Winter School

ACADEMIC YEAR 2026/2027

Winter School
Advocating for at-risk students. Empowering students’ voices
in the context of Erasmus+ Project "Students at Risk - StAR"
Padova, 18–22 January 2027

The Winter School “Advocating for at-risk students. Empowering students’ voices” is organised within the Erasmus+ project Students at Risk - StAR and brings together students, advocates, civil society organizations and artists, to develop innovative advocacy strategies through collaborative learning.

The Winter School builds on the insights from the student advocacy seminars held at the Universities of Padova and Trento (Italy), and offers an opportunity to students, student union members, and leaders of student-led organisations, to improve their understanding of the conditions and challenges of at-risk students worldwide, and to learn how to collaborate in developing effective advocacy actions to support students and foster academic freedom in higher education institutions.

The Winter School is organised around lectures, discussions with experts, collaborative workshops and group activities. Conducted in English, this interdisciplinary programme strengthens student-led advocacy at local, national, and European levels, ensuring a strong multiplier effect.

The main objectives of the School are:

to provide knowledge on the conditions faced by students at risk and on the role of advocacy in protecting academic freedom and student rights;
to offer an in-depth overview of advocacy tools and strategies at local, national, and European levels;
to develop oral and written skills aimed at strengthening advocacy and negotiation capacities;
to broaden both hard skills (knowledge of the topics addressed) and soft skills (crisis management, team building, problem solving, research capacity, role playing);
to enrich participants’ curricular background through the development of professional knowledge and competences, fostering their engagement in student-led advocacy and civic participation;
to provide a shared space to develop transnational collaborations towards advocating with at-risk students and for academic freedom;
to develop a framework for national programs in support of at-risk students.

Scientific and Organizing Committee
> Claudia Padovani, Francesca Helm, Elisa Gamba, Stefania Bernardi (University of Padua);
> Ester Gallo, Monica Tassaduque, Cristina Mazzero, Elisabetta Dolzan (University of Trento).

Programme structure
The Winter School takes place in Padova and online. Ahead of the in-person sessions, two online meetings will be held in December 2026 to allow the participants to connect,explore key materials and start planning:
1. Early December 2026 meeting: “Get to know each other”;
2. Mid December 2026 meeting: “Introduction on Academic Freedom”.

The in-person programme runs from Monday 18 to Friday 22 January 2027. Each day is organised in a morning session (9:30–12:30) and an afternoon session (14:00–18:00), complemented by evening activities. The provisional outline is as follows:
● Monday 18 January: welcome and introduction to the StAR project, to the aims and programme of the Winter School, and to the relevance of advocating for national programmes for at-risk students at risk; group work.
● Tuesday 19 January: storytelling and presentation of research on violations of students’ academic freedom; parallel sessions on how to design and implement an advocacy campaign.
● Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 January: thematic and creative-advocacy sessions, with group work on advocacy strategies for national programmes.
● Friday 22 January: group presentations and final discussion.

Eligibility and how to apply
The Winter School is open to:
● Graduate and PhD students affiliated with student-led organisations working within the European higher education area (EHEA) and on academic freedom (priority will be given to 2 the organisations affiliated with the StAR project partners: ESU, SAIH, Global Student Forum);
● Displaced / refugees and asylum seekers / at-risk students enrolled in higher education institutions within the European higher education area (EHEA);
● Students regularly enrolled at the University of Padova and Trento who’ve taken part in student advocacy seminar;

A good level of English is required. Maximum number of participants is 40.

To apply, before 20 October 2026, candidates must fill in this form. During the application, they are required to submit the following documents:
● A curriculum vitae;
● A one-page motivation letter OR a short video introduction, answering the following question: “How can I be an ambassador for academic freedom?"
● A letter from the student association(s) to which they belong (if applicable);

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The selection process will aim at creating a diverse group, taking into consideration academic curriculum, previous experiences with students’ advocacy and/or associations, gender and intersectional elements, and personal background. A number of places will be reserved for at-risk students (risk conditions should be demonstrated/certified).

Selected candidates will be notified and receive relevant information by 20/11/2026, so as to allow them to organise their travel arrangements.

Selected participants will be offered:
● accommodation in residences in Padova from 17 to 22 January 2027;
● lunches and dinners from 18 to 21 January 2027;
● a travel reimbursement of up to €300 (upon presentation of the travel costs, receipts, and boarding passes);
● a certificate of attendance will be issued at the end of the Winter School.

For any enquiries regarding the Winter School or this call, please write to: winterschool.star@gmail.com.

Data protection
Pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Legislative Decree 196/2003 as amended, the personal data provided by applicants are processed by the University of Padova Data Controller, legally represented by the Rector, with registered office in Via VIII Febbraio no. 2, 35122 Padova, through the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies (SPGI), for the purposes of managing this call and the related selection process for the Winter School "Students at Risk" (StAR). The Data Protection Officer (DPO) can be contacted at privacy@unipd.it. Applicants may exercise their rights under the GDPR (including access, rectification, erasure and restriction of processing, and data portability) and have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority. The full privacy notice is available at https://www.unipd.it/en/privacy.

Winter School
Advocating for at-risk students. Empowering students’ voices
in the context of Erasmus+ Project "Students at Risk - StAR"
Padova, 18–22 January 2027The Winter School “Advocating for at-risk students. Empowering students’ voices” is organised within the Erasmus+ project Students at Risk - StAR and brings together students, advocates, civil society organizations and artists, to develop innovative advocacy strategies through collaborative learning.The Winter School builds on the insights from the student advocacy seminars held at the Universities of Padova and Trento (Italy), and offers an opportunity to students, student union members, and leaders of student-led organisations, to improve their understanding of the conditions and challenges of at-risk students worldwide, and to learn how to collaborate in developing effective advocacy actions to support students and foster academic freedom in higher education institutions.The Winter School is organised around lectures, discussions with experts, collaborative workshops and group activities. Conducted in English, this interdisciplinary programme strengthens student-led advocacy at local, national, and European levels, ensuring a strong multiplier effect.The main objectives of the School are:

to provide knowledge on the conditions faced by students at risk and on the role of advocacy in protecting academic freedom and student rights;

to offer an in-depth overview of advocacy tools and strategies at local, national, and European levels;

to develop oral and written skills aimed at strengthening advocacy and negotiation capacities;

to broaden both hard skills (knowledge of the topics addressed) and soft skills (crisis management, team building, problem solving, research capacity, role playing);

to enrich participants’ curricular background through the development of professional knowledge and competences, fostering their engagement in student-led advocacy and civic participation;

to provide a shared space to develop transnational collaborations towards advocating with at-risk students and for academic freedom;

to develop a framework for national programs in support of at-risk students.

The Winter School is funded by the Erasmus+ project “Students at Risk” (StAR). It is organised by the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies (SPGI) of the University of Padova, in partnership with the Department of Sociology and Social Research (DSRS) of the University of Trento.Scientific and Organizing Committee
> Claudia Padovani, Francesca Helm, Elisa Gamba, Stefania Bernardi (University of Padua);
> Ester Gallo, Monica Tassaduque, Cristina Mazzero, Elisabetta Dolzan (University of Trento).Programme structure
The Winter School takes place in Padova and online. Ahead of the in-person sessions, two online meetings will be held in December 2026 to allow the participants to connect,explore key materials and start planning:
1. Early December 2026 meeting: “Get to know each other”;
2. Mid December 2026 meeting: “Introduction on Academic Freedom”.The in-person programme runs from Monday 18 to Friday 22 January 2027. Each day is organised in a morning session (9:30–12:30) and an afternoon session (14:00–18:00), complemented by evening activities. The provisional outline is as follows:
● Monday 18 January: welcome and introduction to the StAR project, to the aims and programme of the Winter School, and to the relevance of advocating for national programmes for at-risk students at risk; group work.
● Tuesday 19 January: storytelling and presentation of research on violations of students’ academic freedom; parallel sessions on how to design and implement an advocacy campaign.
● Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 January: thematic and creative-advocacy sessions, with group work on advocacy strategies for national programmes.
● Friday 22 January: group presentations and final discussion.Eligibility and how to apply
The Winter School is open to:
● Graduate and PhD students affiliated with student-led organisations working within the European higher education area (EHEA) and on academic freedom (priority will be given to 2 the organisations affiliated with the StAR project partners: ESU, SAIH, Global Student Forum);
● Displaced / refugees and asylum seekers / at-risk students enrolled in higher education institutions within the European higher education area (EHEA);
● Students regularly enrolled at the University of Padova and Trento who’ve taken part in student advocacy seminar;A good level of English is required. Maximum number of participants is 40.To apply, before 20 October 2026, candidates must fill in this form. During the application, they are required to submit the following documents:
● A curriculum vitae;
● A one-page motivation letter OR a short video introduction, answering the following question: “How can I be an ambassador for academic freedom?"
● A letter from the student association(s) to which they belong (if applicable);APPLY NOWThe selection process will aim at creating a diverse group, taking into consideration academic curriculum, previous experiences with students’ advocacy and/or associations, gender and intersectional elements, and personal background. A number of places will be reserved for at-risk students (risk conditions should be demonstrated/certified).Selected candidates will be notified and receive relevant information by 20/11/2026, so as to allow them to organise their travel arrangements.Selected participants will be offered:
● accommodation in residences in Padova from 17 to 22 January 2027;
● lunches and dinners from 18 to 21 January 2027;
● a travel reimbursement of up to €300 (upon presentation of the travel costs, receipts, and boarding passes);
● a certificate of attendance will be issued at the end of the Winter School.For any enquiries regarding the Winter School or this call, please write to: winterschool.star@gmail.com.Data protection
Pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Legislative Decree 196/2003 as amended, the personal data provided by applicants are processed by the University of Padova Data Controller, legally represented by the Rector, with registered office in Via VIII Febbraio no. 2, 35122 Padova, through the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies (SPGI), for the purposes of managing this call and the related selection process for the Winter School "Students at Risk" (StAR). The Data Protection Officer (DPO) can be contacted at privacy@unipd.it. Applicants may exercise their rights under the GDPR (including access, rectification, erasure and restriction of processing, and data portability) and have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority. The full privacy notice is available at https://www.unipd.it/en/privacy.

ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025

NGGS Winter school 2025
Interrupting Coloniality for Solidarity: epistemic justice,
indigenous knowledges and intercultural translation
17-21 February 2025

PROGRAMME

Since 2013 the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies of the University of Padova has hosted Next Generation Global Studies (NGGS) Winter Schools ‘Spaces and Times of Globalization’ to critically address the challenges of time and space in global transformations. Over the years we have addressed different themes, including The Challenges of Global Communication;Illusions of Democracy; Necessary Translations for Global Understanding; Boundaries, Borders and Walls: What of Universality?;Knowledges of the Future; Knowledges at Risk and Sustainable Glocal Futures: Knowledge, Democracy and Global Communications. Supported by a funding scheme of the University of Padova, these intensive courses have involved critical reflection on the Eurocentric representation of global space and time; an open and transdisciplinary approach to the debated issues; and a variety of formats through which presenters, participants and invited guests have engaged in ‘glocal conversations’. NGGS has thereby built a scholarly community, interested in exploring the heuristic potential of mixing perspectives, languages and knowledges.

The 2025 winter school addresses the key theme of coloniality, which has become a fundamental issue as Western institutions are increasingly called upon to reckon with their colonial histories and entanglements. Colonization, as the contact between a European subject and ‘native’ others, organized races, languages, knowledges, cultures etc in a hierarchy separating those that had value and those that did not have value. This hierarchy became hegemonic and is understood as coloniality. Language, translation, interculturality, the arts and the digital are often used to reinforce and reproduce coloniality - of power, of knowledge, of language, of being - but they are also used to defy coloniality and hegemonic forms of globalization. This Winter School will offer participants a critical framework for identifying, interrogating and interrupting coloniality, its legacies and to unlearn in order to re-think by expanding south-south solidarities, with art and intercultural translation as sites for solidarity and resistance against colonial legacies and epistemic injustice, racisms, political and climate crises.

The themes addressed during the week will be:
- Identifying and interrogating the ongoing legacies of colonialism
- Antiracism, resistance and decoloniality from global south perspectives
- Unlearning coloniality and rethinking indigenous knowledges
- Challenging linguistic racisms and language ideologies
- Indigenous arts and planetary Envolvimento
- Re-lationality, trans-lation-ality and the digital
- Epistemic (in)justice, intercultural translation and ecology of knowledges
- Expanding south-south solidarities and learning through art and activism

Scientific committee
Francesca Helm (University of Padova, Italy), Juliana Martinez (Federal University of Paraná, Brazil), Lynn Mario Menezes de Souza (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Jamille Pinheiro Dias (Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of London, United Kingdom).

Confirmed speakers
Ingrid M. Rodrick Beiler (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway), Charles Burdett, Francesca Dell’Olio, Jamille Pinheiro Dias (Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of London, United Kingdom), Johanna Ennser-Kananen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland), Gustavo Garcia (Assemblea antirazzista di Padova, Italy), Rafael Lomeu (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Juliana Martinez (Federal University of Paraná, Brazil), Lynn Mario Menezes de Souza (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Marcelyn Oostendorp (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Olinda Tupinambá, Ziel Karapotó (indigenous artists from Brazil), Alice Baroni, Fiona Dalziel, Mauro Farnesi Camellone, Annalisa Frisina, Francesca Helm, Claudia Padovani, Alessio Surian, Giuliana Tomasella (University of Padova, Italy).

Format
17 January 2025: online meeting;
17-20 February 2025: in-person at the University of Padova, Beato Pellegrino Complex;
21 February 2025: in-person at Palazzo Grassi, Venice;
7 March 2025: online debrief.

Participants
Maximum 25 postgraduate students (10 places reserved for postgraduate students from the University of Padova and at least two places for students from invited speakers’ institutions/organizations).

Who is eligible
Master’s and Doctoral students in the fields of humanities, social sciences, language studies, communication, global studies.

Please apply by completing this application form and attaching cv.

Deadline for applications: 1 December 2024
Selection results: 7 December 2024;
Selection criteria: CV and motivation.

There are no fees for the winter school participants. However participants will be required to cover their travel expenses, accommodation and meals.

Contact information: francesca.helm@unipd.it

NGGS Winter school 2025
Interrupting Coloniality for Solidarity: epistemic justice,
indigenous knowledges and intercultural translation
17-21 February 2025PROGRAMMESince 2013 the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies of the University of Padova has hosted Next Generation Global Studies (NGGS) Winter Schools ‘Spaces and Times of Globalization’ to critically address the challenges of time and space in global transformations. Over the years we have addressed different themes, including The Challenges of Global Communication;Illusions of Democracy; Necessary Translations for Global Understanding; Boundaries, Borders and Walls: What of Universality?;Knowledges of the Future; Knowledges at Risk and Sustainable Glocal Futures: Knowledge, Democracy and Global Communications. Supported by a funding scheme of the University of Padova, these intensive courses have involved critical reflection on the Eurocentric representation of global space and time; an open and transdisciplinary approach to the debated issues; and a variety of formats through which presenters, participants and invited guests have engaged in ‘glocal conversations’. NGGS has thereby built a scholarly community, interested in exploring the heuristic potential of mixing perspectives, languages and knowledges.The 2025 winter school addresses the key theme of coloniality, which has become a fundamental issue as Western institutions are increasingly called upon to reckon with their colonial histories and entanglements. Colonization, as the contact between a European subject and ‘native’ others, organized races, languages, knowledges, cultures etc in a hierarchy separating those that had value and those that did not have value. This hierarchy became hegemonic and is understood as coloniality. Language, translation, interculturality, the arts and the digital are often used to reinforce and reproduce coloniality - of power, of knowledge, of language, of being - but they are also used to defy coloniality and hegemonic forms of globalization. This Winter School will offer participants a critical framework for identifying, interrogating and interrupting coloniality, its legacies and to unlearn in order to re-think by expanding south-south solidarities, with art and intercultural translation as sites for solidarity and resistance against colonial legacies and epistemic injustice, racisms, political and climate crises.The themes addressed during the week will be:
- Identifying and interrogating the ongoing legacies of colonialism
- Antiracism, resistance and decoloniality from global south perspectives
- Unlearning coloniality and rethinking indigenous knowledges
- Challenging linguistic racisms and language ideologies
- Indigenous arts and planetary Envolvimento
- Re-lationality, trans-lation-ality and the digital
- Epistemic (in)justice, intercultural translation and ecology of knowledges
- Expanding south-south solidarities and learning through art and activismScientific committee
Francesca Helm (University of Padova, Italy), Juliana Martinez (Federal University of Paraná, Brazil), Lynn Mario Menezes de Souza (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Jamille Pinheiro Dias (Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of London, United Kingdom). Confirmed speakers
Ingrid M. Rodrick Beiler (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway), Charles Burdett, Francesca Dell’Olio, Jamille Pinheiro Dias (Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of London, United Kingdom), Johanna Ennser-Kananen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland), Gustavo Garcia (Assemblea antirazzista di Padova, Italy), Rafael Lomeu (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Juliana Martinez (Federal University of Paraná, Brazil), Lynn Mario Menezes de Souza (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Marcelyn Oostendorp (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Olinda Tupinambá, Ziel Karapotó (indigenous artists from Brazil), Alice Baroni, Fiona Dalziel, Mauro Farnesi Camellone, Annalisa Frisina, Francesca Helm, Claudia Padovani, Alessio Surian, Giuliana Tomasella (University of Padova, Italy). Format
17 January 2025: online meeting;
17-20 February 2025: in-person at the University of Padova, Beato Pellegrino Complex;
21 February 2025: in-person at Palazzo Grassi, Venice;
7 March 2025: online debrief.Participants
Maximum 25 postgraduate students (10 places reserved for postgraduate students from the University of Padova and at least two places for students from invited speakers’ institutions/organizations).Who is eligible
Master’s and Doctoral students in the fields of humanities, social sciences, language studies, communication, global studies.Please apply by completing this application form and attaching cv.Deadline for applications: 1 December 2024
Selection results: 7 December 2024;
Selection criteria: CV and motivation.There are no fees for the winter school participants. However participants will be required to cover their travel expenses, accommodation and meals.Contact information: francesca.helm@unipd.it

Brochure Winter School 2025 "Interrupting Coloniality for Solidariety" - 17-21 February 2025 Download

ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024

BLENDED WINTER SCHOOL
Introduction to Foreign Investment Law from the standpoint of Least Developed Countries
Padova, 6-11 November 2023

Scientific responsible: Tarcisio Gazzini (Professor of International law, University of Padova), tarcisio.gazzini@unipd.it.

APPLICATION FORM

Purpose
The Winter School offers an introductory course on the legal protection of foreign investment from the standpoint of Least developed countries (LDCs). The importance of foreign investment in the global economy cannot be overestimated. This is especially true for LDCs, whose sustainable development often depends on foreign assets and technology.

The ultimate objective of the course is to expose participants to the key legal issues related to the complex legal relationship between foreign investors and the governments of LDCs. The challenge is to strike a balance between, on the one hand, the need to attract and protect foreign investors, and, on the other hand, the safeguard to the right and duty of LDCs to pursue the interests of all stakeholders (especially the protection of the environment, human rights, labour standards). The course will also address the question particularly important for LDCs, including transfer of technology, public health, and corporate social responsibility.

Structure
The course is composed of nine 2-hour sessions. The first eight sessions (Monday – Thursday) focus on the legal framework, the main standards of protection and the settlement of disputes. In the last session (Friday morning), participant will be divided in groups and assigned a hypothetical case of expropriation which they will examine and discuss.

On Friday afternoon and Saturday morning participants are invited to attend – either online or in presence – a workshop on The African Renaissance in the Age of Globalization. What Role for International Investment Law?. Professor José Alvarez of New York University will be the keynote speaker. The full programme of the workshop will be available at the end of August.

Format
The course is meant to strike a balance between theory and practice. It will systematically use primary sources (most prominently international treaties and arbitral decisions) and introduce to participants the main electronic tools to research in the field of foreign investments. Participants are expected to take part in the discussion and in the final practical exercise.

Participants
The course is free of charge.

It is designed primarily for national and international civil servants, junior diplomats, lawyers and judges from LDCs who intend to deepen their knowledge on foreign investment law. In order to keep a balance amongst participants, a maximum of 5 participants from each LDC will be admitted.

It is open to 20 participants in presence and up to 80 on line.

Up to 10 participants will benefit from a remboursement up to 400 euro to partly cover the accomodation expenses for attending the course in presence. Scholarships will be allocated on the basis of professional qualifications and considering gender and nationality balance.

The course is also open to master and research students in international law and germane disciplines.

Materials
All materials will be available through a Moodle platform. They include:

key legal instruments;
key arbitral decisions;
bibliographical references.

Application
Applicants are requested to fill in the application form including a 2-page curriculum vitae by 15 September 2023.

Only for on line participants the deadline for submitting applications is 15 october 2023.

Attendance certificate
Upon conclusion of the course, participants in presence will receive a formal certificate of attendance.

BLENDED WINTER SCHOOL
Introduction to Foreign Investment Law from the standpoint of Least Developed Countries
Padova, 6-11 November 2023Scientific responsible: Tarcisio Gazzini (Professor of International law, University of Padova), tarcisio.gazzini@unipd.it.APPLICATION FORMPurpose
The Winter School offers an introductory course on the legal protection of foreign investment from the standpoint of Least developed countries (LDCs). The importance of foreign investment in the global economy cannot be overestimated. This is especially true for LDCs, whose sustainable development often depends on foreign assets and technology.The ultimate objective of the course is to expose participants to the key legal issues related to the complex legal relationship between foreign investors and the governments of LDCs. The challenge is to strike a balance between, on the one hand, the need to attract and protect foreign investors, and, on the other hand, the safeguard to the right and duty of LDCs to pursue the interests of all stakeholders (especially the protection of the environment, human rights, labour standards). The course will also address the question particularly important for LDCs, including transfer of technology, public health, and corporate social responsibility.Structure
The course is composed of nine 2-hour sessions. The first eight sessions (Monday – Thursday) focus on the legal framework, the main standards of protection and the settlement of disputes. In the last session (Friday morning), participant will be divided in groups and assigned a hypothetical case of expropriation which they will examine and discuss.On Friday afternoon and Saturday morning participants are invited to attend – either online or in presence – a workshop on The African Renaissance in the Age of Globalization. What Role for International Investment Law?. Professor José Alvarez of New York University will be the keynote speaker. The full programme of the workshop will be available at the end of August.Format
The course is meant to strike a balance between theory and practice. It will systematically use primary sources (most prominently international treaties and arbitral decisions) and introduce to participants the main electronic tools to research in the field of foreign investments. Participants are expected to take part in the discussion and in the final practical exercise.Participants
The course is free of charge.It is designed primarily for national and international civil servants, junior diplomats, lawyers and judges from LDCs who intend to deepen their knowledge on foreign investment law. In order to keep a balance amongst participants, a maximum of 5 participants from each LDC will be admitted.It is open to 20 participants in presence and up to 80 on line.Up to 10 participants will benefit from a remboursement up to 400 euro to partly cover the accomodation expenses for attending the course in presence. Scholarships will be allocated on the basis of professional qualifications and considering gender and nationality balance.The course is also open to master and research students in international law and germane disciplines.Materials
All materials will be available through a Moodle platform. They include:

key legal instruments;

key arbitral decisions;

bibliographical references.

Application
Applicants are requested to fill in the application form including a 2-page curriculum vitae by 15 September 2023.Only for on line participants the deadline for submitting applications is 15 october 2023. Attendance certificate
Upon conclusion of the course, participants in presence will receive a formal certificate of attendance.

Poster Winter School Introduction to Foreign Investment Law Download

ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021

Online Winter School
Escuela de Verano in “Gestiòn de Pymes y Territorios” (Costa Rica)

This year due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the fourth edition of the Winter School (Escuela de Verano) will be held online from March, 4 2021 to May, 28 2021.
For more information, please visit: Escuela de Verano 4 edizione

Online Winter School
Times and Spaces of Globalization
Sustainable Glocal Futures: Knowledge, Democracy and global Communications
February-April 2021
a partnership between: University of Padova (IT), Next Generation Global Studies, University of São Paulo (BR), Department of Modern Languages Leiden University (NL), Global Transformations and Governance Challenges Initiative

The 8^th edition of the Winter School Times and Spaces of Globalization addresses the many challenges to knowledge development and dissemination in times of crises, conflict, globalization and digital transformations.

This year due to the COVID 19 pandemic, Winter School will be held online and will be structured around a series of events "diffused in time and space".

Programme of the Winter School Times and Spaces of Globalization ed.2021

EGoS Students from the University of Padova interested in participating should complete this online application form

Online Winter School
Escuela de Verano in “Gestiòn de Pymes y Territorios” (Costa Rica)

This year due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the fourth edition of the Winter School (Escuela de Verano) will be held online from March, 4 2021 to May, 28 2021.
For more information, please visit: Escuela de Verano 4 edizione

Online Winter School
Times and Spaces of Globalization
Sustainable Glocal Futures: Knowledge, Democracy and global Communications
February-April 2021
a partnership between: University of Padova (IT), Next Generation Global Studies, University of São Paulo (BR), Department of Modern Languages Leiden University (NL), Global Transformations and Governance Challenges Initiative

The 8^th edition of the Winter School Times and Spaces of Globalization addresses the many challenges to knowledge development and dissemination in times of crises, conflict, globalization and digital transformations.

This year due to the COVID 19 pandemic, Winter School will be held online and will be structured around a series of events "diffused in time and space".

Programme of the Winter School Times and Spaces of Globalization ed.2021

EGoS Students from the University of Padova interested in participating should complete this online application form

ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019

Titled Knowledges at Risk and organized in collaboration with the University of Trento and Scholars at Risk international network, this intensive course is devoted to addressing the many issues emerging from global dynamics that are putting at risk - or promise to transform profoundly and in unexpected directions - the very existence of academic knowledge, the roles and activities of higher education institutions, the lives and experiences of scholars, students and researchers.

Themes and programme

Universities around the world are experiencing profound transformations brought about by a plurality of contradictory processes. Globalization, marketization and business oriented management have an impact on how the educational mandate of university institutions is understood and translated into research and educational programs, often contributing to marginalizing important disciplines.
The widespread adoption of digital technology in educational activities offers new and productive opportunities for knowledge exchange; while at the same time transforming profoundly the very processes of knowledge pursuit, production, dissemination, ownership and utilization, the outcome of which developments – in terms of access to knowledge and its relevance to public interest and democracy - is largely uncertain.

At the same time, a strong push towards loosely defined ‘internationalization’ is leading to an increase of international agreements between higher education institutions, while a backlash against globalization and a rise in nationalist populism across the globe, along with growing anti-immigrant sentiment, are making it more difficult for scientists to conduct collaborative, international research and to share ideas, innovations and data – both with each other and the public.

In this context, in recent years the growth of authoritarianism and the rise of overt conflicts across the world has affected growing numbers of scholars in many regions, who have been exposed to violent aggression, imprisonment, prosecution, job loss, expulsion and travel restrictions. Developments which have spurred a widespread response by academic institutions, with the design and implementation of collaborative plans for the support and protection of at-risk scholars, as demonstrated by the activities of Scholars at Risk (SAR).

In all the above mentioned cases, the nexus between knowledge and governance - particularly higher institution governance and risk-related politics - requires adequate attention for its possible consequences, as well as in depth reflection on future developments.

Participants will have the opportunity to participate in an international event. They will engage in discussions and interactive sessions where changing notions of knowledge and power in a global society will be addressed. And they will be invited to reflect on different forms of violations of academic freedom and knowledge rights, but also on those initiatives and spaces of cooperation that are being created transnationally to foster dialogue, knowledge sharing and higher. Finally, they will have a chance to share their respective experiences and research activities, as young women and men, students and researchers, coming from a variety of geo-cultural backgrounds.

Winter School 2019 is an intensive 5-day course, bringing together international scholars and students from a range of disciplines and geo-cultural background.
The school consists of a total of 38/40 hours of lectures, interactive sessions and workshops organized as follows:

Opening event: interventional conference on Knowledges at Risk: Universities promoting Academic Freedom (public event)
Interactive sessions, thematic seminars and/or workshops
Presentations and discussions of students’ researches
Social gatherings

The Winter School particularly welcomes PhD students from non-European regions, and from low income countries and countries in democratic transition, who want to master their understanding of current challenges to the implementation of democratic principles, in times where separation and marginalization are the everyday experience of walled politics. 4 Scholarships are available for students from such areas.

Click here to link to the application form.

Deadline for applications: 16th December 2018
Participants will be notified about the outcome of their applications by 22th December.

Organizing Committee :

Alice Baroni
Claudia Padovani
Giuseppe Acconcia
Francesca Helm
Mauro Farnese
Mino Conte

The 2019 edition of the Winter School Times and Spaces of Globalization addresses the many challenges to knowledge development and dissemination in times of crises, conflict, globalization and digital transformations. Particular attention is posed on higher education institutions, their role and responsibilities and the initiatives they can activate to protect students and researchers and support their educational and research activities.Titled Knowledges at Risk and organized in collaboration with the University of Trento and Scholars at Risk international network, this intensive course is devoted to addressing the many issues emerging from global dynamics that are putting at risk - or promise to transform profoundly and in unexpected directions - the very existence of academic knowledge, the roles and activities of higher education institutions, the lives and experiences of scholars, students and researchers.Themes and programmeUniversities around the world are experiencing profound transformations brought about by a plurality of contradictory processes. Globalization, marketization and business oriented management have an impact on how the educational mandate of university institutions is understood and translated into research and educational programs, often contributing to marginalizing important disciplines.
The widespread adoption of digital technology in educational activities offers new and productive opportunities for knowledge exchange; while at the same time transforming profoundly the very processes of knowledge pursuit, production, dissemination, ownership and utilization, the outcome of which developments – in terms of access to knowledge and its relevance to public interest and democracy - is largely uncertain.At the same time, a strong push towards loosely defined ‘internationalization’ is leading to an increase of international agreements between higher education institutions, while a backlash against globalization and a rise in nationalist populism across the globe, along with growing anti-immigrant sentiment, are making it more difficult for scientists to conduct collaborative, international research and to share ideas, innovations and data – both with each other and the public.In this context, in recent years the growth of authoritarianism and the rise of overt conflicts across the world has affected growing numbers of scholars in many regions, who have been exposed to violent aggression, imprisonment, prosecution, job loss, expulsion and travel restrictions. Developments which have spurred a widespread response by academic institutions, with the design and implementation of collaborative plans for the support and protection of at-risk scholars, as demonstrated by the activities of Scholars at Risk (SAR).In all the above mentioned cases, the nexus between knowledge and governance - particularly higher institution governance and risk-related politics - requires adequate attention for its possible consequences, as well as in depth reflection on future developments.Participants will have the opportunity to participate in an international event. They will engage in discussions and interactive sessions where changing notions of knowledge and power in a global society will be addressed. And they will be invited to reflect on different forms of violations of academic freedom and knowledge rights, but also on those initiatives and spaces of cooperation that are being created transnationally to foster dialogue, knowledge sharing and higher. Finally, they will have a chance to share their respective experiences and research activities, as young women and men, students and researchers, coming from a variety of geo-cultural backgrounds.Winter School 2019 is an intensive 5-day course, bringing together international scholars and students from a range of disciplines and geo-cultural background.
The school consists of a total of 38/40 hours of lectures, interactive sessions and workshops organized as follows:

Opening event: interventional conference on Knowledges at Risk: Universities promoting Academic Freedom (public event)

Interactive sessions, thematic seminars and/or workshops

Presentations and discussions of students’ researches

Social gatherings

The course is aimed at Italian, European and International graduates (maximum 10), Master’s and PhD students from different disciplinary areas, such as Political and Social Sciences, Communications Studies, Education, Language and Mediation. The organizers aim to guarantee a diversity of participating students on the basis of geo-cultural background, discipline of study and gender. The 2019 edition will also give continuity to a positive and consolidated practice: that of offering participating students the possibility to present their own research activities and to receive feedback from senior scholars and other participants.The Winter School particularly welcomes PhD students from non-European regions, and from low income countries and countries in democratic transition, who want to master their understanding of current challenges to the implementation of democratic principles, in times where separation and marginalization are the everyday experience of walled politics. 4 Scholarships are available for students from such areas.Click here to link to the application form.Deadline for applications: 16th December 2018
Participants will be notified about the outcome of their applications by 22th December.Organizing Committee :Alice Baroni
Claudia Padovani
Giuseppe Acconcia
Francesca Helm
Mauro Farnese
Mino Conte

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018

The fifth edition of the Winter School on "Knowledges of the future. Professions of the future. Living in precarious times", addressed issues pertaining to education, the role of ignorance in scientific knowledge, innovation and technological developments, and feminist knowledge transfer.

Knowledges of the future. Professions of the future. Living in precarious times - Padova, February 19-22, 2018

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