Organizing for Sustainable Futures: Micro and Macro-institutional Conditions of Transformation
June 22-25, 2026 | 10th Edition
Call for applications: December 2, 2025 – February 25, 2026
Students will be notified by March 2, and asked to pay the tuition fee and accommodation fee (if applied for) by March 11.
Student data(*) = required field
Application procedure and cost
Students of VIU member universities & VIU Alumni:€ 300 incl. VAT.
Students of other universities:€ 600 incl. VAT.
The fees will cover tuition, course materials, lunches in the San Servolo cafeteria (4 working days on campus) and social events.Student participants will be responsible for covering their own travel expenses to and from Venice, local transportation, and evening meals.
Accommodation
The costs of accommodation in shared room with other participants (triple or quadruple) is € 260.00 for 5 nights, taxes and breakfast included (check in June 21 / check out June 26, 2026).
Candidates can request VIU's assistance to book accommodation on campus. Please note that the facility is not managed by VIU.
In case of cancellation:
- up to 90 days before the start date of the program, the tuition fee and the accommodation fee are refundable.- between 90 days and 30 days before the start date of the program, 50% of the tuition fee and the accommodation fee are refundable. - less than 30 days before the start date of the program, the tuition fee and accommodation fee are not refundable.
The following documents are required to complete your application
include a brief description of the candidate’s research interests (max. 1500 words)
Only jpeg files will be accepted. Should be at least 300px x 380px. Max size allowed 1,5MB. File name must be your Last Name (e.g. brown.jpg)
Please include the link to a short video presentation (2-3 minutes max.), in which you explain your research project. Video title must be: "OSF26 video presentation - Last name", to be uploaded to the platform of your choice (i.e. Youtube, Google Drive, Dropbox, Vimeo).
Selection Committee:
Prof. Ruth Sealy, University of Exeter Prof. Guido Palazzo, University of Lausanne Prof. Francesco Zirpoli, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia Dr. Ilda Mannino, Venice International University
Further information:
Venice International UniversityIsola di San Servolo 30133 Venice - Italy Tel. +39 041 2719 511 Fax +39 041 2719 510 e-mail: summerschools@univiu.org http://www.univiu.org
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