VIU will offer an exceptional range of Intensive Graduate Activities in 2022.
Students and scholars from the member universities are encouraged to explore the programs on offer in 2022, 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
Interdisciplinary intensive programs on major societal challenges, with a parallel training program in transversal skills to prepare advanced PhDs for research careers in academia or in the private sector.
- VIU Graduate Seminars
Thematic intensive seminars, on a focused topic approached from a multidisciplinary perspective. The aim is to support early-career PhDs who are beginning their research and to facilitate interdepartmental cooperation. Significant cooperation among departments in the member universities is expected.
- VIU Summer/Winter Schools
VIU supports the development 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.
PhD Academies
Cities and Water in a Time of Climate Change
February 14-18, 2022
(postponed from 2020)
What is a People? Social, Political, and Legal Controversies
March 28 - April 1, 2022
(postponed from 2021 | applications closed)
Light: its Nature and its Use
May 3-7, 2021 | Postponed May 2-6, 2022
(postponed from 2020 | applications closed)
The State of the Art of Area Studies
June 13-17, 2022
Applications closed
Graduate Seminars
Learning from Geoenvironmental Data: Tools for a Changing Planet
May 23-27, 2022
Applications closed
Defining the Human in Environmental Humanities
June 6-11, 2022
Applications closed
Activism and Social Movements
Cancelled
Science Communication Today: Challenges and Opportunities in the SDGs Era
September 12-16, 2022
Call for applications
December 1, 2021 – May 12, 2022
Digital Citizenship: Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of a Digitalized Society
Virtual Sessions: August 29 – November 21, 2022
On Campus:November 28 – December 3, 2022
Call for applications
December 1, 2021 – June 15, 2022
Winter/ Summer Schools
VIU/LIVES Winter School on Life Course and Vulnerabilities
March 7-11, 2022
Migration and Gender: a Legal and Literary Perspective
May 16-21, 2022
Applications closed
Summer Institute on Ageing
June 13-17, 2022
Applications closed
The Age Criterion in the Allocation of Limited Resources During a Pandemic. Ethical, Clinical, Economic and Legal Evaluation
June 20-24, 2022
Applications closed
Organizing for Sustainable Futures: Micro and Macro-Institutional Conditions of Transformation
June 27-30, 2022
Applications closed
Advanced Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management
June 27 – July 2, 2022
Applications closed
Global Shakespeare: Othello’s Venice in the World
July 4-9, 2022
Applications closed
Ernest Hemingway’s Presence in Venice & in the World, Now and Then
Cancelled
Critical Infrastructure Resilience
July 18-22, 2022
Applications closed
Science Diplomacy: Improving Capacity of Science to Inform Policy
July 18-23, 2022
Applications closed
Films in Venice and Filming Venice
August 29 – September 7, 2022
Applications closed