VIU has published a call for applications for internships in companies, research centers or cultural organizations in the field of sustainable development.

Thanks to the contribution of the Italian Ministry for the Environment, 8 students will receive scholarships for the internships. The interns will be selected from among the most talented students of the Spring 2012 semester of VIU's Globalization Program, which focuses on sustainable development during the spring semester. Students are taking courses related to Globalization, Environmental Management and Sustainable Development, Cities & Global Change and Managing Global Value Chains. The internships are an opportunity for VIU's international students to continue their experience in Italy with work experience in an organization during the summer months.

VIU students participating in the Globalization Program are given the possibility to spend a study and research period at national and international research centers, universities, institutions and firms, in order to develop a final research dissertation (compulsory for Ca' Foscari and Iuav students).

Students from the other Member Universities will be offered the possibility to spend a period of time in research centers, institutions and firms in Italy.

The students are selected on a merit criteria.

Current destinations for research activities are:

 

ASIA

• Italian Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai, China
• Tongji University, Shanghai, China
• Tsinghua University, Beijing China
• Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Shanghai, China
• ASEAN Chamber of Commerce, Milan, Italy and China
• United Nations Environmental Project (UNEP) Bangkok, Thailand
• Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, India
• Waseda University, Japan

AMERICA

• Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, USA
• Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy, USA
• Duke University, Franklin Humanities Institute, USA
• Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada (IPEA), Brazil

EUROPE

• Tilburg Sustainability Center, The Netherlands
• Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Osservatorio di Urbanizzazione, Spain
• International Institute for Environment and Development, Edinburgh, UK
• Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
• CBS, Copenhaghen Business School, Copenhaghen, Denmark
• Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
• National Research Council, Hierapolis, Turkey
• National Research Council, Cyprus
• National Research Council, Lecce
• National Research Council, Florence
• National Research Council, Potenza
• National Research Council, Rome

 

New agreements for international mobility are under development, particularly in the field of Cultural Heritage.

 

Read here where the selected students from previous semesters spent their study and research period abroad:

 

> Spring 2009 International Mobility and Dissertation Projects

 

> Spring 2010 International Mobility and Dissertation Projects

The following students took part in the VIU Globalization Program during Spring 2010 Semester.

They are currently carrying out their research activities at research centers, universities and institutions abroad.

 

Patrick Andretta
Degree: Master's Degree in International Trade Economics
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: UNEP Tongji Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation: "Sino-Italian Cooperation for Sustainable Development"

Marsida Arifi
Degree: Master's Degree in Marketing and Communication
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Sino Italian Campus, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation: "Made in Italy in China: strategies of advertisement"

 

Ylenia Babetto
Degree: Master's Degree in International Relations
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: IIED, International Institute for Environment and Development, Edinburgh, UK
Final dissertation: "Large-scale land acquisitions in the Office du Niger: main implications in water management and sustainable development in the Upper Niger Basin"

Francesco Borsetto
Degree: Master's Degree in Business Administration
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: ICE - Istanbul, Turkey
Final dissertation: "Corporate Social Responsibility"

 

Francesca Busnardo
Degree: Master's Degree in Economics
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasilia, Brasil
Final dissertation: "Sustainable Economic Growth in Emerging Economies: the role of innovation in sustainable upgrading"

 

Alessandra Capelli
Degree: Master's Degree in Languages for International Communication
University: University of Padua
Internship: Porsche Italia
Final dissertation: "Brand Communication from a Local and Global Perspective. Case Study: Porsche"

 

Diana Casallas
Degree: Master's Degree in International Trade Economics
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, USA
Final dissertation: "Human rights as a prerequisite for the free trade agreement between Colombia and the European Union and Colombia and the U.S."

 

Florida Copa
Degree: Master's Degree in Languages and Financial and Legal Institutions of Eastern Asia - China
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: UNEP Tongji Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation: "New renewable energies in China: social and political consequences"

 

Cesare Dagostino
Degree: Master's Degree in Business Administration
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, USA
Final dissertation: "Renewable energy and Sustainable innovation"

 

Alice Delmiglio
Degree: Master's Degree in Languages and Cultures of Eastern Asia - Japanese
University: Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Internship: School of Commerce, Waseda University, Tokyo, JP
Final dissertation: "Cultural communication: the Japanese high-context culture"

 

Marta Dolcetto
Degree: Master's Degree in Business Administration
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: MoCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation: "The promotion of Made in Italy through cultural diplomacy and contemporary art: the MoCA Shanghai as a case study"

Niccolò Fagherazzi
Degree: Master's Degree in Marketing and Communication
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: UNEP, Bangkok, Thailand
Final dissertation: "Environmental Impacts of Tourism in Developing Countries"

 

Fabio Farinosi
Degree: Master's Degree in Environmental Economics
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: UNEP, Bangkok, Thailand
Final dissertation: "Climate Change and Development: Community based reaction. The case of Agri-Nature Foundation and Sufficiency Economy in Thailand"

Elena Fornara
Degree: Master's Degree in Marketing and Communication
University: Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Internship: Sino Italian Campus, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation:  "Chinese Consumer Behavior for the Italian luxury products"

 

Enrica Gabrel
Degree: Master's Degree in Business Administration
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Sino Italian Campus, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation: "The distribution of Made in Italy products in China: market opportunities and difficulties for enterprises"

Elena Geremia
Degree: Master's Degree in Languages and Financial and Legal Institutions of Eastern Asia - China
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Italian Chamber of Commerce for South East Asia
Final dissertation: "ASEAN and China: the role of China in the ASEAN region and the implications of the Chinese presence in Southeast Asia on the power-balance between China and the USA"

 

Nicola Gianfrancesco
Degree: Master's Degree in Economics
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Expo Shanghai 2010 - Italian Pavillion, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation: "International Hotel Chain Management and CSR in Shanghai"

 

Federico Infelise
Degree: Master's Degree in Economics
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasilia, Brasil
Final dissertation: "Developmental Policies in Latin America" 

 

Zunyue Liu
Degree: Master's Degree in Industrial Design
University: Iuav University - Venice
Internship: Sino Italian Campus, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation: "The development of Chinese design"    

 

Alessandra Lombardi
Degree: Master's Degree in Languages and Cultures of Eastern Asia - China
University: Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Internship: Sino Italian Campus, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation: "Communication strategies for the "Made in Italy" in China: promotion through traditional and web channels"

 

Chiara Manias
Degree: Master's Degree in Business Administration
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: UNEP Tongji Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation: "Corporate Social Responsibility in China"

 

Marisa Mercanti
Degree: Master's Degree in Business Administration
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: IHD - Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, India
Final dissertation: "The use of telecommunication mobile in developing countries: a tool to improve agricultural and rural productivity"

 

Giulia Montanari
Degree: Master's Degree in Languages and Financial and Legal Institutions of Eastern Asia - China
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: UNEP Tongji Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation: "Greening Creativity. Comunicazione per l'ambiente in Cina"

 

Adriana Palese
Degree: Master's Degree in Languages and Financial and Legal Institutions of Eastern Asia - China
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Final dissertation: "Green Building in China: Initiatives of Technology Transfer"

 

Giovanni Portelli
Degree: Master's Degree in Languages and Cultures of Eastern Asia - Japanese
University: Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Internship: School of Commerce, Waseda University, Tokyo, JP
Final dissertation: "Towards a sustainable future: Japanese recycling-based society"

 

Massimo Rizzioli
Degree: Master's Degree in Environmental Economics
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Final dissertation: "Landscape Management as Sustainable Policy Integrator and the Role of Social Entrepreneurship: the Catalunya Case"

 

Erica Salvador
Degree: Master's Degree in Languages and Literatures of post-colonial Europe
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University, Durham, USA
Final dissertation: "The other 9/11: looking at the event through the eyes of the Other"

 

Enrica Scapolan
Degree: Master's Degree in International Trade Economics
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Tilburg Sustainability Center, Tilburg University, LE Tilburg, The Netherlands
Final dissertation: "Economic regulation of water services"

 

Carolina Taschetti
Degree: Master's Degree in Languages and Financial and Legal Institutions of Eastern Asia - China
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Expo Shanghai 2010 - Italian Pavillion, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation: "Marketing through social media: opportunities in the Chinese market and future growth"

 

Jacopo Timini
Degree: Master's Degree in Economics
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: IHD - Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, India
Final dissertation: "Globalization, Transnational Corporations and Human Rights: The Case of Special Economic Zones in India"

 

Marina Vicenzi
Degree: Master's Degree in Languages and Cultures of Eastern Asia - China
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Expo Shanghai 2010 - Italian Pavillion, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation: "Expo Shanghai: communication strategies in China"

 

Silvia Zaramella
Degree: Master's Degree in Communications Strategies
University: University of Padua
Internship: Sino Italian Campus, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation: "Strategies adopted by Western firms to promote and advertise their brands in China"

 

Valentina Zarpellon
Degree: Master's Degree in Languages and Cultures of Eastern Asia - China
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Expo Shanghai 2010 - Italian Pavillion, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation: "Waste Management in China"

 

Marco Zenna
Degree: Master's Degree in Environmental Economics
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Final dissertation: "Eco-Industrial Parks"

 

Maria Elena Zuccon
Degree: Master's Degree in Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities
University: Ca' Foscari University - Venice
Internship: MoCA, Shanghai, China
Final dissertation: "Interactions between the contemporary art world and the world of design and marketing"

 

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Zainab Kakal
Degree: Master's Degree in Social Entrepreneurship
University: Tata Institute of Social Sciences - Mumbai

Internship: SDA Bocconi University, Milan
Final dissertation: "Management of non profit organization"

 

Hasan Cem Kamiloglu
Degree: Master's Degree in Management
University: Bilkent University - Istanbul  
Internship: TeDIS Center, Venice International University, Venice (Adriaa European Project)
Final dissertation: "Accessibility and Development for the Re-launch of the Inner Adriatic Area"

In the Spring semester the Globalization Program focuses on Sustainable Development and International Management, offering a set of advanced courses, a dissertation workshop and research activities in companies, universities, research centers and cultural institutions abroad.

 

The Program aims at developing an interdisciplinary in depth examination on the theme of globalization and sustainable development and is addressed to advanced undergraduates and Master's students, especially those in their final year, who wish to write a final dissertation on the themes of globalization and sustainable development.

 

Core Courses

 

Globalization, Environment and Sustainable Development

Ignazio Musu (Scientific Coordinator), Venice International University

 

Globalization has important impacts on the environment, that must beconsidered in order to achieve sustainable development. Environmental issueshave gained center-stage in economic analysis and policy-making, and theirurgency has opened new opportunities in terms of technological innovation andentrepreneurship.

 

The course will cover different themes, starting from the introductionof the sustainable development concept and the illustration of the Millennium Development Goals. The case study of China will be considered as representative of the relationship between economic development andenvironmental issues.
The course will also explore the role of firms forsustainable development, considering Corporate Social Responsibility and Industrial ecology. Finally the course will study, from different perspectives, climate change as one of the main global environmental issue, consideringscientific evidences, energy implications and policies in climate change.

 

Through an interdisciplinary perspective, the course will providestudents with key competences and instruments for the analysis of natural and environmental resources in a sustainable perspective and for the development of policies oriented towards the promotion of sustainable development processesboth at a national and international level.

 

International Management: Managing Global Value Chains

Stefano Micelli (Scientific Coordinator), Venice International University

In the last fifteen years, economic integration has been moving fasterand farther throughout the world and there has been much discussion about"globalization" and its consequences. Particular attention has been devoted tothe themes of regional competitiveness and development as well as to the managerial implications of globalization. The course aims to frame the debateon globalization while highlighting the impacts of the international integration of markets for goods, labor and technologies on companies,territories and local production systems.

 

The central aim isto focus on how companies and firms can developand become more competitive in today's global economy. During the course, theglobal value chains approach (GVC) will be presented and discussed, offering to students an industry-centric view of economic globalization that highlights the linkages between economic actors and across geographic space.

 

This course will expose students to current theories regarding international competitiveness and will encourage them to undertake innovative, interdisciplinary research projects onglobal industries. Finally, it will provide a team project experience indesigning and evaluating research connected to contemporary global issues.

 

Courses on offer in the Spring 2011 Semester Program recommended to Globalization Program students:

 

- National and Regional Identities in an Age of Globalization
- Is cultural sustainability an attainable goal?
- Global Justice and Fairness beyond Borders. Fighting Hunger and Poverty
- Trust and Cooperation
- From Colonialism to Postcolonialism in Literature and the Arts
- Modernity in Europe, America and East-Asia
- Art and Exchange: Venice as a Center of the Global Market
- Migrant Cultures in the United States and Italy
- Identity, Language and Communicative Practices in Contemporary Italy
- A Cultural History of Tea
- Western Images of Japan

For further information:

globalization@univiu.org