Aligning market needs with integrated sustainable transportation, logistics, and land-use planning: a unified approach
June 30 - July 4, 2025 | 4th Edition | Stellenbosch, South Africa
Call for applications: closed
The VIU Summer School on Advanced Transportation, Logistics and Supply Chain Management is an initiative of VIU in partnership with its member universities Iuav, Stellenbosch, KU Leuven, Tsinghua, Ca’ Foscari, and the University of Padova, in cooperation with the University of Naples Federico II.
The program develops an original comprehensive approach, bringing into focus the need for synergic engagement among policy-makers, planners, and private and public actors in transport, logistics and supply chain management.
The participants will explore the latest innovations in technology, business models, and policy-making. Through rigorous and non-conventional empirical and theoretical approaches we will explore emerging trends, strategic scenarios, IT and modelling tools (including demo labs), methods, case studies, and applied projects, and discuss how these can support business and policy-makers, achieve environmental sustainability, and socio-economic efficiency. Disruptive digital trends will be confronted with the physical impacts on the territory (“bits vs bricks” perspective).
Faculty
Marco Mazzarino, Iuav University of Venice (Scientific Coordinator)
Vittorio Marzano, University of Naples Federico II (Scientific Coordinator)
Johann Andersen, Stellenbosch University
Megan Bruwer, Stellenbosch University
Maurizio Cociancich, ADRIAFER/Iuav University of Venice/VIU
Dario Menichetti, PTV Group & Econolite
Mingyao Qi, Tsinghua University
Christa Sys, University of Antwerp
Who is it for?
Applications are welcome from graduates who have completed an undergraduate degree in Planning, Engineering, Geography, Economics, IT, Design, and Political Science. Applications are also welcome from professionals working in related fields.
Fees
Participants from VIU member universities:
€ 350 incl. VAT
University of Naples Federico II students:
€ 550 incl. VAT
Other applicants:
€ 700 incl. VAT
VIU Alumni are eligible for a reduced fee.
The fees will cover tuition, course materials, lunches, social events, and airport transfers from Cape Town International airport to accommodation in Stellenbosch.
Student participants will be responsible for covering their own travel expenses to and from Stellenbosch (South Africa), accommodation and local transportation.
Three fee waiver scholarships are available for students (Bachelor, Master, PhD) from VIU member Stellenbosch University.
PhD candidates and post-docs from EU universities may be eligible for Erasmus+ mobility grant support. Candidates should consult the International Office in their own university for information about the calls for applications for funding. VIU will provide any supporting documentation requested for such applications. Contact VIU Erasmus office: erasmus@univiu.org
Credits
ECTS credits equivalence: 2
A Certificate of Attendance will be issued at the end of the course.
Location
This edition will take place at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. More information is available in the brochure.
Accommodation
Information about accommodation is available in the brochure and application form.
Applicants must submit the application form, a letter of motivation – which should include a brief description of the candidate’s research interests, a curriculum vitae and a photo.
The program will admit from a minimum of 16 to a maximum of 25 participants.
For further information please consult the brochure and program or write to: summerschools@univiu.org
Co-funded by Erasmus+ Project 2022-1-IT02-KA131-HED-000068420 in the context of the Erasmus+ VIU Mobility Consortium 2021-2027.
