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Courses 2023
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...
PPE: Climate Change, Politics, and Environmental Justice
top 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...
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...
Making Policy in International Development
top courseThis module deals with the empirical reality, theory, and current governance problems of development, poverty, and inequality. Specifically, throughout the course we will investiga...
Case Study Methods
The 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...
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...
Politics and International Relations
This course is designed to provide participants with insights into how political systems and related structures at national, regional and global levels function: why and how decisi...
Global Migration and Health
top 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...
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...
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...
PPE: Globalisation, Populism, and Identity
top courseWhile the world has been moving increasingly towards greater inter-connectivity through trade, infrastructure, communications, and migration, criticism of ‘globalisation’ has been...
PPE: Globalisation, Populism, and Identity
top course online courseWhile the world has been moving increasingly towards greater inter-connectivity through trade, infrastructure, communications, and migration, criticism of ‘globalisation’ has been...
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...
China: A World Superpower - Myth or Reality?
blended courseIran’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...
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...
Brexit: Political Tensions, Economic Challenges
top 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...
PPE 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...
PPE: Globalisation, Populism, and Identity
top courseWhile the world has been moving increasingly towards greater inter-connectivity through trade, infrastructure, communications, and migration, criticism of ‘globalisation’ has been...
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...
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...
Civic Engagement: Student as Citizen
This is an intensive, two-week course where students from around the globe will strengthen their skills, knowledge, and understanding of civil society; expand their understanding o...
Politics in Latin America
top courseLatin America had always been a region of interest for the study of political processes, its constant democratic breakdowns, Bolivia saw three coups d’état from 1969 to 1971, popul...
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...
The European Union in the 21st Century: Internal and External Challenges
top courseDon’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...
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...
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...
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...
PPE: Globalisation, Populism, and Identity
top course online courseWhile the world has been moving increasingly towards greater inter-connectivity through trade, infrastructure, communications, and migration, criticism of ‘globalisation’ has been...
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...
International Politics of Human Rights
top 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...
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...
Peace Building in Post-conflict Areas – Diplomacy, Leadership and Negotiations
Date/Venue: KSA Part I: 17 - 27 July 2023, Prishtina, Kosovo KSA Part II: 9 – 19 August 2023, Prishtina, Kosovo *Applicants can apply and attend only one of the sessions (eith...
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...
The Right to Disagree - Human 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...
Politics, Media and Campaigning
top courseWhether 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...
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...
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...
Political Economy of Health
top courseThe 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...
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...
Challenges to International Climate Governance
blended coursecoming soon
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 3 to Friday 14 July 2023. It...
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...
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...
Global Studies
The 2023 program will cover significant topics such as globalization and sustainable development, global finance, international relations and law, climate change and international...
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...
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...
Anglo-American Social and Political Philosophy
The course is just one of 4 courses, that will be held during International Summer School in the Foundations of Democracy: American Law, Politics & Economy 2023. Learn more on...
Populism and the Challenge to Western Democracy
top courseDonald Trump in the US and Brexit in the UK are part of a rise in populism. Authoritarian populist parties hold power in Italy and Hungary, and have gained support in countries as...
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...
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...
Politics of Global Development
top courseAcademics 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...
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...
Standing for the West on Its Borderlands: Soft and Hard Security Dilemmas and Opportunities of the Baltic States
This 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...
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...
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 facin...
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
top courseEnergy 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...
Quo Vadis Europe? The EU and the Question of Identity
This program deals with the general dynamics of European Integration and with the EU as a unique political system consisting of very diverse member states with distinct national c...
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...
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...
PPE: Climate Change, Politics, and Environmental Justice
top course 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...
Leadership and Emotional Intelligence in Organizations
top courseThe present social and economic context (e.g., Covid19, economic recession ) has impacted the functioning and adaptability of professional organizations. The complexity and volatil...
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...
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...
Qualitative Bayesian Reasoning for Case Studies
The 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...
Brexit, EU and Global World: Current Challenges in European Politics and Society
The Covid-19 crisis has laid bare the fragilities of our national economies and societies and it will probably bring about irreversible structural changes for our communities. The...
Agile Government in the Digital Era
blended courseOnline 5 July to 2 August, in Tartu on 4–11 August, 2023 NB! Travel day 3 August The Summer School’s focus is on public administrations are changing how they approach the ongoi...
EU Security Governance and International Security Challenges
This course provides an overview of current scholarly debates relating to the interdisciplinary study of EU’s security governance in the context of globalization and changes in the...
Past courses
Winter School on EU Policy Making
online courseFrom Monday 6 to Friday 17 February 2023, the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG) will organise the third edition of its online Jean Monnet Winter School on EU Policy-Making, in c...
European Studies
top 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
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...
European Studies + German Class: Online Winter School
online courseThe EU Studies course will have an additional German class for beginner. Identity Politics in Europe The European Studies Summer and Winter Schools offer introductory lectures...
Courses 2022
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...
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...
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...
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...
TOChina Summer School
blended 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...
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...
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...
Political Violence and Nonviolent Resistance
In this course, we will study different forms of political violence: terrorism, protest violence, civil wars, and riots. We will explore the differences between these types of poli...
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...
Emerging Technologies and the Future of Conflict
The term “game-changing technology” is a popular refrain in the realm of international security. We are often quick to declare that a particular emerging technology will fundamenta...
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...
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...
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...
Citizenship and Migration: Europe's 21st Century Challenges
top courseIn 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...
European Union Politics, Human Rights and Economics
The IES Summer School 2 (on-site) consists of two combined modules: Module "Europe & the European Union" - The Political System of the EU and its Politics - Human Rights...
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...
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...
EU Climate Policy in an Age of Turmoil – Can the “European Green Deal” make a Difference?
The numerous natural disasters of the past years have reminded Europe that an ambitious climate policy is more urgent than ever. Accordingly, political leaders are under increased...
Understanding the EU’s Role in the World
This short course will provide students with the ability to critically assess the EU’s role in the world. It will first discuss the sources and mechanisms of EU influence in the wo...
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...
Political Racism and the Case of Brexit
This course will discuss the arguments of Martin Shaw's new book Political Racism: Brexit and Its Aftermath. The first session will deal with racism as a social-scientific concept,...
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...
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...
Rethinking EU's Enlargement from Western Balkans to Eastern Neighbourhood
The course will concentrate on the European Union and its future enlargement in Western Balkans and Eastern Neighbourhood. Past years have brought Europe several new challenges tie...
Summer School on 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...
Governing Digital Networks and Services in Cities and Metropolitan Areas: Possibilities and Challenges of 5G Connectivity
The goal of this course is to provide an entry point to the understanding of 5G networks, related technologies and the challenges they pose to services in cities. The governance of...
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...
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...
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...
Within-National Inequalities: from Pareto to Kuznets Waves
The central subject of the course is income inequality. Inequality has become a much more important topic in the press, social networks and academic publications over the last thre...
Democracy, State Stability and Public Administration
Can public administration help democracy to work better? To address this question, this seminar explores the role of discretionary authority in the implementation of public policie...
Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice
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 -...
Iran
online courseWhat’s the importance of Iran’s role in today’s world? How are Iranian domestic and foreign politics shaping the Middle East’s internal dynamics? What is happening within Iranian s...
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...
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...
Authoritarian Regionalism in the World of International Organizations
online courseThe ongoing war in Ukraine shocks the world. Threats to use nuclear weapons, bombing near nuclear plants, multiple death and brutalities, human and environmental consequences form...
Law and Politics, Current Topics in the European Union
This course is targeted at students particularly interested in exploring the history and development of European integration. In an ever globalising world increasing interaction be...
Courses 2021
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
360° of EU Affairs
online courseAre you seeking to specialize in the study of the European Union, looking for a hands-on immersion, or preparing for an international career in Brussels? The Summer School "360° of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Courses 2020
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
UNISCA Summer 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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Courses 2019
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
„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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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,...
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...
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 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...
Courses 2018
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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-...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Courses 2017
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Interdisciplinary Leadership Academy
Develop a global mindset Learn & Network with the Best Experience “Leadership in practice” An interdisciplinary course for young professionals to de...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Courses 2016
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Courses 2015
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...
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....
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’...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...