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: opening soon
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
Bram De Moor, KU Leuven
Eugenio Cornacchia, ToolsGroup
Maurizio Cociancich, ADRIAFER/Iuav University of Venice/VIU
Andrea Furlanetto, Transporeon GmbH
Tommaso Gecchelin, Next Modular Vehicles
Guido Gentile, University of Rome La Sapienza
Carlos Lima Azevedo, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)/MIT Affiliate (ITSLab)
Mingyao Qi, Tsinghua University
Christa Sys, University of Antwerp
Stefano Micelli, Università Ca’ Foscari Venice
Eleonora di Maria, Università di Padova
Robert Glenn Richey, Auburn University
Daniela Tocchi, University of Naples Federico II
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:
€ tbd
University of Naples Federico II students:
€ tbd
Other applicants:
€ tbd
VIU Alumni are eligible for a reduced fee.
The fees will cover tuition, course materials, lunches, and social events.
Student participants will be responsible for covering their own travel expenses to and from Stellenbosch (South Africa), accommodation and local transportation.
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 will be available in the brochure.
Accommodation
Information about accommodation will be 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
