The program offers students and early career researchers the opportunity to critically reflect, with the help of highly qualified experts, on topical issues that raise ethical and deontological dilemmas, relating to ageing and end of life.
A fundamental feature of the School concerns its method, which is characterized by a continuous and intense interdisciplinary exchange between doctors, philosophers, economists, jurists, psychiatrists and sociologists.
Attending the School means developing transversal competences since the approach is multidisciplinary, and those who have a specific philosophical, economic or sociological background will know more about medical advances in ageing research and ethical issues related to the care of the elderly, learning the specific language in which MDs deal with these issues as well.
High-level policy makers or officials who may also take part in this program will be able to learn how to connect issues between the health dimension of ageing and the ethic, legal and economic ones.
Applications are welcome from undergraduates, graduates, PhD students and post-doc scholars in philosophy, political sciences, sociology, social work, economics, statistics sciences and medicine, but also from professionals in the pharmaceutical and ageing care industries.
3rd Edition | June 12-16, 2023
During this third edition, the course focused on the problem of organ transplant ethics: the different issues raised require interdisciplinary reflection. In the procurement phase it is necessary to know how to interpret and apply the "dead donor rule". Moreover, a certain definition of death can encounter resistance and opposition in some ethnic and cultural contexts. Another problem, in this phase, may concern the correct collection of consent and the possible management of intra-family conflicts regarding donation. Various difficulties may also arise at the transplant stage: for example, the refusal (for non-medical reason) of a blood transfusion of a transplant candidate, or the use and discarding of the so-called "marginal organs", also difficult to solve. The Summer School allowed the participants to reflect on all these issues, through intense debates.
VIU Scientific Coordinators: Agar Brugiavini, Ca' Foscari University of Venice & Venice International University; Fabrizio Turoldo, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Contributing member universities:
- Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
- KU Leuven
- Tor Vergata University of Rome
- University of Padua
External contributing institutions:
- National Transplant Center (CNT), Italian National Institute of Health (ISS)
- Research Center for Clinical Ethics (CREC), University of Insubria
Lecturers and affiliations:
Mark Aulisio, Case Western University, USA
Agar Brugiavini, Ca' Foscari University of Venice & Venice International University, IT
Massimo Cardillo, National Transplant Center, IT
Michele Colledan, Transplant Center ASST Giovanni XXIII & University of Milano-Bicocca, IT
Antonio Da Re, University of Padua, IT
Tullia De Feo, NITp, IT
Maria Do Céu Patrão Neves, University of the Azores, PT
Francesca Ferri, IRCCS Foundation Ca' Granda, IT
Chris Gastmans, KU Leuven, BE
Michele Gazich, IT
Alessandra Grossi, University of Insubria, IT
Paolo Antonio Grossi, University of Insubria, IT
Carlo Petrini, National Institute of Health, IT
Mario Picozzi, University of Insubria, IT
Francesco Procaccio, National Transplant Center, IT
Stefano Semplici, Tor Vergata University of Rome, IT
Giovanni Spitale, University of Zurich, CH
Fabrizio Turoldo, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, IT
Sergio Vesconi, Transplant Foundation, IT
2nd Edition | June 20-24, 2022
During the second edition, the course focused on the problem of patient triage during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the most dramatic phases of the pandemic and in the most affected areas there were no ventilators for everyone or other medical aids were lacking. The rationing of medical resources raised concerns of various kinds, which have triggered wide-ranging reflections, in the medical, philosophical, economic, legal, and sociological fields.
One of the most discussed and debated criteria for access to intensive care was based on the age of the patients.
VIU Scientific Coordinators: Agar Brugiavini, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & Venice International University (VIU); Fabrizio Turoldo, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Contributing member universities:
- Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
- KU Leuven
- University of Padua
- Tor Vergata University of Rome
Lecturers and affiliations:
Agar Brugiavini, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & Venice International University, IT
Ester Brunet, Theological Faculty of Padua, IT
Antonio Da Re, University of Padova, IT
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Universidade dos Açores, PT
Enrico Furlan, University of Padua, IT
Chris Gastmans, KU Leuven, BE
John Harris, University of Manchester, UK
Matti Häyry, Aalto University, FI
Giovanni Leonetti, Tor Vergata University of Rome, IT
Andrea Nicolussi, Catholic University of Milan, IT
Laura Palazzani, LUMSA University, IT
Mario Picozzi, Insubria University of Varese, IT
Stefano Semplici, Tor Vergata University of Rome, IT
Fabrizio Turoldo, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, IT
1st Edition | June 14-18, 2021
During the first edition, the course focused on the problem of patient triage during the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, in the most dramatic phases of the pandemic and in the most affected areas there were no ventilators for everyone or other medical aids were lacking. The rationing of medical resources has raised concerns of various kinds, which have triggered wide-ranging reflections, in the medical, philosophical, economic, legal, and sociological fields.
One of the most discussed and debated criteria for access to intensive care was based on the age of the patients.
VIU Scientific Coordinators: Agar Brugiavini, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & Venice International University (VIU); Fabrizio Turoldo, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Contributing member universities:
- Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
- University of Padua
- Tor Vergata University of Rome
Lecturers and affiliations:
Gianluca Briguglia, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, IT
Agar Brugiavini, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & Venice International University, IT
Ester Brunet, Theological Faculty of Padua, IT
Antonio Da Re, University of Padua, IT
Barbara Da Roit, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, IT
Luigi Ferrucci, National Institute on Ageing, USA
Giovanni Grandi, University of Trieste, IT
Anja Leist, Université du Luxembourg, LU
Giovanni Leonetti, Tor Vergata University of Rome, IT
Jean-Pierre Michel, University of Geneva, CH
Eleonora Montuschi, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, IT
Emilio Mordini, University of Haifa, IL
Andrea Nicolussi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, IT
Carlo Petrini, National Institute of Health, IT
Mario Picozzi, University of Insubria, IT
Stefano Semplici, Tor Vergata University of Rome, IT
Fabrizio Turoldo, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, IT
For further information: ageing@univiu.org
