This year’s theme, “Geopolitical dis/rupture and education policy,” invites participants to critically explore how contemporary geopolitical transformations shape education systems, governance, and policy processes worldwide.

The Summer School combines lectures and discussions with hands-on research activities. Participants will work in small study groups on a case study focused on international access to higher education, with particular attention to refugees’ access to Italian universities.

Topics include:

• The role of theory in understanding educational policy
• Global, national and institutional governance in education
• Document analysis, discourse analysis and educational ethnography
• Policies on international access to higher education
• Urgent policy issues from participants’ countries

Key information:

• Application deadline: 7 June 2026
• Selection results: 19 June 2026
• Registration deadline: 30 June 2026
• Participation is free of charge (participants cover travel, accommodation, and meals)
• 6 ECTS awarded upon full attendance and submission of a short final essay