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Courses 2025
European Studies
Please note: The complete course program and online registration form for Term I 2025 will be available on the FUBiS website from August 2024. The course will introduce the basi...
European Studies + German Class: Winter School
online courseThe EU Studies course will have an additional German class for beginner. The European Union Challenges, Crises, and Solution Approaches The course is designed to introduce the...
EU Policy Making
online courseThe intensive two-week online Winter School on EU Policy Making takes place from 3 to 14 February 2025. This Jean Monnet Winter School provides participants a ‘crash course’ in...
Public Auditing and Accountability
top courseAuditors need to develop and improve their ability to analyse changes, to address the related risks and challenges and to adapt their audit methods and approaches. To do so, it is...
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Courses 2024
Populism and the Challenge to Western Democracy
The pervasive influence of Donald Trump in the United States, the world’s largest democracy, is a part of a wider pattern of a rise in populism. The populist wave brought an end to...
Social Policy
Social policy, welfare state, social security, unemployment, basic income, social inclusion With the rise of generative AI and highly unpredictable economic forecasts at the start...
PPE: Leadership in Politics, Business, and Beyond
online courseWhether it is a politician guiding a nation through crisis, a visionary tech entrepreneur disrupting the global business landscape, or an inspirational activist campaigning for soc...
PPE: Leadership in Politics, Business, and Beyond
Whether it is a politician guiding a nation through crisis, a visionary tech entrepreneur disrupting the global business landscape, or an inspirational activist campaigning for soc...
Spanish Politics
The course aims at making students familiar with the main features of the Spanish political system, its problems and its evolutionary trends. We will see how Spain is organized pol...
Politics of Global Development
Academics and practitioners have paid increasing attention to the role that politics plays in development. The course provides students with an introduction to this exciting turn i...
Representing the European Past: Memory and Place-Making in Cross-Cultural Communities
This program delves into the political processes entailed in remembering and forgetting, introduces students to the commemorative landscape of the EU and explores possible solution...
Network Analysis - Statistical Analysis of Social Network Data
Prerequisite knowledge for the course includes the fundamentals of probability and statistics, especially hypothesis testing and regression analysis. This intermediate level cours...
EU Policy Making
The intensive two-week Jean Monnet Summer School on EU Policy Making, taught on campus, is held one week in Brussels and one week in Vienna from Monday 1 to Friday 12 July 2024. It...
Summer School of the Standing Group on International Relations
Join our Standing Group on International Relations for an enriching Summer School exploring the intricate interplay between domestic politics and global governance. Get valuable in...
European Studies: Munich - Vienna
Identity Politics in Europe The European Studies Summer and Winter Schools offer introductory lectures on the European Union as a preparation for analysing contemporary identity p...
Civic Competence in Creative Cities: How Digital Innovations Contribute to Durable Democracies
blended courseOn-site in Tartu 28 July - 7 August, online 12-23 August The Summer School „Civic Competence in Creative Cities: How Digital Innovations Contribute to Durable Democracies“ will...
Study Trip to Brussels - European Politics and Business
Students will travel to Brussels, in the heart of the EU, to visit the main European institutions and European history related places. Visits may also include lectures at some comp...
Undergraduate Summer Programme
Situated in Brussels, the ‘Capital of Europe’, the Brussels School of Governance offers you a unique summer experience. Lasting 7 weeks, the Summer Programme provides you with abou...
Case Study Methods
blended courseThe central goal of the seminar is to enable students to create and critique methodologically sophisticated case study research designs in the social sciences. To do so, the semina...
Global Migration and Health
The aim of this course is to analyse the interplay between global migration and health, whereby the latter encompasses physical, mental and social well-being. Patterns of migratory...
Shifting grounds in the Middle East and North Africa
The course Shifting Grounds in the Middle East and North Africa: Understanding International Relations and Foreign Policy in the Region is an introduction to the study of the regio...
Public Policy Analysis
There is growing recognition that relevant, evidence-based policymaking is key to achieving significant and sustainable change and fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals....
Civic Engagement: Student as Citizen
This is an intensive, eight-day course initiated by the Open Society University Network where student leaders from around the globe will strengthen their skills, knowledge, and und...
Navigating Security in the Baltic States
top courseThis summer school will provide an overview of one of the key trends in soft and hard security dilemmas and opportunities of the Baltics states. The objective will be to expose stu...
The Politics of Crisis
This module evaluates global political questions emanating from the Coronavirus pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and the response to climate change. These crises paradigmatic...
Peace Building in Post-conflict Areas – Diplomacy, Leadership and Negotiations
Date/Venue: KSA Part I: 15 - 25 July 2024, Prishtina, Kosovo KSA Part II: 5 – 15 August 2024, Prishtina, Kosovo *Applicants can apply and attend only one of the sessions (eith...
Multilateralism, Globalization & Corporate Diplomacy
Does climate crisis spell the end of human civilization or a chance for a major breakthrough in global cooperation and multilateralism? Is the resurgence of nativist attitudes a tr...
The Right to Disagree - Human Rights, Minority Rights and Freedom of Expression in Europe Today
This program focuses on the importance of freedom of expression as a basic human right and as a core value of democratic societies in Europe today. Main questions are: How is freed...
The European Union in the 21st Century: Internal and External Challenges
Don’t miss out: students who register early can take advantage of the early bird discount on the program fee! The course will introduce the basics of the European Union and desc...
A Post-Liberal World
In this module, students will interrogate these issues from the perspective of Political Theory, and examine the extent to which we are moving to a post-liberal world. Primarily, t...
Health Inequalities: Understanding our Worse Epidemic
Why do low-income countries, regions and neighborhoods have a much lower life expectancy than high-income areas? Why less favored social groups have worse health than better-off gr...
Europe Left Alone? – The Future of Transatlantic Relations from a Weimar Triangle Perspective
The close relationship between Europe and the United States has been a centerpiece of the post-World War II international order. Despite recurring differences, the transatlantic bo...
Energy Security
CNESS Summer School provides the opportunity to attend an intensive academic program with lectures covering the most prominent energy-related topics (politics, engineering, constru...
The Making of Black and White Working Class in Liverpool
This module will introduce a number of selected case studies which showcase the makings of class and racial dynamics in modern Liverpool. The module means to use a post-colonial an...
GOVTRUST
A Multi-Level Perspective on Trust and Public Governance The GOVTRUST Summer School focuses on trust and public governance for societal transitions and explores these issues from...
Ignorance, Power, and Politics: Perspectives from Feminist and Political Epistemology
In recent years, the study of ignorance has developed into a dynamic field that spreads across many subdisciplines of philosophy. What ignorance is, what its normative, ethical, an...
Illicit Trade
top courseJoin us for an immersive learning experience at the University of Warsaw from July 8 to 12, 2024, as we delve into the complex world of illicit trade. Organized by the Global Initi...
Contemporary Social Structures
The objective of the course is to familiarize the students with the main contributions of sociology on the processes of structuring contemporary social inequality. The different th...
Summer School of the Standing Group on Parliaments
Organised in collaboration with Goethe-University Frankfurt and TU Darmstadt, the Summer School of our Standing Group on Parliaments serves as a dynamic learning hub for PhD studen...
International and European Studies
The univie: summer school for International and European Studies takes place in the picturesque village of Strobl in the Salzkammergut region, one of Austria’s most attractive summ...
Contestations of Citizenship in Times of Global Democratic Backsliding
The main aim of the summer course is to examine if, when, and how citizenship regimes are used by authoritarian and illiberal governments as a means of weakening the rights of unde...
Development, Environment and Social Justice
The course critically examines the construction of the 'development' concept, tracing its ties to capitalism and its roots in colonialism and mercantilism. It questions the outcome...
Democracy and Inequality: The Challenge of a Society of Equals
Since antiquity, through the French and American revolutions, and into its modern and contemporary configurations, democracy has promised political equality. Somewhere along the wa...
Qualitative Bayesian Reasoning for Case Studies
blended courseThe way we intuitively approach qualitative case research is similar to how we read detective novels. We consider various different hypotheses to explain what occurred— whether a m...
PPE: Globalisation, Populism, and Identity
While the world has been moving increasingly towards greater inter-connectivity through trade, infrastructure, communications, and migration, criticism of ‘globalisation’ has been...
The National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) and Local Authorities
top coursePublic employees must develop ever greater skills to achieve decisive objectives for the development of society. These skills are even more relevant when you think about PNRR (the...
Communicating and Visualizing Data with R
Each day will contain a series of short lectures and demonstrations that introduce and discuss new topics. The bulk of each day will be dedicated to hands-on, step-by-step exercise...
Pour L´Europe
The summer school is structured around three elements: (1) high-level analysis on the past, present and future of Europe, from a historical, political, economic and cultural perspe...
Global Displacement, Human Rights and Unequal Development
Organised by CITY College, University of York Europe Campus Ιn cooperation with: • The University of York Migration Network (MIGNET) • The Department of Politics of...
International Politics
The course offers an introduction to the academic study of international politics. It begins with a basic introduction to international relations theories, in order to provide the...
Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution
The course will address environmental and natural resource conflicts that are familiar and topical for the course participants. These cases provide a real-world context for the cou...
The EU in Permanent Crises? Perspectives, Challenges, Solutions
This program deals with the political and societal dynamics of European Integration and with the EU as a unique multi-level political system. The past years have seen the EU facing...
Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is a research approach consisting of both an analytical technique and a conceptual perspective for researchers interested in studying configu...
Youth in Democracy: Imagining Sustainable, Inclusive and Participatory Democracies
In this two-week module, the students will, on the one hand, apply a comparative lens looking at participation of young people within representative democracies to influence politi...
Making Policy in International Development
This module deals with the empirical reality, theory, and current governance problems of development, poverty, and inequality. Specifically, throughout the course we will investiga...
Culture and Politics in Contemporary France
2 weeks intensive program Dimensions : ▪ Courses in political science and social sciences given by specialized teacher-researchers ▪ Visits with prominent cultural practitioners...
Qualitative Research Methods & Data Analysis
Qualitative Research Methods and Data Analysis presents strategies for analyzing and making sense of qualitative data. Both descriptive and interpretive qualitative studies will be...
Venice School for Human Rights Defenders
The Venice School is devoted to developing human rights defenders’ advocacy skills and expertise and exploring today’s challenges in the field of human rights or other topical issu...
New Geographies of Global Risk
This two-week Summer School offers a unique opportunity to reflect on how understandings of global risk are changing in today’s world and to develop an appreciation of how states a...
European Studies: Vienna-Prague-Munich
'Identity Politics in Europe' The Summer School analyses three main themes of European integration and identity politics in Europe at three different venues: Globalization (Vienna...
International Peace Mediation and International Negotiations
Don’t miss out: students who register early can take advantage of the early bird discount on the program fee! In this course we discuss what it takes and how it is possible for...
Data Scraping and Management for Social Scientists with R
blended courseOnline platforms such as Yelp, Twitter, Amazon, or Instagram are large-scale, rich and relevant sources of data. Researchers in the social sciences increasingly tap into these data...
Politics, Media and Campaigning
Whether you want to advocate for a single political issue or you consider to become a politician, this is the right course for you. Politics is all about sending the right message...
The European Identity: Past, Present and Future
Situated in Alsace, a region that played a significant role in the European construction, Strasbourg is home to several major EuropeanInstitutions. Numerous initiatives for Europea...
Causal Inference
Causal questions in the form of how X influences Y are pervasive in real life. It is therefore imperative for us to know how to address these questions, especially given the “big d...
PPE: Globalisation, Populism, and Identity
online courseWhile the world has been moving increasingly towards greater inter-connectivity through trade, infrastructure, communications, and migration, criticism of ‘globalisation’ has been...
The European Union and Spain in the Global World: Public Policies and Politics for the Sustainable Development Goals
In recent years, main priorities in global agendas have dramatically changed. Green and digital transitions, rising populisms, increasing inequalities, the recovery from Covid-19 p...
Training Course on Strengthening Political Processes Through Technical Assistance
One of the available tools at the disposal of the International Community to support democratic institutions and inclusive elections in partner countries is the Electoral Technical...
Secessionist and Statehood Bids in Times of Crises
With wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Nagorno-Karabakh dominating contemporary international relations the study of secessionist bids and the quest for statehood and recognition becomes p...
International Politics of Human Rights
This module will introduce students to the idea of what human rights are and different explanations about where rights come from. From there we will briefly examine how human right...
Power to the People: Activism and Grassroots Organising
In this three week programme, participants will examine bottom-up initiatives ranging from protest movements to self-organised communities as they to disrupt established top-down i...
School for Female Leadership in the Digital Age
Innovative and enriching, inspiring and engaging, the School for Female Leadership in the Digital Age offers a unique opportunity. Students: - Are positioned at the intersectio...
PPE: Climate Change, Politics, and Environmental Justice
online coursePerhaps the greatest challenge facing humankind is anthropogenic climate change, the rapid warming of the earth’s temperature driven by the consumption of fossil-fuels and emission...
Ecological Inference: Deciphering Individual Voting Behavior from Aggregated Data
blended coursePolitical scientists, the media and political parties, among other actors, are interested in understanding the electoral behaviour of different subgroups of the population and in h...
Industrial Policy: Economic Transition
online courseThis course explores industrial policies and governmental strategies designed to boost the advancement of specific economic sectors by enhancing productivity, fostering innovation,...
The Formation of Global Norms in a Changing World Order
This course will analyze the formation of global norms and international regimes. It will take a multifaceted approach looking at the role of ideas, institutions, as well as materi...
Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
War, peace, security, and other global issues have been deeply gendered throughout history. Globally, gender is one of the crucial factors that determine who is most vulnerable to...
Energy Policy & Security of the EU
Energy transition, skyrocketing prices of energy, reliance on imports from authoritarian and openly hostile regimes, weaponization of energy supplies, energy poverty, social aspect...
Society and Politics in Contemporary Spain
This course is designed to give an overview of fundamental issues in the study of Spanish politics. Its core is the study of the nature and functioning of the Spanish democratic sy...
PPE: Climate Change, Politics, and Environmental Justice
Perhaps the greatest challenge facing humankind is anthropogenic climate change, the rapid warming of the earth’s temperature driven by the consumption of fossil-fuels and emission...
Courses 2023
Global Health Governance After the Pandemic
The course explores key challenges in global health and evolving governance responses. The Covid-19 pandemic has made visible and exacerbated deficits in public health infrastructu...
Violence, War and Trauma
This course will examine the classification of violence; its forms and motivations; governance and regulation of violence; and its physical, psychological and political effects and...
Iran’s Tide of History: Revolution, Counter-Revolution and After
The Iranian Revolution of 1979 was a historical turning point in the crisis of modern politics in Iran. The revolution was unique for the surprise it created throughout the world:...
Diplomacy in the Digital Age
This research-based summer school has a two-fold ambition of introducing and involving students in: (1) the emerging literature and practice on digital technologies and diplomac...
Training for International Electoral Observers
The course will introduce the participants to international election observation, history of electoral observation, international legal standards, observation methodology and missi...
International Relations Summer Programme Cambridge (16-18)
Immerse Education is a residential academic programme with a diverse and enriching curriculum. Our 16-18 year old programmes are designed to provide a taster of what it’s like to s...
Energy Policy of the EU and its Position in the Global Energy Environment
Energy transition, skyrocketing prices of energy, and reliance on imports from authoritarian and openly hostile regimes - to name a few topics covered by this course. With over 10...
European Studies: Online Summer School
online courseIdentity Politics in Europe The European Studies Summer and Winter Schools offer introductory lectures on the European Union as a preparation for analysing contemporary identity p...
Migration and the Crises of Solidarity
Organised by CITY College, University of York Europe Campus Ιn cooperation with: • The University of York Migration Network (MIGNET) • The Department of Politics of...
Authoritarian Regionalism and Sustainable Development: Eurasian and Global Challenges
This course aspires to shed light on autocracies-led regional international organizations, their strategies to engage with neighbouring states and implications for sustainable deve...
The Metropolization of Europe. Functional trends and Multi-level Governance Dynamics
Metropolitan areas are responsible for the production of almost 70% of the EU GDP, and have progressively joined cities as catalysts and drivers of global development, as a consequ...
Justice after Mass Atrocities: Truth-seeking, Retribution, Reparation
What happens to societies after genocide and mass atrocities? How do survivors pick up their lives in the aftermath of mass killings and war crimes? Can one come to terms with mass...
Female Future Leaders Summer School Programme Cambridge (16-18)
Immerse Education is a residential academic programme with a diverse and enriching curriculum. Our 16-18 year old programmes are designed to provide a taster of what it’s like to s...
Security, Conflict and the Rise of Illiberalism
This course invites students to explore the relations between security, conflict and peace. More specifically, the course investigates how national security policy, security sector...
Ethnic Conflict & Reconciliation
Ethnic conflict has again become a threat to peace in Europe since Ukraine’s invasion by Russia has been linked to ethnopolitics and the safeguarding of ethnic minorities. Ethnic c...
Study Mission Brussels
Brussels is the capital of Europe, not only because of the presence of European Institutions, but also because of other international organizations such as NATO Headquarters, the C...
War Memory, Public Space and Collective Identity
In the process of identity-building, key political actors and groups are involved in reconstructing the past. They all seek to articulate collective memory in a way that could be u...
Citizenship in 21st Century: Fragile Rights, Unequal Societies, Divided Cities, and Global Movements
How to define citizenship in our confusing and uncertain times? Is it based on the idea of membership, equality and participation only? Or exclusion, conflicts, wars, and our perce...
The Essence of Foreign Policy: Theory and Some Case Studies
In this course we will explore foreign policy, from the theory and practice perspective, and the World Political System (WPS). Also, we will study the different models of Foreign P...
Political Economy
online courseTo what extent does the economy determine the type of policies a government pursues? And how much sway over the economy does a government have? The fields of politics and economics...
Ukraine and the Problems of Genocide
This course will discuss discourses of genocide in the Ukraine War and their connections to current academic debates on genocide, focusing on the arguments of Dirk Moses’ 2021 book...
Venice School for Human Rights Defenders
The Venice School is devoted to developing human rights defenders’ advocacy skills and expertise and exploring today’s challenges in the field of human rights or other topical issu...
Europe in International Politics and Security
This course scrutinizes a number of key issues concerning Europe in international politics and security affairs. In so doing, the course links some basic conceptual thinking and hi...
The Politics of Accountability
This course will cover core topics addressed by research on political and administrative accountability. It will first focus on accountability in the democratic state, exploring ho...
Courses 2022
Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Governance
The Summer School on Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Governance is a stimulating postgraduate programme organized by the Institute for Minority Rights of Eurac Research in S...
Politics and the Media
Political communication, propaganda and fake news are crucial concepts in modern political discourse. This module explores the history and development of these concepts, and looks...
Migration and the Crises of Solidarity in Europe
Οrganised by CITY College, University of York Europe Campus Ιn cooperation with: • The University of York Migration Network (MIGNET) • The Department of Politics of...
Europe After the War in Ukraine
blended courseThe aim of the Summer School organised by the Chair Jean Monnet is to look in depth and examine the impact of the war in Ukraine on the future of the European Union and on its poli...
The Greater Middle East in the 21st Century
online courseThe Middle East has been an area of Western fascination for centuries. Its traditions, sites, origins, religions, and languages have captured peoples’ imagination throughout the ye...
Citizenship and Migration: Europe's 21st Century Challenges
In this course you will explore the interconnected fields of citizenship and migration in the European Union with a view to understand relevant policies and laws affecting migrants...
German Politics
online courseGermany is the most populous democracy in the EU and one of the major players in European politics. Nevertheless, German politics with its specific features and complex structures...
The Terrorist Link
online courseTwenty years after 9/11, terrorist-related threats remain concrete. In spite of territorial contraction, Daesh still permeates parts of Syria and Iraq. Boko Haram and al-Shabab kee...
US-China Relations: History, Concepts, and Contemporary Issues
online courseThis track provides a comprehensive, thorough overview of US-China relations over the last five decades. It comes at a very topical moment, just as China celebrated its 20 years wi...
Ukraine and the Challenges of Nationhood, Individuality and Survival
The open invasion of Ukraine by the Russian armed forces set off the largest armed conflict and multi-dimensional crisis on the European continent since the implosion of Yugoslavia...
European Welfare State: Current Challenges and Perspectives
“The European Welfare State” deals with the social policy characteristics of the European welfare state. The recent economic crisis and developments in the EU have led to a rise in...
Organising Emancipation
Ever since the opening of the so-called “post-Cold War” era, all established forms of collective organisation and mobilisation have undergone unprecedented transformations, from th...
Online Course for International Electoral Observers
online courseRegular, inclusive, transparent and legitimate elections are the indispensable foundation for sustainable development and effective democracy. Actions supporting the right to parti...
Modern Conflict & Human Rights: War, Peace and Atrocity Prevention in the 21st Century
online courseWar, conflict, and the mechanisms we use to address them have changed dramatically in the 21st century. In the wake of world wars and decolonization processes, we have been attempt...
Untangling EU-China Relations
This exciting summer program will gather a group of aspiring young professionals and advanced university students from around the European continent. The summer school focusing on...
Wealth and Poverty: The Making of the Modern World
What is the relationship between wealth and poverty? How did the current global hierarchy of wealth and power come about? Are countries in the Global North powerful because they do...
Training Course on Electoral Technical Assistance
One of the available tools at the disposal of the International Community to support democratic institutions and inclusive elections in partner countries is the Electoral Technical...
Conflict Analysis in International Politics: Causes, Negotiation and Resolution
Are you interested in gaining an understanding of the evolving field of conflict analysis? This module provides an introduction to the nature and causes of armed conflicts as well...
School of Modern Diplomacy
online courseThe art of diplomacy has evolved. In an age where 280 characters from a world leader on Twitter can give a green light to foreign military action or move markets, there is no denyi...
A Cyber World
online courseJoin this track to explore the fascinating and ubiquitous Cyberspace and the many socio-political, military, and technical challenges that interconnectivity and cyber reliance pose...
Cross-border Co-operation in Central Europe in the Times of Re-bordering: Story of Success (?)
The curriculum was designed to provide a unique academic experience in a challenging period of the border renaissance/comeback of the borders in Europe. The key topics of the cour...
Venice School for Human Rights Defenders
The Global Campus of Human Rights is now accepting applications for the Venice School for Human Rights Defenders 2022. The School, organised in cooperation with the European Parlia...
Smart Cities
online courseSmart Cities is a rapidly growing concept in both research and policy practice. It is viewed as a solution for cities to better cope with key societal challenges like energy transi...
Courses 2021
Arctic Geopolitics and Climate Change
online courseThe course will introduce different perspectives on contemporary Arctic geopolitics and different discourses of climate security. Based on these introductions, the course will expl...
Engaging Conflict: Prevention, Management and Resolution
online courseThe Engaging Conflict Summer School is designed to equip committed students, early-career researchers and professionals with advanced tools to critically understand conflict and ta...
Exploring the Balkans Geopolitics, Regional Cooperation and Integration
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. The Summer school will be organized in summer 2021. BSC Summer School on Critical Thinking entitled “E...
Featured Parts, Features - on the Turbulent Media of the Present
blended courseThis course confronts materials - fogs, foams, froths, particulated air, muds, ether, crystals, liquids - ones that have always been around but which accrue new significances. Thes...
Case Study Research Methods
online courseThe course will begin with a focus on the philosophy of science, theory construction, theory testing, causality, and causal inference. With this epistemological grounding, the semi...
International Electoral Observers
online courseOpen and legitimate elections are the indispensable foundation for sustainable development and an effective democracy. Actions supporting the right to participate in genuine electi...
International Electoral Observers
online courseSince 2012 the Global Campus has trained more than 400 short term observers through its onsite courses in Venice Lido. Given the current Covid-19 pandemic, a brand new 2021 online...
Democratization and Autocratization in a Comparative Perspective
online courseThe predominant discourse today says that democracy is in crisis. But the world is much more democratic than 200 years ago, and there is obviously much variation in how rulers get...
Debating International Relations
online courseDebating International Relations will introduce you to the major concepts, theories, and actors of the global system. You will be shown how to apply a wide range of approaches to c...
Mixed and Merged Methods: Toward a Methodological Pluralism
online courseFrom the 1990s Mixed Methods Research (the integration of “qualitative and quantitative approaches or methods in a single study or a program of inquiry” - Tashakkori and Creswell 2...
Culture Heritage and Challenges to Safeguard it
The programme will take place in Albania, in collaboration with the Girokastra Foundation. CIFE and the Albanian partner will select a group of participants from countries of both...
Democracy vs Fake News: The dangers of Trumpism
It is known that the constitutional state and the organization of political power within it are based on rationalism; only from reason it is possible to organize power in a constit...
United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals and Co-Creation
This Summer School unfolds the United Nations’ sustainable development goals through student participation in a cross-cultural and cross-educational context. The goals derive from...
Human Rights Defenders
The Global Campus of Human Rights is now accepting applications for the Venice School for Human Rights Defenders 2021. The School, organised in cooperation with the European Parlia...
Courses 2020
Security Governance & Conflict Resolution
[Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this programme has been cancelled for summer 2020. If you are interested, please visit the programme website and send us an email. We will keep you p...
Global Challenges Summer Programme
This new, two-week programme builds on a long-standing tradition of offering courses on international politics within our Summer Programmes. The programme will cover a range of fie...
Climate Crisis: Averting Chaos in a Warming World
online courseThis online course provides a critical introduction to understanding the politics of climate change under conditions of economic and political crisis. It presents a critical perspe...
Visions of the Future Summer Programme
This new, four-week programme will immerse participants in a series of lectures and seminars designed to address a wide range of topics related to our future. Visionaries, philosop...
Transitional Justice and Conflict Transformation
Due to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. The school will be rescheduled in 2021. The Lausanne Summer School “Transitional Justice and Conflict...
Political Transformations in Central Europe: Democratization and Backsliding since 1989
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Viadrina Summer Program 2020 has been postponed. The seminar explores political transformations in Central Europe from the regime change in 198...
Conflict and International Development
online courseWhy are people or states violent? What does it achieve and what are the costs? How does conflict affect development and how does development affect conflict? This course presents a...
Cyber Security
This week-long course on cyber security provides an opportunity to get to know more about today’s cyber security world, including emerging cyber-threats and increasing cyber-attack...
Diplomatic Skills Masterclass
online courseAt the EAD we had always dreamed of a program during which people of various professional background from different countries could meet each other in one place. We had wanted to g...
Engaging Conflict: Prevention, Management and Resolution
online courseThe Engaging Conflict Summer School is designed to equip committed students, early-career researchers and professionals with advanced tools to critically understand conflict and ta...
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
online courseSince the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, many countries in the world have undertaken parallel efforts to tackle global challenges – from poverty to ine...
Fire, Famine and Conflict: The Politics of Humanitarian Interventions
This interdisciplinary course looks at international, national and local humanitarian responses to conflict and natural disasters. Building on an analysis of the causes, constructi...
Euro-Mediterranean Trends: Society and Culture, Politics and Economy
his course offers a comprehensive introduction to Euro-Mediterranean Studies by drawing on a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Among the major topics: conceptualizing Mediterra...
Connecting Europe with China along the Silk Road
This program provides interdisciplinary training for students who aim to develop a better understanding of the opportunities and challenges in the relationship between China and Eu...
The Quest for a Sustainable World: What Role for Europe?
The sustainable development and environmental issues are now a priority for societies as well as for national and international organisations. Participants from all over Europe and...
Transparency International School on Integrity
online courseDeadline extended - 31 July 2020! TransparencySchool.org is an annual state-of-the-art anti-corruption and accountability training for future leaders. The School exposes its par...
Interdisciplinary Summer Programme
The three terms of the Interdisciplinary Programme offer courses covering a wide variety of subjects, including philosophy, economics, international politics & relations, art & arc...
Conflicts and Geopolitics in the Black Sea Region
The programme will take place in Georgia, in collaboration with the Georgian Institute of Politics. CIFE and the Albanian partner will select a group of participants from countries...
Political Alchemy - Creative Destruction
By pairing together political alchemy and the idea of creative destruction the aim of the summer school is to revisit theoretically, in a comparative historical and anthropological...
Visegrád Countries in the Context of Current European Crisis
At the beginning of the program, students participate in an intensive introduction to Czech culture as well as the orientation at the university and the city of Liberec. The progra...
Understanding the Middle East
online courseWithin the context of the TOMidEast initiatives, the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin, is pleased to announce the seventh edition of the Summ...
Voters' Behavior and Party Competition in Turbulent Times
This course introduces students to the analysis of party systems, party competition, and voting behavior through the presentation of recent theories and empirical findings, as well...
Global Diplomacy in the Modern World
online courseGlobal Diplomacy in the Modern World is a unique online course that brings together cutting-edge research in the broad fields of Diplomatic and International Studies, with award-wi...
Brussels Summer School for Young Leaders: 'EU as a Global Actor'
Debate Europe's Challenges with EU & NATO Leaders! As a leading Summer School held in the ‘Capital of Europe’, the one-week program aims to immerse undergraduate and postgradua...
Gender and Conflict
online courseThis online course offers insight into key issues in the study of gender and conflict, interrogating Security Council resolutions on women, peace and security, including conflict-r...
European Identity between Unity and Diversity
Instead of relaxing at the “End of History” after the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in 1989, Europe is facing new challenges at the beginning of the 21st century. These new challeng...
Energy Security
This week-long course on energy security provides you with an opportunity to gain knowledge about global energy tendencies and perspectives and how they correlate with regional and...
Sustainaible Development and Environmental Protection of the Balkans Region
The Centre international de formation européenne organizes for the third time a programme in North Macedonia. The programme will take place in OHRID, the most touristic place of No...
Intercultural Cooperation
International Relations (week 1) This course is focusing on some of the principal rules and ways of entering and administrating international cooperation networks. The topic inclu...
International Political Economy: States and Markets in the 21st Century
This course introduces students to the contemporary study of the dynamic interaction between the pursuit of wealth and the pursuit of power in the global economy. The course prese...
The Politics of Protest, Development and Social Change
online courseThis online course provides a critical introduction to the history, nature and impact of global protest. It analyses how social movements, NGOs and other civil society organisation...
Minorities and Referendums - Shaping or Being Shaped?
Context The use of referendums as a tool of self-determination has both strong historical and contemporary relevance in the field of national minorities. 2020 sees the 100th anni...
7-week Vesalius College Summer Programme
online courseSituated in Brussels, the ‘Capital of Europe’, Vesalius College offers you a unique summer experience. Lasting just 7 weeks, the VeCo Summer Programme* provides you with about a do...
Military Security
This week-long course on military security gives you a chance to get in-depth understanding about current threats the Eastern flank of Europe faces and the countermeasures it appli...
International & EU Affairs - French Language & Society
Do you feel to visit the European Institutions, study EU Affairs and French language at the same time this summer? Welcome to Sciences Po Lille Summer School !! Sciences Po Lill...
Venice School of Human Rights 2020
The Global Campus of Human Rights is now accepting applications for the Venice School of Human Rights 2020. The School will take place in Venice, at the Global Campus of Human Righ...
The Middle East in Global Politics
online courseWhat do we mean by the Middle East – east of where, and why? How should we go about studying the political aspirations and agency of almost half a billion people? To what extent ar...
The United Nations and Global Advocacy
online courseThis is an opportunity to work alongside world-leading advocates within the UN system. The key live cases are Southern women in the history and future of the UN; more effective mea...
European Diplomacy Workshop
The 5–day European Diplomacy Workshop: EU Foreign Policy Analysis is designed to develop critical thinking and deepen understanding of the EU’s role in the global politics. Combi...
Governing Cities in the XXI Century
The Luiss Summer University Program in Governing Cities in the XXI century gives participants the chance to understand major crises and potential for the future of cities. The cour...
Central Europe: Challenges and Opportunities
The programme will take place in Prague, in partnership with CEVRO Institut. CIFE and the Czech partner will select a group of participants from countries of both the European Unio...
Courses 2019
Cyber Diplomacy
Cyber Diplomacy: Is Technology a new type of power in politics? We would like to launch a section under the title of “Cyber diplomacy” at the 2019 Central European Conference. The...
3rd edition of Winter University for Diplomatic Communication & Diplomatic Protocol
#Academy for #Protocol and #Diplomacy has the immense pleasure of inviting you to participate in the event: 3rd edition of the “Winter School for Protocol and etiquette”. This cour...
Caucasus Studies
The course clarifies the specificity of the South Caucasus Region, as Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, and the territories around them that are at the crossing-place of different...
Restarting Europe: The Central European Perspective
The European Summer School in Prague is an intensive 7-day learning programme focused on European integration. It is organized by one of the leading think-tanks in Central Europe,...
Brussels Summer School | Europe and the World
How does the European Union act as a global organisation in today’s world? Understand the main challenges facing the EU and debate with policy makers from institutions such as NATO...
European Integration Summer School
Each course carries 10 ECTS: - History, Institutions and Policies of European Integration ST-419 (summer, campusbased) - Current Issues in the European Union ST-420 (summer, ca...
Economics of European Integration - Challenges, policies & practices in the European business environment
The European Union started in 1951 as an attempt to prevent a new World-war in Europe. No other region has displayed similar willingness to give up important parts of national sove...
Migrations in Europe
This Summer Session will take place in slovenia, in the city of Ljubljana. Lessons will be held in french, so the students must be able to understand and participate in french. Th...
Comparative Public Policy: Whither "Model Europe"?
As in the US, European governance is modeled on capitalism, rights, and democracy. European nations and the European Union, however, approach these topics distinctly. An approach t...
Energy in Europe: Sources and Politics
The eighth year of this summer school, which already earned an excellent international reputation, takes place in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Telč. The summer school will be...
The Political Anthropology of the Void
Political Alchemy: creative destruction in politics Place: Italy, Acquapendente Duration: 1 week, 21-27 June 2020 After ten successful Summer Schools, the Journal Intern...
Advanced Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to the Violent Extremist Threat
This advanced summer programme focuses on the field of preventing violent extremism and gives you insights into the opportunities and challenges of a networked approach. The lat...
EU Business Law & WTO Trade Practice (Brussels, Strasbourg, Luxembourg & Geneva)
We offer a multimodal programme. Participants may enrol for the three-week programme or decide to drop out week 1 or 3 : - 1st week - Brussels - Introduction to the Legal Sys...
European Identity between Unity and Diversity
The Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University would like to invite you to the academic programme Summer University Prague 2019: “European Identity between Unity and Diversit...
Transnational Islam and Challenges of Being Muslim Ummah
The International ILEM Summer School (IISS), which addresses major themes and issues of the Islamic World in every year. The 6th IISS will occur in the Summer of 2019 and its major...
International Electoral Observers (IEO) Training
The course will introduce the students to election observation starting with introductory remarks followed by lectures in plenum on the history of electoral observation, internatio...
The EU and Political Corruption: Democracy and Accountability
The management of public policies in Europe does not happen in a bubble nowadays. Public institutions at all levels (European, national, regional, local) are bound to one another a...
Europe Inside Out
Multidisciplinary 2-week summer school in which Europe is studied from a broad range of angles. In addition to the core program, students can choose 2 out of 4 modules: Politics an...
Political Risk Analysis
The recent developments in Turkey, the social unrest in Venezuela and the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine underline the continued importance of political risk analysis for companie...
Public Sector Management
In July 2019 Maastricht School of Management (MSM) Summer School offers you the opportunity to follow a number of business- related or industry focused specialization courses at th...
Geopolitics of Water Wars
Oil was the reason for various so-called “resource wars” in the twentieth century. In the twenty-first century, however, water wars will become more commonplace. This has at least...
Energy Security
The field of energy security is undergoing significant transition marked with global and regional initiatives aimed to go forward a low-carbon, secure and competitive economy and t...
Migration Studies
Six days of lectures, workshops and discussions with experts will be unique opportunity to get familiar with different migration topics: migration and development, integration of m...
European Governance, Migration and Citizenship
The title of the Summer School of the GovUnet Network for July 2019 is "European Governance, Μigration and Citizenship". The main objective of the Summer School is the contribution...
Moving on From the Migrant Crisis: Socio-Political Implications of Movements to Europe
Organised by: The University of Sheffield International Faculty CITY College The University of Sheffield Department of Politics The University of Sheffield Department of Sociolo...
ACT International Course in Geopolitics
A comprehensive experience of lectures about geopolitics, and in particular about the increasing role of borders and identity in shaping international relations today. The ACT is h...
Leadership Skills Masterclass
The five-day intensive course is designed to empower emerging corporate leaders, who need to understand key challenges of leadership, as they assume more responsibility for their c...
Bio-, Geo- and Ethnopolitics of the Post-Communist Transformations: 1989-2019
The Johan Skytte Institute of the University of Tartu invites graduate and post-graduate students to apply for the winter school "Bio-, Geo- and Ethnopolitics of the Post-Communist...
Jean Monnet Module in EU Environmental Policies and Law (POLLEN)
The EU Environmental Policies & Law (POLLEN) - Jean Monnet Module is a novel and intensive academic programme organised by the Institute for European Studies in partnership with th...
Athens Summer School 2019 "Moving the EU forward after the European Parliament elections"
The Athens Summer School is an intensive interdisciplinary 6-day course (28 teaching hours), that provides comprehensive knowledge on policy issues and key challenges that Europe f...
Europe as a Communion: the European crisis
This Summer University will took place in three different cities: the Programme will start in Romania (Bucarest and SLobozia) and it will end in Bulgaria (Silistra). Lessons will b...
Rethinking the culture of tolerance
The new three-year project of the School, started in 2017, concerns the concept and practice of (in)tolerance across European societies in the light of the thirtieth anniversary of...
Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective
The study of democracy and democratisation has a long history in the subfield of Comprative Politics. Interest in this topic has expanded dramatically with “The Third Wave of Democ...
Development in the Balkans Region
The Centre international de formation européenne organizes for the second time a programme in North Macedonia. The programme will take place in OHRID, the most touristic place of N...
EU Business Law and WTO Trade Practice (Brussels, Luxembourg, Strasbourg & Geneva)
We offer a multimodal programme. Participants may enrol for the three-week programme or decide to drop out week 1 or 3 : - 1st week- Brussels • Introduction to the Legal Syst...
Big Money in Politics
The goal of this section of the 2019 Central European Conference is to gain a deep understanding how politics and business interests relate each other in a brand-new technological...
Georgia in the enlarged Black Sea region
Some of the proposed topics : All the proposed topics are only indicative. Presentations may be modified, or replaced, depending of the progress of the program and proposals of t...
Talking Europe in the Digital Age: Cultural, Economic and Citizen Challenges
For nine days in July, the workshop offers to approximately 50 participants from all over Europe and beyond a unique opportunity to share their perceptions, thoughts and ideas on E...
Geopolitics of the Twenty-First Century
The world seems to change faster than ever in geopolitical and economic terms, thereby raising uncertainty in business, politics and media. How does the New Silk Road reflect and a...
Foreign Policy of Georgia
The goal of the course is provide students with comprehensive knowledge about the foreign policies of Georgia since independence, its decision-making, determinants, priorities and...
Project Europe at a Crossroads
The Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University would like to invite you to the academic programme Summer University Prague 2018: “Project Europe at a Crossroads?”. Its object...
Geopolitical Scenario Planning
The melting of the Arctic ice cap, the disputed maritime boundaries in the South China Sea and the involvement of many states in the Syrian War underline the geopolitical complexit...
Corfu Summer School in Mediterranean Security
The Ionian University and the University of Buckingham will be organising the first Summer School in Mediterranean security, from July 3 rd to 7 th 2019. Three days (July 4, 5 and...
Central Europe between EU and NATO
The programme will take place in Prague, in collaboration with CEVRO Institut from 23 to 29 September 2019. CIFE and the Czech partner will select a group of participants from coun...
7th European Neighbourhood Policy PhD Summer School
The European Neighbourhood Policy Chair at the Natolin campus of the College of Europe and the European Forum Alpbach (EFA) in collaboration with the Chair of Middle East Politics...
EU Sustainability Policy
This summer course gives an introduction to the main aspects of the Sustainability Policy as developed by the European Union and its member states. More information can be found on...
Geopolitics, Globalization and Business Strategy
In the Geopolitics, Globalization and Business Strategy Summer program, participants will explore how geopolitics can help them as decision-makers to broaden horizons and enrich th...
Spring Course on Food and Nutrition Security
Food security is not a new concept or phenomenon. Despite its long history, it still remains a major challenge. Climate change, conflicts, migration and new economic systems are co...
FALLING WALLS - MOVING BORDERS - COMMON HOUSE EUROPE?
Workshop topics 1. Collective security or a new cold war? 2. The common European currency – constant crisis management? 3. From “Big Bang” to “Brexit” 4. From homo sovieticus t...
Europe in troubled times: the future of the European geopolitics
Europe undergoes a period of great geopolitical shifts. With Brexit, Russian influence, a rise of radical Islamism and secessionist tendencies in many parts of the continent, the...
Military Security
This week-long course gives you a chance to get in-depth understanding about current threats the Eastern flank of Europe faces and the counter-measures it applies to deter aggresso...
Summer University for Diplomatic Protocol and Etiquette
Summer University for Diplomatic Communication, Protocol and etiquette #Academy for #Diplomacy and #Protocol has the immense pleasure of inviting you to participate in the event...
Toward a New Cold War? The US, Europe & Russia
This course will examine the current state of international relations between the US, Europe and Russia.
Politics of Human Rights
Examines the work of international organizations, public and private, that are engaged in exposing the violation of human rights throughout the world, as well as the international...
Media 4.0: Disinformation, verification and Mobile Journalism
Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy is jointly organised by School of Journalism and Mass Communications of Aristotle University Thessaloniki (AUTh), Jean Monnet Chair...
Migration Challenge Summer School
Would you like to learn how complex international challenges can be approached through cross-cultural collaboration and design? Then join our fun, impactful and insightful “Migrati...
Specialized Course on Diplomatic Communication, Protocol and Etiquette
#Academy for #Diplomacy and #Protocol supported by #London #College in London, United Kingdom, has the immense pleasure of inviting you to participate in the event: "Specialized...
Noha Comprehensive Reflective Simulation and Training Exercise
The NOHA Comprehensive Reflective Simulation is a complex, immersive simulation exercise designed to provide participants with a controlled environment where they can practice exis...
Courses 2018
The Radical Right in Europe: A New Wave of Regime Change?
The class discusses the patterns and political significance of radical right-wing actors in a pan-European perspective with particular attention to political parties and the differ...
German Politics 2018
Germany is the most populous democracy in the EU and one of the major players in European politics. Nevertheless, German politics with its specific features and complex structures...
Summer School on Migration and Asylum: Labour Integration of Migrants and Asylum Seekers
The new edition of the International Summer School on Migration and Asylum will focus on the integration of migrants and refugees into the EU labour market. This year, the Summ...
Summer Academy for Diplomacy, Diplomatic Protocol and Etiquette
The overall aim of this course will be to introduce students to the art of diplomacy in the Western tradition with an emphasis on the beginning of the 19th century through to conte...
Intensive Seminar on the EU - Advanced two-week programme
The Intensive Seminar on the European Union is a three-, two- or one-week training programme providing professionals with in-depth knowledge and practical skills on EU decision-mak...
Understanding Europe in an Age of Uncertainty
The objective of the “Spring University Prague 2018: Understanding Europe in an Age of Uncertainty” (offered by the reputable Charles University) is to provide students with a broa...
Military Security
This week-long course on military security gives a chance to get in-depth understanding about current threats the Eastern flank of Europe faces and the counter-measures it applies...
European Security and Foreign Policy
This course focuses on contemporary security issues facing Europe today and on how European states are adapting to their new role in providing security both within and beyond the E...
The United Nations and Global Challenges
A two-week study programme in International Affairs, at the heart of the Capital of Peace, with a focus on 2 areas: - Understanding the UN system and its actors: a clear mapping...
The Making and Unmaking of the post-Ottoman Order
2018 marks the centennial of the end of World War I. The War destroyed the Ottoman Empire and gave rise to a new regional order in Southeastern Europe and much of the Middle East a...
Managing Crises at the EU Med borders
The EUMedEA Crash Course “Managing Crises at the EU Borders” is an advanced study and training course run by leading scholars, civil society organizations’ representatives and prac...
European Summer Week in Brussels
Main Topics: New Technologies, Innovations. Future Challenges in Global Economy. European Instutions from within, visits and sessions with prectitioners. Lobby and Competition...
Democratic vs Authoritarian Capitalism
The relationship between capitalism and political regime types stands at the center of this course, which examines the origins, evolution, and governance of diverse democratic and...
The Chinese World
ILERI Summer School offers ten intensive courses for adults (students, professionals, seniors, job seekers...) during the month of July to better understand the geopolitics of our...
Cyber Security
This week-long course on cyber security will provide an opportunity to get to know more about today’s cyber security world, including emerging cyber-threats and increasing cyber-at...
Summer School on Development Policy
The University of Bonn invites graduate and postgraduate students as well as young professionals from any field of study or discipline to a Summer School on Development Policy in B...
Society and Politics in Contemporary Spain
This course is designed to give an overview of fundamental issues in the study of Spanish politics. Its core is the study of the nature and functioning of the Spanish democratic sy...
Pre-University Politics
**For ages 16-17** This course is designed for students considering undergraduate study in Politics and related subjects. Students will be introduced to core aspects of studying...
Salute Globale diritto, politiche, strumenti e governance multilivello
Nonostante progressi avvenuti negli ultimi decenni a livello globale, i dati sugli Obiettivi per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile rivelano un aumento delle disuguaglianze anche all’interno...
Polar Worlds
ILERI Summer School offers ten courses for adults (students, professionals, seniors, job seekers...) during the month of July to better understand the geopolitics of our world and...
Cities as Transnational Actors
UMCS Summer School "Transnationalism in Practice" is organised by Political Science Faculty, Marie Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland. School provides a forum to discuss...
Geopolitics of "New Turkey"
ILERI Summer School offers ten intensive courses for adults (students, professionals, seniors, job seekers...) during the month of July to better understand the geopolitics of our...
Summer School in Tirana, Albania
This cutting-edge summer course is designed for students and professionals interested in acquiring new or complementing their existing knowledge of Western Balkan politics.
Political Risk Analysis
In recent times, financial investors and multinational corporations have become more aware of the need to “go beyond economics” and integrate political factors into their decision-...
The Fall of European Orders from the Roman Empire Until Today
The class discusses the current crisis of the European Union by putting it in theoretical and historical perspective. In the first session, we will discuss two prominent voices tha...
Conflict & Political Violence
The goal of this course is to review the most recent developments in the field of conflict and political violence. In exploring the intersection of large-scale collective action an...
The invention of the United States
ILERI Summer School offers ten intensive courses for adults (students, professionals, seniors, job seekers...) during the month of July to better understand the geopolitics of our...
Winter University of Diplomatic Protocol and Etiquette
Academy for Protocol and Diplomacy has the immense pleasure of inviting you to participate in the event: Winter University for diplomatic protocol and etiquette. This course of dip...
The United Nations and Global Challenges
A two-week study programme in International Affairs, at the heart of the Capital of Peace, with a focus on 2 areas: - Understanding the UN system and its actors: a clear mapping...
Geopolitics of museums
ILERI Summer School offers ten intensive courses for adults (students, professionals, seniors, job seekers...) during the month of July to better understand the geopolitics of our...
The Fate of the West
Western-style liberal democracy has been the world’s most successful political idea, as measured by the extraordinary success and spread of this form of constitutional government a...
Advanced Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to the Violent Extremist Threat
This advanced summer programme focuses on the field of preventing violent extremism and gives you insights into the opportunities and challenges of a networked approach. The lat...
Feminist Research in Humanities and Social Sciences
This practical course educates students in how to do and carry out feminist research. We will focus on how feminist scholars challenge dominant theories of knowledge and the major...
Concepts of Populism and Radicalism
The slogan ‘Populism is on the Rise’ can be heard everywhere. From editorials in European and American Newspapers to the Academy; on both sides of the Atlantic the term populism is...
The Middle-East
ILERI Summer School offers ten intensive courses for adults (students, professionals, seniors, job seekers...) during the month of July to better understand the geopolitics of our...
Terrorism and European Security
Terrorism, and our response to it, is among the most compelling of global political issues: it dominates news headlines, public anxiety, and political strategies alike. Yet few att...
Engaging Conflict: Prevention, Management and Resolution
The Engaging Conflict Summer School is designed to equip committed students, early-career researchers and professionals with advanced tools to critically understand conflict and ta...
The EU Single Market & Competition Policy
European Court of Justice currently is very active in the field of Competition Policy whereas even such companies as Google and Apple were held responsible for breach of certain EU...
European Union and Legal Reform (EULR) Summer School
Since 2003, more than 400 students and scholars from 28 countries have traveled to Igalo, Montenegro to attend the European Union & Legal Reform Summer School, a weeklong post-grad...
Refugee and Migrant Crisis: New challenges of integration
Organised by: The University of Sheffield International Faculty CITY College The University of Sheffield Department of Politics The University of Sheffield Department of Sociolo...
The Cyberspace
ILERI Summer School offers ten intensive courses for adults (students, professionals, seniors, job seekers...) during the month of July to better understand the geopolitics of our...
EUROPA: VISIONE E NECESSITÀ. Come i sogni dei Padri ricadono sui figli,
The Summer school Giornate d'Europa arises in 2011, basing itself on the experience of the Coppet group, and on the founding fathers’ task of the Ventotene Manifesto, the first re...
Comparative Constitutional Populism
The course “Comparative Constitutional Populism” is an interdisciplinary attempt at providing legal and socio-legal comparative analysis of the embedded features of the democratic...
Nation-building and state formation in the Arctic and Greenland - Master level
The Artic is undergoing huge changes both as experienced internally by citizens and authorities and as viewed from the outside from geopolitcal, economic and physical perspectives....
Training for International Electoral Observers
Open and legitimate elections are the indispensable foundation for sustainable development and an effective democracy. Actions supporting the right to participate in genuine electi...
Geopolitics of Religions
ILERI Summer School offers ten intensive courses for adults (students, professionals, seniors, job seekers...) during the month of July to better understand the geopolitics of our...
Energy Security
This week-long course on energy security provides you with an opportunity to gain knowledge about global energy tendencies and perspectives and how they correlate with regional and...
Project Europe at a Crossroads: Building up open structures or breaking down into local identities?
The Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University would like to invite you to the academic programme Summer University Prague 2018: “Project Europe at a Crossroads?”. Its object...
The strategy in all its states
ILERI Summer School offers ten courses for adults (students, professionals, seniors, job seekers...) during the month of July to better understand the geopolitics of our world and...
Security and European Defense
ILERI Summer School offers ten intensive courses for adults (students, professionals, seniors, job seekers...) during the month of July to better understand the geopolitics of our...
Europe in Transition: Exploring EU's Futures
The European Summer School in Prague is an intensive 10-day learning programme focused on European integration. It is organized by one of the leading think-tanks in Central Europe,...
Spring School on Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism: is there a nexus?
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), in cooperation with John Cabot University (JCU), is organizing the second edition of the Spring Scho...
Nation-building and state formation in the Arctic and Greenland - Bachelor level
The Artic is undergoing huge changes both as experienced internally by citizens and authorities and as viewed from the outside from geopolitcal, economic and physical perspectives....
Forced displacement in theory and in practice
With one person displaced every 3 seconds, there are more displaced people in the world today (circa 65 million) than during WWII. Still, with armed conflicts becoming more protrac...
Intensive Seminar on the EU - Compact one-week programme
The Intensive Seminar on the European Union is a three-, two- or one-week training programme providing professionals with in-depth knowledge and practical skills on EU decision-mak...
People and territories: Biopower and Geopolitics in the Black Sea and the Caucasus
In February 2018, the school will keep exploring different dimensions of power and relate them with domestic and foreign policies of major international actors. This year we shall...
Vienna 24+: The Future of Human Rights in the 21st Century
The course will cover the progressive developments since the 1993 Vienna UN World Conference on Human Rights. Participants will learn about the skills and strategies of civil socie...
Justicia global y desarrollo sostenible
En 2015 se aprobó la Agenda 2030 de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo Sostenible y los 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) son los que guían su implementación. Las tem...
Brussels Summer School | Europe and the World
How does the European Union act as a global organisation in today’s world? Understand the main challenges facing the EU and debate with policy makers from institutions such as NATO...
International Affairs, Trade and Development
The Programme on International Affairs, Trade and Development takes you to the heart of international policy-making: it provides participants with a unique combination of academic...
Intensive Seminar on the EU - Classic three-week programme
The Classic Formula of the Intensive Seminar on the European Union is a three-week training programme providing professionals with in-depth knowledge and practical skills on EU dec...
Comparative Analysis of Recent Challenges in Europe
The perceived crisis of Europe is often discussed as a genuine crisis of the European Union (EU). This class takes a different focus in looking at recent challenges the European co...
Courses 2017
Chinese Politics and Public Policy
This course is an introduction at Master level to the contemporary political system of China, with a special focus on its policy making process. The emphasis is on China’s politica...
Leaders For Our Future (LFOF)
Guided courses and simulation games make knowledge fun to learn. *set at the contemporary safe Academic campus of MAIChania *creative non-formal education methods *Internationa...
Comparative Policy Analysis and Practical Program Evaluation
***NOTE: The application period for Summer 2017 registration is now closed. Exemptions, however, may be made for students in certain circumstances. For more information about apply...
Engaging Conflict: Prevention, Management and Resolution
The Engaging Conflict Summer School is designed to equip committed students, early-career researchers and professionals with advanced tools to critically understand conflict and ta...
Military Security
This week-long course will focus on the security situation in the Baltic region, giving a particular attention to the transformation of Russian military and its impact on the secur...
Learning from the past – Bosnia and Herzegovina 1995 – 2017: Lessons Not Learned?
The 4th international summer school “Learning from the past – Bosnia and Herzegovina 1995 – 2017: Lessons Not Learned?” aims to make a contribution to the process of dealing with t...
Gender and reconciliation in divided societies
Political expert, Adrian Guelke, defines divided societies as communities, where violence or menaces impede to the people’s unification. Their inner disputes became so meaningful a...
International Development
Pariticipants will be offered a college course on the Politics and Development of the Balkans with Focus on Kosovo at the AAB College in Pristina, Kosovo.
Study Democracy in Ukraine
Program overview: introduction to Ukraine: brief lectures on Ukrainian history, political situation, economy, society; discussions of successes and challenges of NGOs with lead...
Turkish Politics: Historical Development And Current Issues
This course has two main objectives. First, it aims to familiarize the students with the historical background, institutions, actors, processes, ideologies that have shaped Turkis...
Interdisciplinary Leadership Academy
Develop a global mindset Learn & Network with the Best Experience “Leadership in practice” An interdisciplinary course for young professionals to de...
The Migrant Crisis within the Greek context
A 9-day summer programme that will feed your knowledge and unlock your skills with active and experiential learning on the migration agenda in SE Europe. The University Of Sheff...
Populism
Challengers of liberal democracy: Anti-democratic movements and populism Are anti-democratic parties a new phenomenon? What is populism exactly? Is there a global crisis of libe...
The Foreign Policy Summer School 2017
The Foreign Policy Summer School 2017 is the leading international relations summer school for young professionals in foreign policy and students of international relations and pol...
Asia-Europe Summer Academy: Policy Forum on Asian Affairs
In early 21st Century, relations with Asia have become crucial both for the private and the public sector all across Europe. Economic, political and cultural relations between the...
Understanding Europe in an Age of Uncertainty
The objective of the Spring University Prague 2017, “ Understanding Europe in an Age of Uncertainty”, organized by Charles University in Prague, is to provide students with a broad...
Asia-Pacific Security
This course introduces theoretical and policy approaches to the study of conflict, cooperation, and regional order and applies them to the contemporary Asia-Pacific region, includi...
Young Leaders - International Leadership
Centered round a weekly themed project, the Young Leaders syllabus comprises theory lessons, interactive lectures, business simulations and real-life case studies that provide a st...
International Affairs- French Language and Society
Do you feel to visit the European Institutions, study EU Affairs and French language at the same time this summer? Welcome to Sciences Po Lille Summer School !! The 2017 Summer...
German Politics 2017
Germany is the most populous democracy in the EU and one of the major players in European politics. Nevertheless, German politics with its specific features and complex structures...
Foreign policy analysis
The primary objective of the course is to familiarize the students with the historical background, institutions, actors, processes, ideologies that have shaped Turkish political s...
Frieden verstehen - Konflikte gestalten (Understanding Peace - Managing Conflict)
The peace summer school is a platform for participants to interact and discuss how our understanding of peace impacts our actions today and how we can manage conflicts in our envir...
Intensive Course of Diplomacy and Crises Management
#Invitation The Academy for Protocol and Diplomacy, have a great pleasure to invite you to Participate at this sessions of Intensive Course of Diplomacy, Diplomatic Relation...
Introduction to the Political Economy of China
This course is primarily intended to provide an informed perspective about the evolving process of China’s political and economic transition and development during the past three d...
Understanding Europe in an Age of Uncertainty
The objective of the Summer University Prague 2017, “ Understanding Europe in an Age of Uncertainty” - provided by the reputable Charles University - is to provide students with a...
IE Summer School
The IE Summer School is a three-week intensive program that offers you the opportunity to take courses across a wide range of disciplines, all of which are taught by top-quality fa...
Challenged Union: Making Sense of the Troublemakers
European Summer School Prague is an intensive 10 day learning programme focused on issues related to various aspects of European integration. It is opened for students or recen...
Managing Crises at the EU Med border
The EUMedEA Crash Course “Managing Crises at the EU Med Borders” is an advanced study and training course run by leading scholars, civil society organizations’ representatives and...
Europe in the XXIth Century
Why does the European Union exist? Why have a group of states decided to gather together in a supranational entity? Will the European Union continue to exist, despite nationalist c...
The Age of Revolutions: Challenges to Class, Gender and Nation
2017 is a centennial of the Russian revolution which generated a series of revolutions in the world. The following changes led to the global bipolar division and transformed the s...
European Studies
This special track offers you the opportunity to explore the topic of Europe. Studying in this beautiful Medieval city of Utrecht, according to the Lonely Planet one of the most un...
The EU and Changing Geopolitical Dynamics
The Summer school programme is designed to gives participants an opportunity to gain a profound knowledge of ongoing processes and events shaping and influencin...
Global Challenges from the Local Perspective
Klaipeda University is a multidisciplinary national and Baltic Sea Region research and studies leader, promoter of cultural heritage, and lifelong learning center integrated in int...
Energy Security
The course consists of the lectures that address the most important aspects of energy security today. The course starts with a general overview of Europe’s energy policy, including...
China and the Dynamics of Globalization
The aim of the course ‘China and The Dynamics of Globalization’ is twofold. First, to give a multilevel analysis of globalization, connecting the economic to the political and cult...
Courses 2016
The EU: a time of decision
Do you feel to visit the European Institutions and study at the same time this summer? Welcome to Sciences Po Lille Summer School !! • Course : Rethinking the European Union De...
Development Policy
The Summer School introduces students to the main areas of development policy and examines important development policy issues. The students will be able to discuss development pol...
NATO and Security Challenges Institutions and Policies, Key Trends and Best Practices
The NATO Allied Command Transformation -Unibo Summer Workshop and NATO Model Event 2016 offer highly performing and motivated IR graduate students a unique opportunity to study and...
Reconfiguring Europe: an Old Continent in a New Millennium
The objective of the Summer University Prague 2016, “Reconfiguring Europe: an Old Continent in a New Millennium”, is to provide students with a broad understanding of the most sign...
Engaging Conflict Summer School
The program is structured around two intensive weeks. Engaging Conflict activities are not limited to lectures, as workshops, seminars and roleplays complete the schedule. In addit...
German Politics 2016
Germany is the most populous democracy in the EU and one of the major players in European politics. Nevertheless, German politics with its specific features and complex structures...
Europe in the XXI Century
The topic will be not only Europe, but also the integration of the majority of its states in the supranational entity called European Union. Its complex functioning is the outcome...
Politics, Economies, and Societies of a Changing Middle East
During the 2016 Munich-Vienna Middle East Summer School, students will be provided with a broad understanding of the key political, economic, and societal developments in the conte...
Venice School of Human RIghts
EIUC Venice School of Human Rights was born in 2010 with the goal of studying today’s challenges in the field of human rights. It allows its participants coming from all over th...
Venice Academy of Human Rights
The Venice Academy of Human Rights is a centre of excellence for human rights education, research and debate. It forms part of the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights...
Historical Legacies: Human Rights Today
Human Rights Today Summer Academy (HRT) is a two-week credit-granting program in Kraków, Poland that offers students and young professionals an academic framework, practical exposu...
Renewable Energy: Policy and Development
This interdisciplinary program introduces students to current energy policy on global and local levels, with a special focus on conflicts associated with the topic. Located in the...
Competency Building Workshop
The three-day workshop will gather professionals from academia, the corporate world, HR specialists and startup professionals in order to provide participants with practical knowle...
Gender Mainstreaming in EU projects and programmes
Great opportunity to get knowledge and skills for gender mainstreaming. This training will contribute to increase the relevance and quality of Gender Mainstreaming in EU projects...
Transition Stories From USSR To EU: Reasons And Consequences
The summer school is aimed at students who would like to enhance and deepen their general knowledge of Estonia and its experience of transition from USSR to a modern EU country. Du...
Ukraine between ‘East and West’: Soviet Legacy, Democratization Efforts and Geopolitical Challenges
Concerning the particularities of Ukraine’s history, ethnicities, and geopolitics, the notion of national identity has always been a decisive element in the analyses of the country...
Good Governance and its Application to Modern Technology Policies
High quality of the public sector is key for the welfare of economies and societies alike. It is essential for a well-functioning State and serves as an effective preventive measur...
Courses 2015
Democracy, Expertise and Power: Making a New Europe in the Era of Globalisation
The Centre for European Studies, Jagiellonian University and the ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo are pleased to open admission for the RES/PROJECT SUMMER SCHO...
Solidarity for Peace Summer School
The Eastern Initiative Institute and the Jagiellonian University in Kraków cordially invite students, activists and young leaders to apply for the International Youth Meeting 2015....
German Politics
Germany is the most populous democracy in the European Union and one of the major players in European politics. Nevertheless, German politics with its specific features and complex...
EuroCitizen - European Awareness
This Summer School consists of three parts. The first part is devoted to basic knowledge of the European Union. Participants get acquainted with its functioning, structure, economy...
Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)
Hostile environment awareness plays an important role in the effectiveness and impact of crisis management missions; it is also a chief responsibility that each seconding or contra...
Rising 15 - A Hard Road To Hope
RISING 15 is an annual international peace symposium. Taking place over three days in Coventry, it brings together senior leaders, decision-makers and opinion-formers with others w...
The EU’s challenges in a context of crisis
Do you feel to visit the European Institutions and study at the same time this summer? Welcome to Sciences Po Lille Summer School !! • Course : Rethinking the European Union Re...
Leadership Academy
Our Leadership Academy has been designed for students who have an interest in Global Politics, International Relations, Philosophy and Economics. You'll discover different types of...
Europe 25<->25 - Twenty Five Years: Evaluating the Past and Forecasting the Future
The XX. International Summer University in Kőszeg at the Institute for Social & European Studies (ISES) Foundation will take place from 21 June to 3 July 2015. Since 1996, ISES...
Central Europe between the interests of the world (super)powers (USA, Russia and China)
Week-long course in geopolitics with focus on the Central Europe
Remodelling Global Governance
Have you ever wondered what is going behind the scenes of international political bodies? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a member of these organisations? How m...
European Political Identity at the Crossroads: Advancing European Integration
We offer the chance to 20 University students to spend two weeks in Newnham College of the University of Cambridge, learning from and living with Cambridge scholars and lecturers...
Training Seminar on International Electoral Observers
With the patronage of Italian, Spanish and Czech MFA, EIUC has developed two three day modules aiming at providing training to civilian staff in election observation missions at th...
Communicating cooperation and international solidarity: social media and campaigning
For the actors involved in the field of international cooperation and solidarity, as well as for the operators of non-profit sector, a good external communication is essential in o...
Repoliticising Capitalism: Contradictions, Critique and Alternatives
The summer school brings together a faculty of international scholars and staff from Roskilde University for an in-depth course on heterodox and critical political economic perspec...
The Civilian Personnel of Peace-keeping/Peace-building Operations and of Political Missions
The Summer School “The Civilian Personnel of Peace-keeping/Peace-building Operations and of Political Missions” has been set up at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. The Summer School...
Summer School at the International School of Protocol & Diplomacy
The Summer School is a four-day course specifically designed for those who wish to be introduced to or expand on their knowledge in the fields of protocol and diplomacy. This year’...
Courses 2014
Migration and Development (taught in ITALIAN)
The coupling between migration and development is certainly not new. The trends we are seeing cyclically between one side and the other of the Mediterranean, clearly describe how u...
Summer training on EU/International affairs
Our annual trainings give students the opportunity to spend up to a week in Brussels or Strasbourg and to gain a more realistic view of working life by meeting professionals workin...
Energy Policy of the European Union (taught in ITALIAN)
The well-established volatility in the price of oil and natural gases have highlighted the persistent vulnerability of the industrialized economies - and particularly European ones...
High-Risk Countries and Personal Security (taught in ITALIAN)
Moving and working in unstable countries, in areas affected by conflict or humanitarian crisis, in areas with a high rate of crime or violence. What precautions to take, how to beh...
Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Management. Focus 2014: Political Participation
The 2014 edition of the Summer School on Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Management explores the theme of political participation, with a focus on national minorities, indig...
Introduction to SPSS
The course is intended for participants who wish to become competent in using SPSS as a tool for organising and manipulating data, performing basic statistical analyses and designi...
MISUatLMU: European Studies (Vienna – Munich – Prague)
This program gives students the opportunity to explore European integration by traveling to three dynamic European cities. With an interdisciplinary focus on distinct dimensions of...
United Nations and Development (taught in ITALIAN)
The course examines the origins, structures, and modes of action of the United Nations in the field of economic and social development. The goal of the course is to provide the kno...
Fundraising and Cooperation (taught in ITALIAN)
The course intends both to increase knowledge on the subject, and to produce immediate operative effects in the organizational context of the participants. The question of fundrais...
Introduction to Game Theory
This course will serve as an introduction to game theory, aimed at students who have little or no experience in the subject. We will develop the theory of choice, the theory of cho...
Multivariate Statistical Analysis and Comparative Crossnational Surveys Data
This course aims to give the participant an overview and practical experience of the major theoretical and practical issues that are faced by the statistical analysis of cross-nati...
Europe and the Crisis: Decline or Revival? (taught in ITALIAN)
The course will test how the European Union is changing due to the crisis that has hit it, in terms of decision-making and policies. It will conduct a critical analysis of the inst...
History, Institutions and Policies of European Integration
Course contents This course explores core features of the political system of the European Union and addresses amongst other topics: •the history of European unificatio...
Economy of the European Union (taught in ITALIAN)
The program starts with an analysis of the objectives and the benefits of economic integration, and in particular the European common market. It continues with the creation and the...
España y las Américas: transición y democratización
El estudio de las transiciones y la democratización constituye uno de los temas de estudio fundamentales de la politología en general, y de Iberoamérica, más en particular. Por sus...
Society and Politics in Contemporary Spain
This course is designed to give an overview of fundamental issues in the study of Spanish Politics. The course core is the study of the nature and functioning of the Spanish democr...
Political Economy
Political economy explains the effect of politics and the political process on economic outcomes. The course is divided into two central approaches to modern (new) political econom...
Negotiation in Humanitarian Crises (taught in ITALIAN)
The success of an international operation depends largely on the negotiating skills of those who participate. In its relations with governments, local authorities, communities, mil...
NGOs and Development (taught in ITALIAN)
The program consists of an initial analysis of the history of NGOs and their role in international cooperation, both the current Italian and international scene and its future deve...
Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling
The course gives an introduction to theory and practice of Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with computer software AMOS. It is shown how theoretical latent constructs (e.g. soci...
Emerging Africa: New Markets, Resources and Conflicts (taught in ITALIAN)
The first years of the new millennium showed signs of change for Africa, both on the political and on the economic field. The course begins with an introductory overview of the rec...
Beyond Sacrifice: About the Rational and the Irrational in Political Anthropology
Rationality, understood as the principle guiding individual conduct is not only the foundation of contemporary social and political theory, but is also a civilisational matrix. We...
Corporate Social Responsability (taught in ITALIAN)
Why this course? The market has understood long time ago that one of the elements of the capital gain of its products is the reputation of the brand towards the public. Understandi...
Introduction to Game Theory
This course will serve as an introduction to game theory, aimed at students who have little or no experience in the subject. We will develop the theory of choice, the theory of cho...
Democracy and Regime Changes in Arab, African, and Asian Countries (taught in ITALIAN)
The important changes that are going on in the different countries of the Arab world have led to the international community's attention the question of overcoming authoritarian an...
International Development Cooperation (taught in ITALIAN)
The course offers a comprehensive overview of the history of International Cooperation, combining the precise historical, economic, political, religious, and social factors that ha...
Current issues in the European Union
Course contents This courses studies in great depth particular aspects of the political system of the European Union and policies and the methodology of European studies. Top...
Linear Algebra and Calculus
The contents of this refresher course are supposed to facilitate the participation in mathematically coloured main courses. However, since it is not possible to know in advance, wh...
Logistics in Humanitarian Emergencies (taught in ITALIAN)
The course aims at rapid integration into the philosophy, the areas of interest, the working methods, the tools, and the structures of the supply chain of humanitarian intervention...
The Assertiveness of Russia: Towards a New Geopolitics of the Pan-Europe (taught in ITALIAN)
The course offers an analysis of the external projection of the Russian Federation, trying to offer knowledge and tools to provide answers to salient questions - what are the goals...
Al Qaeda 3.0 - The New Challenges of Jihadism (taught in ITALIAN)
Al Qaeda is changing. Its ideology, despite Osama Bin Laden’s disappearance and other hard blows inflicted to her, it is not declining. Al Qaeda no longer appears as the monopolist...
Summer School in Protocol and Diplomacy
This four-day course has been specifically designed for those who wish to be introduced to or expand their knowledge of protocol, diplomacy or cross cultural communication. Further...
Case Study Research: Method and Practice
This course approaches qualitative case studies from a methodological and practical perspective. The goal is to understand the advantages and challenges of the case study method an...
Introduction to Network Analysis using Pajek
The course aims to provide an introduction into the main topics and concepts of social network analysis. It focuses on the analysis and visualisation of complete networks. Particip...
Set-Theoretic Methods: Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Related Approaches
This course introduces participants to set-theoretic methods and their application in the social sciences with an emphasis on Qualitative Comparative Analysis and fuzzy sets. The i...
Humanitarian Emergencies [Advanced Course] (taught in ITALIAN)
Through lectures, exercises, and case studies we will try to give you operational tools and intervention techniques that will help the participants to tackle the work of preparatio...
Introduction to STATA Training Course
This is an introductory course on the use of Stata, one of the most widely used professional statistical packages. The software is used in many fields of research, from accounting...
The Future of the European Union (taught in ITALIAN)
The international economic crisis, the impact on member countries and on the strength of the euro are putting a strain even on the recent Lisbon Treaty. It took 10 years for its ap...
Introduction to R
R is state of the art computer system for modern statistical analyses. It has powerful capabilities for data input and data manipulation. Most of traditional and modern analysis me...
Humanitarian Emergencies [Basic Course] (taught in ITALIAN)
The course is intended for those who want to approach the work of international humanitarian aid, emergency and reconstruction projects, protection of human rights in situations of...
Humanitarian Protection (taught in ITALIAN)
The condition of the victim of a disaster or an armed conflict brings with it rights violations, physical violence, and discrimination in the distribution of assistance. Since the...
Current Issues on the European Union in a Global World
This course aims at providing historical and critical tools for the understanding of the construction and integration processes of the European Union and its successive enlargement...
Current debates on the European Union
This advanced course provides students with the opportunity to study a topic of their choice pertaining to the content of ST-419 and/or ST-420 in greater depth. Topics may reflect...
Event History and Survival Analysis
In event history analysis (and survival analysis, which is the name used mostly in bio sciences, where the methods were first applied) we are interested in time intervals between s...
Monitoring and Evaluation in Humanitarian Aid (taught in ITALIAN)
Monitoring and evaluation are the main tools for the management of humanitarian aid projects. Those who tell us whether we are doing a good job, whether we got the results, whether...
Courses 2013
RESEARCH DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS
In an applied manner, the course addresses the question “How to design a research in social sciences?”. It starts from scratch, hence is targeted at students who did part of their...
Panel Data Analysis
The course provides an introduction to panel data analysis. Panel data are repeated observations on the same sample of cases. One of the major advantages of panel data is the poten...
Tools for Data Mining and Data Organisation
The course will present an overview of available techniques in the domain of data and text mining. The course is separated into five main domains:  General Introduction: S...
Multilevel Regression Modelling
The course is designed to provide scholars with a basic understanding of multilevel (a.k.a. hierarchical or mixed) models. Upon completion the students will have a basic conceptual...
Analysing Political and Social Sequences
Sequence analysis is the systematic descriptive and causal study of sequences, that is, successions of standard categorical states or events. Sequence analysis is a unique method f...
Introduction to SPSS
The SPSS software is among the most frequently used software packages for statistical analysis in the area of social sciences. This course will provide a basic introduction to the...
Multilevel Structural Equation Modelling
The primary objective of this course is to provide participants with a proper understanding and the practical skills necessary for applying advanced techniques in structural equati...
Writing Ethnographic and other Qualitative-Interpretive Research: An Inductive Approach
This seminar explores issues in one of the „genres‟ of academic writing: ethnographic and other forms of interpretive-qualitative research. The course will proceed inductivel...
Introduction to R
This introductory R class focuses on making students familiar with data manipulation and basic modelling in R. R has become a widespread statistical package that offers both flexib...
Devotion to Leadership
Call for the International Political Anthropology Summer School on Devotion to Leadership 23-29 June 2013, Bolsena Study Center The purpose of this summer school is to explore...
Introduction to Applied Social Network Analysis
This course is an introduction to the theory and methodology of social network analysis (SNA). Particular attention will be paid to the theoretical foundations of SNA and to method...
Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis with Atlas.ti.
The main purpose of this course is to learn about computer assisted qualitative data analysis with Atlas.ti. Qualitative Content Analysis (QCA) and Grounded Theory (GT) will be int...
Knowing and the Known: The Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences
The social sciences have long been concerned with the epistemic status of their empirical claims. Unlike in the natural sciences, where an evident record of practical success tends...
An Introduction to Qualitative Research
The course will demonstrate the potential of qualitative methods to address a range of questions relevant to political scientists –e.g. accessing „public opinion‟; individual...
Statistical Modelling of the Spatial Theory of Voting
This course introduces to the theory and to the statistical analysis of the spatial theory of voting. Starting with Downs’ seminal work, we delineate core assumptions and the conce...
Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis
This course addresses the foundations, components and procedures of qualitative data analysis looking at the methods of thematic analysis (TA), qualitative content analysis (QCA),...
Introduction to Maximum Likelihood and Limited Dependent Variables
We begin the course with a review of the statistical theory of maximum likelihood. During the first two days the general linear model will be used as a heuristic for developing you...
Introduction to STATA
The aim of the course ‘Introduction to STATA’ is to familiarize the participants with one of the most popular software packages in social sciences and economics. The participants w...
Introduction to Statistics
The course provides a concise introduction to fundamental ideas of descriptive and inferential statistics with the intention to help participants understanding and applying the log...
Agent-based Modelling in the Social Sciences
Computational agent-based models (ABM) have become increasingly popular in Political Science. The purpose of an ABM is to simulate the emergence of macro-level social phenomena bas...
Introduction to NVivo 10
This is an introductory course on the use of NVivo software for qualitative data analysis. The course is orientated towards participants with no prior knowledge of the software who...
Working with Cross-National Survey Data
Analysing changes in attitudes and values across countries is far from simple because 1) measuring attitudes and values is more risky and error-prone than measuring verifiable fact...
Introduction to Data Access and Management
Within the last years there has been a tremendous increase of available data on the Internet. Governmental and corporate open access data initiatives provide accurate information w...
Comparative Research Designs
The purpose of this course is to provide training on all aspects that enable a researcher to conceive and conduct the most appropriate comparative research design – the latter broa...
Election Forecasting
The course provides instruction in election forecasting. The word, “forecasting,” is sometimes used loosely. Here it will have a very specific meaning: the prediction of an event b...
Advanced process-tracing methods
This hands-on course aims to provide participants with the methodological tools to refine their use of process-tracing methods in their own substantive research, while also enablin...
Advanced Multi-Method Research
This course deals with multi-method research (MMR) as it is currently developed in the methodological literature (e.g., Lieberman’s nested analysis). The course builds on this deve...
Summer School in Protocol and Soft Diplomacy Skills
Protocol is essential for conducting smooth relations in public life and official ceremonies. This four-day course has been specifically designed for those who wish to be introd...
Interpreting Binary Logistic Regression Models
This course will provide participants with the detailed understanding and advanced skills needed to interpret the results of logistic regression models with binary outcome variable...
The Analysis of Deliberative Politics
This course explores how the philosophical construct of deliberation can be analysed empirically. This concerns conceptual questions, research design and measurement issues as well...
Methods in Political Anthropology
The course is intended for non-anthropologists seeking to apply ethnographic methods in data collection and analysis. It integrates methodological questions into questions of analy...
Focus Groups – From Qualitative Data Generation to Analysis
Focus groups have become quite fashionable in political science, over the last decade, notably because of the richness of discourse and interactions that they give access to. But t...
Advanced Content Analysis
Building upon the theoretical and methodological foundations laid during the 2012 ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, this course will introduce students with advanced ap...
Courses 2010
Old Europe, New Europe, Non Europe. Reshaping the European Union at the Beginning of the 21st Century
In the new millennium the EU has faced a number of challenges. First, the integration of the twelve new member states has been a troublesome affair. Second, EU’s relations to its n...