Presentation
Today, the Mediterranean region is experiencing significant anthropogenic environmental changes that compromise future environmental and socio-economic sustainability, with serious repercussions in terms of human security. The main drivers of change include population growth, the impact of climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, and unsustainable land and sea use practices. In this context, significant efforts are needed to mitigate these change factors, adapt to irreversible transformations, and increase the resilience of socio-ecological systems. New opportunities arise from the EU’s New Agenda for the Mediterranean, which identifies a series of actions across five key policy areas – human development, good governance, and the rule of law; strengthening resilience, building prosperity, and seizing the digital transition; peace and security; migration and mobility; and the green transition: climate resilience, energy, and the environment – aiming to turn common challenges into opportunities in a mutually beneficial approach.
In line with the strategic priorities of the EU’s New Agenda for the Mediterranean and in accordance with the EU’s climate action and the implementation of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Roma Tre University (Doctorate in Philosophy Roma Tre/Tor Vergata; Master’s in Environmental and Territorial Studies – Environmental Humanities), in collaboration with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the National Research Council (CNR-ISMed), has created the EU-MED CLIMATE Summer School.
Objectives
The Summer School aims to be a laboratory for experimenting with innovative teaching and learning models that contribute to the advancement of systemic knowledge about the issues and challenges facing Mediterranean countries in the 21st century, as well as the opportunities offered by the New Agenda for the Mediterranean to strengthen cooperation between Europe and the southern and eastern Mediterranean countries. Cooperation between European countries and those of the southern and eastern Mediterranean is essential to address these challenges. To achieve these objectives, the Summer School aims to:
- Combine theoretical and practical knowledge by offering various types of learning activities (lectures, workshops, and case study analyses);
- Develop a constructivist learning approach by encouraging the active participation of students in the knowledge process (interactive seminars, thematic dialogue tables);
- Reimagine disciplinary boundaries by involving academics, researchers, and scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds as well as non-academic actors;
- Strengthen the relationship between art and science by involving artists and using various forms of art as tools to make the learning process more effective and creative.
The ultimate goal of the training course is to provide a crucial integration to the current academic programs offered by Roma Tre University in order to foster the creation of future-oriented academic curricula and to enrich the skills of a new generation of ‘Mediterranean specialists’ in the fields of culture, arts, education, science, and politics, making them capable of imagining a sustainable and just future for the region, in line with the core vision of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development (MSSD).
Target Audience
The Summer School is open to graduate and post-graduate students in the field of Social and Human Sciences who wish to gain systemic knowledge about the main issues of the Mediterranean region and who recognize the potential of an interdisciplinary perspective.
PhD students, students holding at least a bachelor’s degree, and students enrolled in master’s degree programs in the field of Social and Human Sciences may apply.
At the end of the Summer School, students will present the group work completed during the course to the Council.