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Courses 2022
European Business Challenges : Public Policies
The programme focuses on gaining a global understanding of the challenges faced by the European Union in the 21st century with a legal perspective on international relations, geopo...
Multilateralism, Globalization & Corporate Diplomacy
top 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 Studies
online courseThe Online European Studies Summer School invites international students to become experts on contemporary European history, European politics, the institutional system of the Euro...
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...
EU Politics in Theory and Practice
top courseAlmost all societal problems transcend national borders today. Think of pandemics, environmental protection, transportation issues, migration, economic and financial crises, trade...
European Politics and Human Rights
online courseIn the aftermath of the Second World War, for the first time in European history, former enemies created a political union in order to coordinate their economic and political activ...
Standing for the West on Its Borderlands: Soft and Hard Security Dilemmas and Opportunities of the Baltic States
top courseThis summer school will provide an overview of one of the key trends in soft and hard security dilemmas and opportunities of the Baltics states. The objective will be to expose stu...
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...
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...
Post-war British Politics
top courseBringing together political science and history, this module will examine British politics since 1945. The module is not just narrowly about politicians and political intrigue,...
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...
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...
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...
International Politics
online courseThe 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
EU Diplomacy: challenges and opportunities
top courseThe Summer School is organised in the context of the EUDIPLO project. It is based on a teaching programme of 28-30 hours of lectures/seminars given by experts coming from academia,...
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...
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...
Leadership and Emotional Intelligence in Organizations
top courseThe present social and economic context has impacted the functioning and adaptability of professional organizations during the COVID19. The complexity and volatility of environment...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 2022. On the day fol...
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...
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...
Russia’s Soft Power: What It Is and What It Might Be
online courseSoft power is widely considered to be a missing part or at least a weak point among Russian foreign policy instruments, both globally and regionally. Without ideology, with sluggis...
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...
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...
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...
The Political Economy of Terrorism
top courseThis course considers modern-day terrorism from a theoretical and especially from an empirical perspective. Although the phenomenon of terrorism has been studied extensively from d...
EU Policy Making
online courseFrom 7 to 18 February 2022, the Brussels School of Governance will organise its online Jean Monnet Winter School on EU Policy-Making, in collaboration with its partners the Univers...
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...
re-ACT by design
re-ACT by design is the annual International Design Workshop (IDW) week organised by the Faculty of Design Sciences at the University of Antwerp and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts...
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...
GOVTRUST Summer School
The 2022 GOVTRUST Summer School focuses on trust and public governance from a multi-level perspective. Contemporary governance of society is complex, as public authorities at diffe...
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...
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...
Pre-University Honours Programme: Politics & Identity
top 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...
Past courses
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? The fields of politics and economics...
The European Union still in Crisis? Politics and Economics in Europe Today
online courseIn the aftermath of the Second World War, for the first time in European history, former enemies created a political union in order to coordinate their economic and political activ...
Illicit Trade
top course online courseMoney laundering. Terrorist financing. Drug trafficking. Arms smuggling. Illicit trafficking of wildlife, human body parts, and ancient historical artifacts. Tax havens. Proliferat...
Courses 2021
Contemporary Russian Politics
online courseThis 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...
Divided in Diversity - The European Union still in Crisis?
online courseIn the aftermath of the Second World War, for the first time in European history, former enemies created a political union in order to coordinate their economic and political activ...
Russia’s Identity in World Politics
online courseIn 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...
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...
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 courseOpen and legitimate elections are the indispensable foundation for sustainable development and an effective democracy. Actions supporting the right to participate in genuine electi...
EU-Russia Relations Today
online courseThis 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...
Nationalism and the far right
online courseFew would disagree today that liberal democracy is in crisis under the pressure of nationalism, populism and identity politics. Yet the consensus crumbles once we move past this ra...
Democracy and Inequality in the Age of Polarization
online courseThe era of polarized politics is also the era of extreme inequality. In this seminar we revisit the historical relationship between the democracy and inequality. We discuss the mec...
EU Policy Making
online courseExplore 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 Br...
Divided in Diversity - The European Union in Crisis?
online courseAfter a series of very successful Online Schools in 2020 and we will offer our Summer Schools 2021 also online. Enjoy a varied program of excellent academic courses and intercu...
Citizenship in the 21st Century: Fragile Rights, Unequal Societies, Divided Cities, and Global Movements
online courseHow 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...
International Intervention and the Myth of the "International Community"
online courseIn this course, students will be introduced to the underpinning concepts and competing understandings of (non-)intervention in situations of conflict. Students will learn to identi...
European Encounters: The Baltics in the European Union
online courseJoint programme of Utrecht University, the University of Tartu, and the University of Latvia. The aim of the course is to introduce the diversity and unity of European identitie...
The New Urban Agenda: The challenges of Cities
online courseOur world and our societies are changing at a dizzying pace. At the same time, the rate of urbanization around the world continues to increase. As a result, urbanism becomes the es...
Democracy and Development in India
online courseThe School will enable participants to broadly discuss current developments in world politics in the light of core social-science and IR theories and perspectives. The format will...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Justice after Mass Atrocities: Truth-seeking, Retribution, Reparation
online courseWhat 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...
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...
Spanish Politics
online courseDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, this course will be taught virtually in 2021, with the resources and experience gained from the previous year. The course aims at making students f...
Foreign Policy: theory and practice
online course1. 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 -...
Climate Change: Update and Options to Achieve the Paris Agreement
online courseThe course will provide a short introduction to the science of climate change and the status of global negotiations, including progress in achieving the Paris Agreement goals and e...
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...
European Encounters: Diversity and Integration from West to East
online courseThis is a joint programme on European integration by the Utrecht University’s Summer School and the International Summer University of the University of Tartu. Program descripti...
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...
European Encounters: Small Countries, Big Neighbours
online courseThis course is a joint programme with the University of Latvia and the University of Tartu. How do large countries influence their small neighbours? It is not only the history a...
Authoritarian Regionalism in the Modern World Politics
online courseThis course is about modern autocracies and their strategies to engage with neighbouring states and to form international organizations at global scale. These international organiz...
Health Inequalities: Understanding our Worse Epidemic
online courseWhy 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...
Understanding Russia and EU-Russia relations: Insights Foreign Policy Actors, Institutions and Policy-Making
online courseIntroduction of the programme: Relations between the EU and Russia went through ups and downs over the course of the last decades. To have a better grasp of these dynamics, we h...
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...
Violence, War and Trauma
online courseThis course will examine the classification of violence; its forms and motivations; governance and regulation of violence; and its physical, psychological and political effects and...
Exploring the Balkans Geopolitics, Regional Cooperation and Integration
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. The Summer school will be organized in summer 2021. BSC Summer School on Critical Thinking entitled “E...
Featured Parts, Features - on the Turbulent Media of the Present
blended courseThis course confronts materials - fogs, foams, froths, particulated air, muds, ether, crystals, liquids - ones that have always been around but which accrue new significances. Thes...
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...
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...
European Welfare State: Current Challenges and Perspectives
online course“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...
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...
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...
European Politics and Human Rights
online courseAfter a series of very successful Online Schools in 2020 and we will offer our Summer Schools 2021 also online. The Online Summer School on "European Politics and Human Rights"...
Racial Nationalism, Genocide and Security
online courseWhat is the role of racism in nationalist politics and mass violence? This provocative short course, dealing with theoretical, historical and topical concerns, brings together some...
Political Violence and Nonviolent Resistance
online courseIn 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...
Global Studies in Russia
online courseDue to the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 the summer school "Global Studies in Russia" 2021 will be held online. THE SUMMER SCHOOL AT A GLANCE The school will focus on Russia’s...
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...
Rethinking Peace Education: The Work and Identity and Culture in Conflict Ridden Societies
online courseThe course offers a critique of Western positivist paradigmatic perspectives that currently guide peace education, maintaining that one of the primary weaknesses of current bilingu...
International Relations in a post-hegemonic world
online courseIn this Summer School on International Relations in a Post-hegemonic World, you will take stock of the current state of International Relations – as academic discipline and as our...
Emerging Technologies and the Future of Conflict
online courseThe 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...
Courses 2020
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
European Identity between Unity and Diversity
Instead of relaxing at the “End of History” after the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in 1989, Europe is facing new challenges at the beginning of the 21st century. These new challeng...
Energy Security
This week-long course on energy security provides you with an opportunity to gain knowledge about global energy tendencies and perspectives and how they correlate with regional and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Middle East in Global Politics
online courseWhat do we mean by the Middle East – east of where, and why? How should we go about studying the political aspirations and agency of almost half a billion people? To what extent ar...
The United Nations and Global Advocacy
online courseThis is an opportunity to work alongside world-leading advocates within the UN system. The key live cases are Southern women in the history and future of the UN; more effective mea...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Visegrád Countries in the Context of Current European Crisis
At the beginning of the program, students participate in an intensive introduction to Czech culture as well as the orientation at the university and the city of Liberec. The progra...
Understanding the Middle East
online courseWithin the context of the TOMidEast initiatives, the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin, is pleased to announce the seventh edition of the Summ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Courses 2019
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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”,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 & 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 (...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
„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...
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...
Courses 2018
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...
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...
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...
Summer School on Migration and Asylum: Labour Integration of Migrants and Asylum Seekers
The new edition of the International Summer School on Migration and Asylum will focus on the integration of migrants and refugees into the EU labour market. This year, the Summ...
Summer 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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Political Risk Analysis
In recent times, financial investors and multinational corporations have become more aware of the need to “go beyond economics” and integrate political factors into their decision-...
The 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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 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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Democratic vs Authoritarian Capitalism
The relationship between capitalism and political regime types stands at the center of this course, which examines the origins, evolution, and governance of diverse democratic and...
The Chinese World
ILERI Summer School offers ten intensive courses for adults (students, professionals, seniors, job seekers...) during the month of July to better understand the geopolitics of our...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Training for International Electoral Observers
Open and legitimate elections are the indispensable foundation for sustainable development and an effective democracy. Actions supporting the right to participate in genuine electi...
Geopolitics of 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How to Study Russian Politics
An innovate umbrella course will connect the study of methods with an overview pf political process in modern Russia.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Courses 2017
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
Interdisciplinary Leadership Academy
Develop a global mindset Learn & Network with the Best Experience “Leadership in practice” An interdisciplinary course for young professionals to de...
The Migrant Crisis within the Greek context
A 9-day summer programme that will feed your knowledge and unlock your skills with active and experiential learning on the migration agenda in SE Europe. The University Of Sheff...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Intensive Course of Diplomacy and Crises Management
#Invitation The Academy for Protocol and Diplomacy, have a great pleasure to invite you to Participate at this sessions of Intensive Course of Diplomacy, Diplomatic Relation...
Introduction to the Political Economy of China
This course is primarily intended to provide an informed perspective about the evolving process of China’s political and economic transition and development during the past three d...
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...
Europe in the XXIth Century
Why does the European Union exist? Why have a group of states decided to gather together in a supranational entity? Will the European Union continue to exist, despite nationalist c...
The 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Energy Security
The course consists of the lectures that address the most important aspects of energy security today. The course starts with a general overview of Europe’s energy policy, including...
China and the Dynamics of Globalization
The aim of the course ‘China and The Dynamics of Globalization’ is twofold. First, to give a multilevel analysis of globalization, connecting the economic to the political and cult...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Courses 2016
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...
Bayesian case studies
Bayesian case studies
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Courses 2015
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...
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...
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...