The Calls for applications for the 2021 Intensive Graduate Activities opened December 5, 2020.
Students and scholars from the member universities are encouraged to explore the programs on offer in 2021, and apply early to guarantee their place.
The programs are the outcome of intense collaboration among the universities and have been developed based on the mandate of the member universities through the VIU Academic Council.
There are three types of intensive graduate activity at VIU.
- VIU International PhD Academy
This is an intensive training program for PhD candidates from the member universities of VIU. The Academy is 5-7 day event, which includes a scientific program and a parallel program of workshops that provides PhD candidates with training in a range of skills that will be useful in developing their research and academic careers.
- VIU Graduate Seminars
These are thematic intensive seminars given in a concentrated period on subjects of universal interest, open to a broad spectrum of disciplines. They are suited to both Master’s and PhD students and are open to candidates from all the VIU member institutions. The young researchers will receive support in defining their research proposal. Significant cooperation among departments in the member universities is expected.
- VIU Summer/Winter Schools
VIU supports the development of a series of VIU Summer Schools, which are intensive taught programs that are offered each year. They are addressed to students of varying levels; check each program brochure. The Schools are also open to applicants outside of the VIU membership.
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Winter School | Lives Life Course and Vulnerabilities | Online edition
March 8-12, 2021
Applications closed
PhD Academy | What is a People? Social, Political, and Legal Controversies
April 19-23, 2021
Postponed until March 28 – April 1, 2022
PhD Academy | Plastic Pollution and Bioplastic Materials
April 26-30, 2021
Postponed until September 27 – October 1, 2021
Graduate Seminar | Activism and Social Movements
May 24-28, 2021
Postponed: new dates available soon
Summer School | Summer Institute on Ageing - Long Term Care
June 7-11, 2021
Call for applications
December 5, 2020 – February 28, 2021 | Applications extended until March 15
Summer School | The Age Criterion in the Allocation of Limited Resources During a Pandemic. Ethical, clinical, economic and legal evaluation
June 14-18, 2021
Summer School | Advanced Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management
June 28 – July 3, 2021
Postponed until 2022
Summer School | Global Shakespeare: Othello’s Venice in the World
July 5-10, 2021
Call for applications
December 5, 2020 – March 15, 2021
Summer School | Migration and Gender: a Legal and Literary Perspective
July 12-17, 2021
Postponed until 2022
Summer School | Critical Infrastructure Resilience
July 19-23, 2021
Call for applications
December 5, 2020 – March 25, 2021
Summer School | Science Diplomacy: Improving Capacity of Science to Inform Policy
July 19-30, 2021
Call for applications
December 5, 2020 – March 31, 2021
Summer School | Films in Venice and Filming Venice
August 30 – September 8, 2021
Call for applications
December 5, 2020 – April 30, 2021
PhD Academy | Everything you always wanted to know about becoming a researcher (but were afraid to ask) – Transversal Skills for Young Scholars
September 20-24, 2021
Call for applications
December 5, 2020 – May 15, 2021
Postponed from 2020
PhD Academy | Light: Its Nature and Its Use
May 3-7, 2021
Call for applications
Applications are currently closed, however, should any places become available, a new call for applications will be opened.
PhD Academy | Cities and Water in a Time of Climate Change
June 7-11, 2021
Postponed until February 14-18, 2022
Call for applications
Applications are currently closed, however, should any places become available, a new call for applications will be opened.
Summer School | After Capitalism: Micro and Macro-institutional Conditions of Transformation
June 14-18, 2021
Call for applications
Applications are currently closed, however, should any places become available, a new call for applications will be opened.
Graduate Seminar | Climate Change Mitigation: Carbon Capture and Utilization
July 12-16, 2021
Call for applications
Applications are currently closed, however, should any places become available, a new call for applications will be opened.
PhD Academy | Quantitative Methods in Legal Studies
October 2021 (tbd)
Call for applications
Applications are currently closed, however, should any places become available, a new call for applications will be opened.
