Sustainability, reforms and environmental challenges: The future of EU

First week: First day, May 11: 9.30-10.30: Welcome time and introduction to the School.   Class 1: 10.45-12.45 Environment and local politics: some empirical evidence Second day, May 12 : Class 1: 10.00-12.00 The causal impact of the EU Cohesion Policy Class 2: 15:00-17:00 How Do Anti-consumerism and Environmentalism Shape the Environment?   Second week, : First day, May 15: Class 1: 9.00 -11.00 Governance models and Green Transition Class 2: 11.30 -13.30 Institutions, Environment and Inequality   Second day, May 16: Class1: 9:00-11.00 Systemic Risk, resilience and sustainability Class 2: 11.30-13.30  Discussion of the CIVIS Reading Packet and assignments for the physical program   Analyze the challenges brought about by the current global ecological, geopolitical and macro-economic crises and work in a team to devise suitable policy options to confront them, since what lies at stake is the future of the European Union.
Application Deadline
Virtual Part starting date 2023-05-15
Virtual Part closing date 2023-05-31
Total student workload 80
Specific field of studies Economics, Social life and Institutions, Environment
Pre-requisite for selection CV Motivation Letter
Academic pre-requisites for applicants Bachelor Degree
Physical Part starting date 2023-06-05
Physical Part Description Dates: June 5- June 9 As far as the physical event, several parallel sessions will be organized. They will start at 9.00 and will end at 17.00. First Day, June 5: Morning Session: 9:00-11:00 Coffee Break 11.30-13.30 Lunch Afternoon Session 15:00-17:00 Second Day, June 6: Morning Parallel Sessions A and B: 9:00-11:00 Coffee Break 11.30-13.30 Lunch Afternoon Parallel Sessions A and B 15:00-17:00 Third Day, June 7: Morning Parallel Sessions A and B: 9:00-11:00 Coffee Break 11.30-13.30 Lunch Afternoon Parallel Sessions A and B 15:00-17:00 Social Event 19.00 Fourth Day, June 8: Morning Parallel Sessions A and B: 9:00-11:00 Coffee Break 11.30-13.30 Lunch Afternoon Parallel Sessions A and B 15:00-17:00 Fifth Day, June 9: Morning Session: 9:00-11:00 Coffee Break 11.15-13.15 Lunch Afternoon Session 14:00-16:00 Students will attend some of them, depending on their interests. Then, groups will give presentations (a CIVIS dissertation). After the presentations, in light of the lectures given during the physical event, discussions involving all the students will occur. 
Physical Part closing date 2023-06-09
Language level required B2
Field of studies related to the course Social Science and Humanities
Course location Rome, Italy
Course language English