International PhD Academy8-13 May 2017
This is the first in the Global Challenges Series of VIU International PhD Academies. Each intensive PhD Academy will focus on a major societal challenges faced by humankind today, which will be addressed via multidisciplinary approaches, involving high-level speakers selected among the VIU member institutions but whose remarks will be adapted to a broad cohort of the VIU community.
FocusAll stakeholders, from researchers to professionals, policy makers and citizens must contribute to achieve sustainable development and the SDGs. Researchers have to provide the acquired knowledge, whereas professionals and policy makers need the capacity to face and manage complex issues. Citizens’ engagement is necessary in order to promote a constructive dialogue that supports both research and policy.
10-22 July 2017
The 2017 Seminar will be led by:- Duke University (Sonia Silvestri, Scientific Coordinator)- National Research Council of Italy- Università degli Studi di Padova- Universitá Ca’ Foscari Venezia- Università IUAV Venezia- INRS University- KU Leuven
The VIU Summer School on Critical Infrastructure Resilience (CIR) brings together academics and professional experts to discuss an emerging topic with a pragmatic and scientific approach. The School, led by the University of Rome Tor Vergata, explains how critical infrastructure works and fails; its cascading impact from local to global, and the strategies to use to build a resilient society.
September 12-16, 2016
Scientific CoordinatorProf. Carlo Giupponi, Dean of VIU and Director of Venice Centre for Climate Studies, Professor of Environmental Economics, Dept. Economics, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Organized in collaboration with Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, PhD in Science and Management of Climate Change.
International PhD Academy
January 8-15, 2016
Science & Technology Studies (STS) is an interdisciplinary field, bringing together sociology, history, philosophy, sociology and related social science and humanities approaches. STS looks at science and technology (S&T) as a means of asking about the creation of facts, technological objects, and scientific knowledge, examining the ways in which S&T are embedded in social life.
International PhD Academy18-22 September 2017
Exhibiting Hidden Histories: Bringing Art History Projects to Publics through Digital Exhibitions and XR
June 3-7, 2024 | 7th Edition
14 – 19 January, 2018
International PhD Academy 9-13 July 2018
This is the second of the Global Challenges Initiatives of VIU International PhD Academies. Each Initiative will focus on a major societal challenge faced by humankind today, which will be addressed via multidisciplinary approaches, involving high-level speakers selected among the VIU member institutions but whose remarks will be adapted to a broad cohort of the VIU community.
March 7-11, 2022
This is the seventh edition of the LIVES Winter School, the third organized by Venice International University and led by the University of Lausanne.
International PhD Academy VIU Global Challenges Initiatives
May 13 – 17, 2019
ApplicationsDecember 15, 2018 – January 20, 2019 via VIU website
VIU Global Challenges Initiatives
June 10 - 14, 2019
Leading UniversitiesBoston College (Prof. Elizabeth Wallace)Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Prof. Shaul Bassi)Tel Aviv University (Prof. Dorit Tanay)
VIU Global Challenges Initiative
September 9-13, 2019
Leading Universities - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy- Duke University, US- University of Padua, Italy- VIU-TeDIS Program
In cooperation with:- Università IUAV di Venezia, Italy- Tsinghua University, China- Waseda University, Japan
VIU Global Challenges InitiativeJuly 1-5, 2019
This Graduate Seminar will be led by: - Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada (Prof. Erwan Gloaguen, Scientific coordinator)- University of Lausanne, Switzerland- Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
In cooperation with- Laval University, Canada - University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
July 3-8, 2023 | 2nd Edition
Call for applications: Cancelled
November 15-19, 2021
This Graduate Seminar will be led by:- Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada- Tsinghua University, China- KU Leuven, Belgium
International PhD AcademyFebruary 14-18, 2022
May 2-6, 2022
International PhD AcademyOctober 4-9, 2021
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