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Courses 2021
Democratization and Autocratization in a Comparative Perspective
top course 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...
Youth, Education and Work in (post-)conflict Areas
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. The summer school ‘Youth, education and work in (post-)conflict areas’ is an activity of the internati...
International Politics of Human Rights
online courseThe module will explore what human rights are and the different explanations of where rights come from. How human rights have changed and become imbedded in international law since...
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...
Populism and the Challenge to Western Democracy
online courseThe Donald Trump presidency and Brexit are part of a rise in populism. Authoritarian populist parties hold power in Hungary and Poland and have gained major support in countries as...
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...
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 continuously adapt their audit methods and approaches. To...
Making Policy in International Development
online courseThis module deals with the empirical reality, theory, and current governance problems of development, poverty, and inequality. Specifically, throughout the course we will investiga...
Brexit: Political Tensions, Economic Challenges
online courseThe UK’s departure from the EU is a historical event, with global political and economic implications. This course will give students a comprehensive understanding of the causes an...
Pre-University Honours Programme: Politics & Identity
top course online courseAs our hyper-connected world draws closer together, it falls to present and future generations to understand how this affects the political climate. Every aspect of our lives is in...
Case Study Research Methods
top course 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...
Politics of Global Development
online courseThis module will provide an introduction to, and an overview of, the politics of global development. The module will take a case-based approach – using grounded, empirical cases...
World in Transition and Central European Transformation
Due to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. The program provides a broad understanding of state transformation issues in general and from the prac...
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...
European Encounters: The Baltics in the European Union
How is a small country influenced by its big neighboring countries? It is not only the history and culture; it is muchmore. This course is a joint programme with the Utrecht Uni...
Mixed and Merged Methods: Toward a Methodological Pluralism
top course 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...
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...
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...
The European Union in the 21st Century: Internal and External Challenges
online courseThe course will introduce the basics of the European Union and describe and explain the processes of widening and deepening of this unique political entity. This will cover an over...
Political Economy
top course 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? These classical political economy qu...
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...
Summer School on EU Policy Making
Explore both the old and the new centre of Diplomacy in Europe with this 5-ECTS summer school. The intensive two-week programme is held from Monday 5 to Friday 16 July 2021. The In...
Europe, Migration, Refugees
online courseRegarding transnational migration, the European Union as a supranational community promotes a political reasoning between processes of consolidation and necessary conflict, between...
Remote European Studies Summer School
online courseThe Remote European Studies Summer School invites international students to become experts on contemporary European history, European politics, the institutional system of the Euro...
Arctic Geopolitics and Climate Change
The course will introduce different perspectives on contemporary Arctic geopolitics and different discourses of climate security. Based on these introductions, the course will expl...
EU-Russia Relations Today
This course explores the problems and potential solutions driving EU-Russia relations covering not only the dynamics between Brussels and the Kremlin but also talks of the inner wo...
Europe, Migration, Refugees
online courseRegarding transnational migration, the EU promotes a political reasoning between processes of consolidation and necessary conflict, between sovereignty and shared responsibility, b...
Politics Ontologies Ecologies
top coursePolitical ecology is a long-established interdisciplinary field, including various social sciences and humanities, aimed at investigating the interface of societies and the biophys...
Power to the People: Activism and Grassroots Organising
top courseIn 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...
Latvia: The Baltic States and its Neighboring Powers
top courseIn this course you will discover what happens when a small country has big neighbouring countries. How far do their influences stretch? Besides impacting the history and culture of...
Public Policies
Today’s institutions need decision makers with interdisciplinary knowledge who are capable of understanding and solving complex managerial, economic and legal problems (public inte...
Russian Politics and International Affairs
online courseThe track aims at covering the key aspects of Russian Politics and International Affairs. Together with three experienced and well-published instructors you will be able to retriev...
Russia’s Identity in World Politics
In this course students will approach sociocultural premises of Russian foreign policy, which often remain implicit but which invite direct inquiry. We use the concept of symbolic...
Summer School on European Politics, Economy and Law
Due to the covid-19 outbreak, this course has been postponed to 2021. Study Europe and the EU at one of Germany's few universities in the top "Excellent" class: ACADEMIC PROG...
Multilateralism, Globalization & Corporate Diplomacy
top course online courseDoes 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...
European Encounters: Estonia's Economic Innovation and Baltic Regional Security
Program description This two-week course consists of two one-week modules, which are both taught in Estonia by the University of Tartu. The first module “Estonian economic innov...
European Encounters: Small Countries, Big Neighbours
Organizing institutions: Utrecht University - Faculty of Humanities, University of Tartu - University of Tartu, University of Latvia - University of Latvia. Programme descriptio...
US-Russia Relations: Past and Present
The current state of Russia-U.S. relations is hardly possible to understand without looking over the history. The course emphasises the socio-cultural dimension of foreign policies...
EU Policy Making
online courseFrom 1 to 12 February 2021, the IES will organise the very first edition of its online Jean Monnet Winter School on EU Policy-Making, in collaboration with its partners the Univers...
Global Migration and Health
online courseThe 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...
Summer School on European Politics and Human Rights
Due to the covid-19 outbreak, this course has been postponed to 2021. Study Europe and the EU at one of Germany's few universities in the top "Excellent" class: ACADEMIC PROG...
Contemporary Russian Politics
This is a broad introductory course to Russian politics but it gives a good general understanding of how Russia works. The course shall constantly bring us back to how Russian poli...
Political Economy of Health
The recent policy reforms launched in the UK National Health System coupled with the challenges faced by health systems globally with the Covid-19 pandemic, emphasise the need for...
Past courses
Remote European Studies Winter School
online courseThe Remote European Studies Winter School invites international students to become experts on contemporary European history, European politics, the institutional system of the Euro...
The Political Economy of Terrorism and Counter-terrorism
online courseWhat do we know about the roots and motivations of ISIS, the KKK, al-Qaeda, or the Lord’s Resistance Army beyond speculation, snippets of incomplete information, and stereotypical...
International Law
online courseDistance learning now days is pivotal for students. We have encountered a global lockdown, but we appeared to be ready! There is no need to explain the importance of internation...
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...
Courses 2020
Russian Space and Russian State
online courseThe subject matter of the course is Russian space. The course deals with its structure, topology, history, modes of appropriation and governance. It problematizes the idea of space...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Winter School on European Politics and Economy
Study Europe and the EU at one of Germany's few universities in the top "Excellent" class: Come and join the Winter School on European Politics and Economics at the University...
Russia’s Soft Power: What It Is and What It Might Be
online courseSection 1. Nye’s’ concept of “soft power” has become one of the most popular concepts in the modern-day discussion of international relations. Though often invoked by policymakers...
MeditHerIty – Mobility and Heritage in the Mediterranean
The main aim of the Summer School is to improve the knowledge of the participants in the anthropology of mobility and heritage and their capacity to apply their knowledge in order...
US-Russia Relations between the Cold Wars
online courseThe course contains conceptual analyses and practical study of the US-Russia relations since the end of the Cold War. It explores structural problems and theoretical patterns of th...
Sustainable Diplomacy
Last year the Young Diplomat organized a summer school on Democracy and Diplomacy, which became a great success. Now, as you know, the world is facing a great challenge in COVID-19...
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...
Summer Immersion in Russia
Due to the covid-19 outbreak, this summer school has been cancelled for 2020. The Russian Foreign Ministry Diplomatic Academy offers the 2 and ½ week Summer School in Moscow “Gl...
Cross-border Co-operation in Central Europe: Story of Success (?)
The curriculum was designed to provide a unique academic experience in a challenging period of the current Eurpean crisis. The key topics of the course cover the way how does curr...
Geopolitical Trends Analysis: China's Global Power, Nationalism in Europe and Africa’s Natural Resources
The world seems to change faster than ever, raising important geopolitical questions. For example, how does China’s Belt and Road Initiative change the power relations between Chin...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
After War: Intervention, Peace and Resilience
Contrary to the initial expectations, international peacebuilding operations have had little success since the 1990s. From Bosnia or Congo to South Sudan, the UN and other internat...
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...
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...
Regulating the Future - the EU and the Sustainable Development Goals
online coursePlease note that this is an online course. Week 1: 1.Fundamentals of EU policy shaping 2.The EU’s role in the global SDG agenda: leadership and delivery 3.Internal EU polic...
UNISCA Summer Course
top course online courseThe UNISCA Summer Course is a Model United Nations: a simulation of the United Nations where the official rules of the organization and some of its official Committees are being si...
International Intervention and the Myth of the "International Community"
In 1991, George Bush Senior spoke of a ‘New World Order’, one in which the United Nations would now be free to fulfil its founders’ visions. Since then, in the face of terrible con...
Revisiting Political and Socio-Legal Thought in the Aftermath of COVID-19
The course will return to foundational questions of liberal democracy through the perspective of the new global pandemic, an event which may be understood as both a metaphor for an...
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...
Rethinking Peace Education: The Work and Identity and Culture in Conflict Ridden Societies
The course offers a critique of Western positivist paradigmatic perspectives that currently guide peace education, maintaining that one of the primary weaknesses of current bilingu...
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...
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...
Modern Diplomacy: Across Levels, Actors and Tracks
The 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...
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...
Brexit, EU and Global World: Current Challenges in European Politics and Society
Social inequalities, national security, climate change, the rise of nationalism and populisms are some the most serious challenges that national democracies face today in the era o...
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...
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...
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...
Global Studies in Russia
Due to the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 the summer school "Global Studies in Russia" 2020 has been cancelled. Instead of the event as it was planned we would like to offer a ver...
Geopolitical Scenario Planning: National Security, Territorial/Maritime Conflicts and Foreign Policy Strategy
The melting Arctic ice cap, the disputed South China Sea boundaries and the tense situation in Kashmir underline the importance of territorial and maritime conflicts in internation...
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...
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...
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 Coronavirus Crisis – Curse or Opportunity for a “Social Europe”?
blended courseBetween October 2020 and March 2021, Stiftung Genshagen will organize its first hybrid Genshagen Trilateral WinterSchool. The Winter School will be structured in two parts. In a fi...
Peace Building in Post-Conflict Areas – Diplomacy, Leadership and Negotiations
Open to (Eligibility): Undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students (who are enrolled or have already completed aforementioned levels of university studies) and young professi...
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...
The Politics of Nationalist Mobilization
Due to the covid-19 outbreak, this course has been postponed to 2021. The past decade has been marked by the return of explicitly nationalist politics. Politicians on the Left a...
Citizenship in the 21st Century: Global Movements, Divided Societies, Unequal Cities
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...
World in Transition and Central European Transformation
online courseABOUT THE COURSE The program provides a broad understanding of state transformation issues. Using the practical experience of the Czech Republic and its Central European neighbour...
Summer School on Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Governance
Eurac Research’s Summer School on Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Governance is an interdisciplinary, two-week program for all those interested in minority rights and divers...
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...
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...
13th & 14th Summer Academy
IPD is proud to announce the next International Summer Programs for 2020, which are to be held in Basel, Switzerland. Applicants can choose either participation in Basel Global Pea...
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...
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...
13th & 14th Summer Academy
10- or 20-day Summer Academy offer lectures and classes via non-formal, interactive and practical methods include lectures, group games, case study and practical simulation, indivi...
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...
TOChina Summer School
online courseThe TOChina Summer School is promoted by the TOChina Hub, an integrated knowledge hub developed in the city of Torino, whose steering partners are the Department of Culture, Politi...
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...
Russia in the Changing World
online courseThis course has been designed especially for international students majoring in international relations, political science, and global economy. In contrast to international relatio...
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...
Introduction to (European) Public Policy
Public policy is the language through which governments across the world communicate with their administrations and society’s. This course will focus on public policy practices, sp...
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...
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...
EU–Russia Relations and a Future of Europe
online courseThis course is designed to offer an in-depth study of the EU-Russia relationship. It will look at the history of that relationship and analyze its legal and analytical framework. T...
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...
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...
Spanish Politics
online courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, this course will be taught virtually in 2020. The course aims at making students familiar with the main features of the Spanish political system, i...
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...
Global Peace, Security and Strategic Studies
Europe and the wider world face complex, multifaceted and fundamental security challenges at an ever-expansive scale. Whether it is ‘new threats’ such as cybersecurity, the impact...
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...
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. They will also write a full report on the visits, putting them in perspective.
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...
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...
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...
Quality Education: Human Capital for Building Resilient Societies (Sustainable Development Goal 4) (cancelled)
online courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, this course has been cancelled for 2020. Quality education (Sustainable Development Goal 4), or the ‘right’ types of knowledge, skills, competenci...
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...
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...
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...
Security Governance & Conflict Resolution
top course[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...
Courses 2019
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Comparative Federalism: Economic and Political Dimensions
This short course will review the main theories of federalism and assess their empirical validity to understand comparative institutional development. Along the way we will discuss...
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...
Politics of the Illicit Global Economy
This course explores the clandestine "underside" of the global economy and state efforts to police it. The readings are organized around a broad range of unauthorized transnational...
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...
Smart Cities
Smart 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Russian Energy Policy & International Energy Cooperation
Module “Russian Energy Policy” consists of the following courses: “Current Energy Policy of Russia: Trends & Tendencies”, “Business Environment for the Russian Oil and Gas Sector”,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
European Politics: Interests versus Culture?
The Summer School on “European Politics: Interests versus Culture” is a one-week program for undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and academic backgrounds (...
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...
Water
Access to clean water is evidently crucial. With growing population, climate change, and emerging new contaminants, water challenges are omnipresent. It is of prime importance to u...
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...
The New Urban Agenda: The challenges of Cities
Our world and our societies have changed at a dizzying pace at the same time as the rate of urbanization continues to grow. Consequently, urbanism becomes the essential tool to ant...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Russian Foreign Policy: Modern Challenges
The course is designed to facilitate understanding of contemporary Russia’s foreign policy and its challenges. It is based on the study of Russia’s foreign policy documents – both...
„Protests, Social Movements and Activism
Applied Politics Summer School (APSS) is based on the initiative of a group of SNSPA`s students of the Political Sciences and International Relations Faculty, members of the Politi...
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.
Inter-university Summer School on EU Policy Making
Explore both the old and the new centre of Diplomacy in Europe with this 5-ECTS summer school. The intensive two-week programme is held one week in Brussels and one week in Vienna...
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...
Political Ecology of Development
The course is an examination of the Political Ecology of Development. We will look at the interdisciplinary field of Political Ecology, the study of ecological distribution conflic...
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...
Europe: Diversity and Migration
Europe’s demography in terms of ethno-cultural composition is rapidly diversifying in an unprecedented way. The majority group in urban areas is morphing into a minority amidst oth...
Immerse Education International Relations Summer Programme
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...
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, 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Development, Sustainability and Globalization
The Prague Summer School on Development, Sustainability and Globalization aims to enrich the discussion on the new tasks for the global development. The program is conceptualized w...
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...
Contemporary Indian Politics
This course is designed to introduce students to politics in contemporary India. India is a plural and diverse country with many religions, regions, classes, castes and communities...
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...
The Historical Roots of Terrorism
This course is about terrorism onset. Following a comparative approach, the question is why terrorism emerges in some countries and periods but not in others. In order to answer th...
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...
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...
Islam and politics in MENA: ideology, activism and change
This course examines the interaction between Islam and politics from different perspectives and disciplines, engaging with the key debates about the nature, evolution and future of...
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...
Foreign Policy: theory and practice; some relevant case studies in the beginning of the XXI st Century
1. Intro, Foreign Policy. Theory and Practice in World Politics. 2. Models of Foreign Policy. Actors and Decision Making Process. 3. Case Studies: - USA,China, Russia - UK, Fra...
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...
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...
Secession in Contemporary Europe: Brexit, Scotland, Catalonia
The secession of national units from larger states and empires has long been a feature of the international system, and emerged in many different contexts during the twentieth cent...
China: A World Superpower - Myth or Reality?
Iran’s nuclear program, North Korea, global warming, the world financial crisis, America’s budget deficit, Taiwan, oil prices and efforts to eradicate piracy near Somalia – what do...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Russian Economy Correlation with Politics and Information
Since Marx’ times politics is considered to be determined by economy. However, it occurs that political conjuncture shapes the latter on the contrary. The course is aimed at discus...
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...
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...
Geopolitics of the MENA Region in a Post-Western World
Which are the implications for the Middle East and North Africa of the relative decline of the West, Russia’s return, the rise of China and Africa’s potential? The purpose of this...
Courses 2018
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...
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...
Global Leadership
Are you interested in Politics, Economics and Philosophy and Current Affairs? - Then this could be the course for you! You will be taught how to analyse information and offer cri...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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-...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Bayesian Statistics
Bayesian data analysis is a rapidly developing field of statistics, which has many useful applications in various areas of political science, sociology, and international relatio...
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...
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...
Inter-university Summer School on EU Policy Making
Explore both the old and the new centre of European Diplomacy with this summer school. The intensive two-week programme is held one week in Brussels and one week in Vienna from Mon...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Text Mining for Political & Social Science II
With a growing availability of larger collections of text in digital form it is tempting to scale the research up in terms of the population studied (e.g. “all of twitter”), time...
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...
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....
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.
Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling for Social Scientists
The course is intended to give an introduction to general principles and techniques of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and their implementations in a popular SEM software tool...
“Modernizing Europe: Generating Accountability"
oin our DRC Summer School and receive up-to-date knowledge about the political, economic and social challenges of the Danube Region! Do you have research results about the Danub...
Europe: Diversity and Migration
Europe’s demography in terms of ethno-cultural composition is rapidly diversifying in an unprecedented way. The majority group in urban areas is morphing into a minority amidst oth...
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...
Text Mining for Political & Social Science I
For social and political sciences, written text provide essential data for studying ideology and political discourse, con ict, sentiment and political a liation, among many other...
Summer School on Global Challenges
The academic part of the Summer School will address issues such as managing borders in Europe, climate change, water and resource conflicts, geopolitics in Europe and the politics...
Governance Modules- Undergraduate Summer School
The Undergraduate Summer School teaches 30 different modules spanning subject areas such as health and science, maths and engineering, law, governance, business management, culture...
Academic Courses in Politics
Oxford is a hot-bed for politics both in terms of political activism and academic study. Countless world-leaders have studied here and some of the most eminent political theorists...
Academic Courses in Leadership
We believe leading oneself successfully first is the key to leading others. The course will focus on teaching Leadership using the great classic texts by ancient mystics, saints an...
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...
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...
Introduction to Statistics in R
R is a popular statistical software program, which is very widely employed in social science. The course will teach you how to use R to perform several basic data processing and...
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...
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...
Academic Courses in International Development
The world we live in has become more connected than ever before, and crisis in one country or region can have significant consequences even on a global level. News headlines about...
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 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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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....
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 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...
Case Study II
This course provides participants with a set of methodological tools that enable them to use case study methods in pursuit of causal inference. We focus on the strengths and limi...
Regression I Analysis
The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the R language, classic statistical tests, and linear regression. Each session has a lecture and a lab component. Labs re...
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...
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...
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...
Grounded Theory
In standard methodology training, you learn how to deduce hypotheses from theory and how to test them, based on more or less representative samples and on statistical models fitt...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
Qualitative research approaches have experienced major innovations over the last two decades (Goertz and Mahoney 2012; Mahoney 2010) with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (Ragin...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How to Study Russian Politics
An innovate umbrella course will connect the study of methods with an overview pf political process in modern Russia.
Case Study I
This course provides participants with a set of methodological tools that enable them to use case study methods in pursuit of causal inference. We focus on the strengths and limi...
Regression Analysis II
Master your skills in more advanced regression analysis using R and learn the most widespread techniques of statistical anlysis in social and political research.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Courses 2017
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Humanitarian Action and Advocacy
Humanitarianism versus Development (main differences, importance of differentiation, blurring of lines) Advocacy in Humanitarian Action (the impact of advocacy, collecting testimo...
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...
Inter-university Summer School on European Policy-making
Explore both the old and the new centre of European Diplomacy with this summer school. The intensive two-week programme is held one week in Brussels and one week in Vienna from Mon...
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...
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...
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...
Interdisciplinary Leadership Academy
Develop a global mindset Learn & Network with the Best Experience “Leadership in practice” An interdisciplinary course for young professionals to de...
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...
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...
“Solidarity Beyond Borders”
Summer school “Solidarity beyond borders” is a 7-day course encompassing various theoretical and methodological aspects of transnational solidarity. It will address such topics as:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Courses 2016
Bayesian case studies
Bayesian case studies
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...
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...
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...
EU Politics (Under 18s)
**Under 18s** European Union is a composition of 28 different perspectives, desires and expectations. Meeting halfway is a really complicated process, which is driven by our rep...
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...
Economics and Politics
This block covers general questions about Russian political system and includes discussion about political risks and business climate during the crisis period. Language politics i...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
The Counterfactual Approach to Impact Evaluation
The counterfactual impact evaluation (CIE) might take an important role in the evaluations as a tool to measure the impact of policies and programmes co-financed by the next wave 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Preparing Global Leaders Summit
PGLS is an intensive one week program in Moscow, Russia that engages students through stimulating lectures and challenging simulations. Participants will work closely with other yo...
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...
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...
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...
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...