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##/LIST##VIU endorses research and learning opportunities during the Summer term, with a series of summer schools organized in cooperation with the member institutions. Workshops, held by world-renowned academics in the unique setting of VIU’s campus on the island of San Servolo, engage students of various levels (undergrad, master’s, PhD, post-doc) on specific themes of common and strategic interest for the members of VIU consortium.
The programs of this Summer 2015 focus on environmental management, preservation of cultural heritage, and the challenges that society faces today due to ageing populations, in addition to two summer schools dedicated to Venetian civilization, religion, culture and art history:
Visualizing Venice: The Biennale and the City
VIU endorses research and learning opportunities during the Summer term, with a series of summer schools organized in cooperation with the member institutions. Workshops, held by world-renowned academics in the unique setting of VIU’s campus on the island of San Servolo, engage students of various levels (undergrad, master’s, PhD, post-doc) on specific themes of common and strategic interest for the members of VIU consortium.
The programs of this Summer 2015 focus on environmental management, preservation of cultural heritage, and the challenges that society faces today due to ageing populations, in addition to two summer schools dedicated to Venetian civilization, religion, culture and art history:
Visualizing Venice: The Biennale and the City
The Digital Visualization Workshop, now on its 4th edition, teaches a range of digital skills in digital mapping, 3D modeling from ground plans and photos, mobile application development, and time based media authorship to enable participants to engage historical questions with emerging digital tools. This year’s course brings together 21 art and architectural history scholars with digital media specialists and engineers in order to create new opportunities to research and share information about the built past: the summer 2015 theme, “The Biennale and the City” allows for exploration of the history of the Venice Biennale from several perspectives and scales of reference, ranging from architectural history and exhibition networks to urban and social impacts on the city of Venice itself. Thanks to the generosity of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and The Getty Foundation, scholarships have been awarded to all the selected students in order to fully support the tuition fees.
Faculty: Caroline Bruzelius, Mark Olson, Victoria Szabo and Hannah Jacobs, Duke University,
Donatella Calabi, Ludovica Galeazzo and Chiara Di Stefano, Università Iuav di Venezia.
Go to program webpage
Discover the projects issued from the past editions in the Projects videogallery.
Summer Institute on Ageing
The VIU Summer Institute on Ageing is intended to improve the quality and to increase the volume of student and teaching staff mobility throughout Europe offering to students a set of activities to deepen the understanding of the ageing process ranging from some basic notions of the medical and epidemiological literature, to an extensive treatment of economics (pensions and retirement, ageing in society and intergenerational relationships) and social sciences (role of family networks). The multidisciplinary approach gives applicants the opportunity to develop transversal competences both in the health and the economic dimension of ageing. The 22 participants, issued from different academic background, will gain more insight into the recent advances of the ageing process from a theoretical and practical point of views and will also be able to evaluate the impact of these advances.
Faculty: Mauricio Avendano, Agar Brugiavini, Eric French, Arie Kapteyn, Stefania Maggi, Jurgen Maurer, Anne Nolan, Jonathan Skinner, Guglielmo Weber.
Supported by: SHARE-Italia, ANIA, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, University of Padua.
Environmental Regulation
Since 2000 the European Association of Environmental and Resources Economists (EAERE), the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), and Venice International University (VIU) have been successfully running their European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics. The broader objective of this series of events is to provide advanced training for young researchers from all over Europe and beyond on European issues of environmental and resource economics. The topic covered by the 2015 Summer School is the economic analysis of environmental regulation.
Full Program and topics
Faculty: Anthony HEYES, Stefan AMBEC, Timo GOESCHL, Matthew NEIDELL, Roberton C. WILLIAMS III.
Environmental Management in a Changing World: Coping with Sea Level Rise
The Nicholas School of the Environment (Duke University) and Venice International University offer the second edition of a Summer Program: the workshop proposed provides, through a broad social, economic and environmental perspective, training in key topics about the impact of sea level rise on coastal areas and cities, and about adaptation and mitigation strategies. Participants will learn, in class and in the lab, the use of operational tools for coastal zone monitoring and management, and will participate in four field campaigns aimed at exploring the most up-to-date techniques for coastal defense and protection. The Venice Lagoon will be used as a "laboratory", the ideal setup to study the intertwined dynamics of human and natural systems.
Faculty: Nicolas Cassar, Andrea D'Alpaos, Marco Marani, Brian Murray, Ignazio Musu, William Pan, Mario Putti, Brian Silliman, Sonia Silvestri, Jeffrey Vincent.
More details on 2014 edition and photogallery.
Sustainable Landfilling and Final Sink
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postponed to October 2015
The course aims to give students an overview of the most recent and advanced technologies developed for the management of sustainable landfills. Activities linked to this broad topic range from the setup of a landfill, to the operational management of the site, including the exploitation of the gas produced, to the aftercare and remediation.
Detailed Schedule: forthcoming
In addition, VIU hosts Duke University and Boston College undergraduate summer schools, which give students of Duke and BC the opportunity to study Venetian civilization, religion, culture and art history on site during the month of June.
Duke in Venice Summer School 2015
Food for Thought: Understanding Italian Society and Culture through its food
June 3 - July 4, 2015
Prof. Luciana Fellin will examine with the 14 participants food stuffs (products) and food ways (practices and rituals revolving around food) to understand their cultural significance, to gain insight into culturally specific ways of thinking symbolically about food, and to explore the political consequences engendered by food production distribution and consumption.
Boston College Summer School 2015
Globalization, Culture and Ethics, May 31 - June 28, 2015
Prof. Richard Keeley
The Imaginary City: Why Writers Love Venice, May 31 - June 28, 2015
Prof. Kevin Newmark
Drawings from the Venetian Masters, May 31 - June 28, 2015
Prof. Alston Conley
Link to Boston Summer School programs
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