SDG 4 Quality Education

VIU Global Challenges Initiatives

June 10 - 14, 2019 

Leading Universities
Boston College (Prof. Elizabeth Wallace)
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Prof. Shaul Bassi)
Tel Aviv University (Prof. Dorit Tanay)

October 8 - 12, 2018

Leading Universities
KU Leuven (Prof. dr. Paul Schoukens and Prof. dr. Danny Pieters)
Università degli Studi Roma Tor Vergata (Prof. dr. Michele Faioli)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (Prof. dr. Ulrich Becker)

Applications open: April 6 – June 15, 2018 via VIU website (deadline extended).

14 – 19 January, 2018

10-22 July 2017

The 2017 Seminar will be led by:
- Duke University (Sonia Silvestri, Scientific Coordinator)
- National Research Council of Italy
- Università degli Studi di Padova
- Universitá Ca’ Foscari Venezia
- Università IUAV Venezia
- INRS University
- KU Leuven

September 12-16, 2016

Scientific Coordinator
Prof. Carlo Giupponi, Dean of VIU and Director of Venice Centre for Climate Studies, Professor of Environmental Economics, Dept. Economics, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia

Organized in collaboration with Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, PhD in Science and Management of Climate Change.

International PhD Academy

January 8-15, 2016

Science & Technology Studies (STS) is an interdisciplinary field, bringing together sociology, history, philosophy, sociology and related social science and humanities approaches. STS looks at science and technology (S&T) as a means of asking about the creation of facts, technological objects, and scientific knowledge, examining the ways in which S&T are embedded in social life.

International PhD Academy
8-13 May 2017

This is the first in the Global Challenges Series of VIU International PhD Academies. Each intensive PhD Academy will focus on a major societal challenges faced by humankind today, which will be addressed via multidisciplinary approaches, involving high-level speakers selected among the VIU member institutions but whose remarks will be adapted to a broad cohort of the VIU community.

International PhD Academy
9-13 July 2018

This is the second of the Global Challenges Initiatives of VIU International PhD Academies. Each Initiative will focus on a major societal challenge faced by humankind today, which will be addressed via multidisciplinary approaches, involving high-level speakers selected among the VIU member institutions but whose remarks will be adapted to a broad cohort of the VIU community.