inter-disciplinary and inter-stakeholder debate on sustainability, in order to meet some of the greatest challenges faced by society nowadays.
The initiatives for sustainable challenges and opportunities involve major experts from Academia, Industry and the Media, to foster the debate among them and open it up to the public. The different stakeholders are called to bring experiences, empirical evidences and institutional positions on challenges and opportunities for sustainable development, such as climate change. 

The International Symposium

These intentions culminate in the organization of an annual International Symposium, where top‐level international speakers coming from prestigious companies and institutions discuss the subject from different angles, bringing in the experience in their own specific fields and growing their mutual understanding.

To date, five editions have been realized:

5th Edition: Climate "How": How to Engage Society and Deploy Decarbonization (2019);
4th Edition: Coping with Changes: Global Warming and Decarbonization (2018);
3rd Edition: Sustainability and Corporate Value (2016, held in Tokyo, with the collaboration of Nikkei, VIU and Waseda University);
2nd Edition: The automotive ecosystem on the global road to sustainability, the Asian perspective (2015);
1st Edition: Sustainability and automotive value chain (2014).

The initiative focuses on three main focus areas, by investigating, through different activities, some of their key issues:

- Policy Makers, Citizens and Consumers
- Corporations
- Finance

Belief Change and Information Exchange: Current Trends in Epistemic Logic

May 18-22, 2026

Call For Application: November 1, 2025 – January 20, 2026

The Graduate Seminar is led by:
- Tsinghua University
- University of Padua
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

An increasing amount of information, including misinformation, disinformation, and (deep)fake news, is increasingly disseminated through both traditional and new media. Our societies need to address and prevent such problems, which affect our belief systems, decision-making process, and public discourse, by developing information strategies and policies. And this largely relies on grasping logical models of belief, which reveals how belief systems and related concepts (such as preferences, desires, questions, and doubts) form and change, as well as how information exchange between individuals influences one’s belief inferences. Epistemic logic offers a thorough analysis of the underlying assumptions, definitions, inference rules, and semantic characterizations of knowledge and belief by examining statements like "Agent A knows X" or "Agent A believes Y." Recent development in epistemic logic is particularly useful for modelling belief changes in both single-agent and multi-agent systems, as well as in philosophical discussions. The Graduate Seminar “Belief Change and Information Exchange: Current Trends in Epistemic Logic” will delve into these models.
The primary focus of the Graduate Seminar will be introduced through both classical and contemporary, as well as syntactic and semantic, methodological approaches in epistemic logic, including propositional logic, modal logic, dynamic systems, inquisitive logic, theories of belief revision, possible world semantics, inquisitive semantics, and game-theoretical semantics. Additionally, we will help students understand: (i) how these approaches relate to topics in scientific disciplines, such as multi-agent systems in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, distributed systems in computer science, and models of belief revision in cognitive psychology; and (ii) how they can address contemporary social issues mentioned at the beginning, such as the spread of false information on social media and its influence on public belief systems, as well as how individuals or groups form and revise beliefs in political or social contexts.

Faculty

Fenrong Liu, Tsinghua University (Scientific coordinator)
Chenwei Shi, Tsinghua University
Edi Pavlović, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Alessandra Marra, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Massimiliano Carrara, University of Padua
Ivano Ciardelli, University of Padua
Wei Zhu, University of Padua
Hans Rott, University of Regensburg

Topics
- Epistemic logic
- Dynamic epistemic logic
- Inquisitive dynamic epistemic logic
- Possible world semantics
- Game-theoretical semantics
- Inquisitive semantics
- Non-monotonic reasoning
- Belief revision and iterated belief revision
- Betterness relation and preference logic
- Logics for social networks and multi-agent systems
- Proof-theory of predicate logic and related systems

Who can apply?
This Graduate Seminar is offered to Master students, PhD students, and junior researchers in Logic, Epistemology, Social Sciences, Cognitive Sciences, Psychological Sciences. Open to candidates from all the VIU Member Institutions; applications from excellent candidates from non-member institutions will be also considered and evaluated.

Fees & grant support
Full fee waiver scholarships are available for students from VIU member institutions. In addition, grant support is available to support partially or fully the costs of international travel. Accommodation is provided free of charge. The participation fee for students of non-member institutions is Euro 1.150 VAT included. The fee is inclusive of tuition, course materials, accommodation, lunches, social events and taxes. Students from non-member institutions are not eligible for VIU grant support. VIU Alumni are eligible for a reduced fee.

Applicants must submit the (1) application form, (2) a letter of motivation – which should include a short bio and a brief description of the candidate’s research project, (3) a curriculum vitae, and (4) a photo.

For further information please download the brochure and the program or write to: summerschools@univiu.org