In EUProspect - The Making of a New Europe Seasonal School offers a prospective and multidimensional view of the changing features of the European Union and new directions of the European integration process. The intended learning outcome is a critical understanding of the ongoing institutional processes, the interpretation of their internal dynamics and interactions, an assessment of their rationale and implications

We are excited to announce the second edition of the Summer School in Sensory Neuroscience (Master’s degree level), which will be hosted in Pisa as a Circle U. initiative. Renowned specialists will guide a limited number of students through the complexity of the human mind and brain, tackled through the study of sensation and perception.

In CHINA FOCUS - Issues on China: Innovation, Society and Culture the Seasonal School "Issues on China: Innovation, Society and Culture" is an intensive program held from May 5 to May 9, 2025, in Pisa, organized by the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies. It critically analyses the economic, social, political, and legal aspects of modern China through cutting-edge research.

The Winter School "Prognostication in the Middle Ages: Philosophical Strategies to Deal with Uncertainties", organized by Prof. Stefano Perfetti (University of Pisa), is part of a co-research initiative within a PRIN PNRR (Research Project of National Interest, funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research). The project focuses on "Social, Political, and Religious Prognostication and its Roots: Philosophical Strategies for Coping with Uncertainties and Planning the Future", prot. P2022BMJ5A.

In MEDSKILL - Development of MEDical SKILLs by Simulation as of today, the need for practical skills and problem-solving capabilities remains largely unmet in many medical school curricula across Europe. Medical school education, in fact, remains largely anchored to a traditional paradigm of learning a discrete amount of information about pathophysiology principles and illnesses’ descriptions, without worrying about developing the skills necessary to work confidently "on the patient".

In Artist- Pervasive ARTIficial Intelligence for Next-G Softwarized neTworks future mobile network technologies (B5G, 6G, i.e. next-G) will allow the creation of new applications that will transform the way people live, work and interact with the environment. The Seasonal School ARTIST has been designed to critically evaluate and elaborate on these new technologies and the opportunities that are offered by next-G network architectures.

Beep - Biology for Human Space Exploration Seasonal School will introduce participants to the urgent topic of space biology, a discipline that aims at developing a better understanding of how life operates in built environments in space, or in ground-based experiments that mimic aspects of spaceflight, to prepare for future human exploration missions far from Earth.

In CESM - Circular Economy and Sustainability Management the main target of the of the CESM seasonal school is represented by students from different backgrounds interested in the field of efficient resource management and circular economy. The CESM course explores organizational aspects and innovation facets related to all phases of the product life cycle; moreover, it provides a practical overview of how processes, decisions and business models should change in light of the new circular economy paradigm.

In WAT-CHANGE - Water-Related Ecosystem Services for Adapting Societies to Climate Change Seasonal School aims at introducing the participants to the new growing area of solutions provided by water-related ecosystem services. In particular, we will deal with nature-based solutions for water supply, treatment of polluted water, and flood risk mitigation such as managed aquifer recharge, river restoration, constructed wetlands, sustainable drainage systems, and remediation of contaminated sites using phytoremediation techniques.

BRI - Biodiversity and Business: from Research to Impact is the protection of biodiversity presents a worldwide challenge, with the EU striving to take the lead in addressing its decline through its 2030 Biodiversity Strategy. Businesses are pivotal in crafting a framework that preserves and restores biodiversity along with the ecosystem services it offers.

In ECLIRE - The Ethics of Climate Change: Reshaping Responsibilities for Present and Future Generations the seasonal school aims to train participants on the ethics of climate change through a triple perspective: individual, global and intergenerational. It will also do so by opening up to disciplines beyond political and moral philosophy, such as political science, metaphysics, sociology and economics.

In INNO-GOOD - Management of Innovation and Common Good this Seasonal School addresses a very important topic with a strong interdisciplinary approach, involving especially innovation management, but also sustainability and health management. The specific approach of this Seasonal School aims to arouse the interest of participants from different scientific disciplines and with different professional objectives.

In IACH - InnovACtion in Health Care: Strategy, Performance and Data Management the Seasonal School beckons to passionate students eager to delve into the intricate realm of healthcare systems from a unique three-dimensional perspective: organization, stakeholders, and innovative managerial strategies.

POLAF - Politics in Africa: Changes, Conflicts and Connections are key to many of today’s global political challenges. It offers a unique prism for understanding, and addressing, issues of international relevance such as inequality and insecurity, climate change and extractive, liberal order crises and governance challenges.

In TECHWAR – Technological Dimensions of War: Legal, Ethical and Conceptual Challenges Seasonal School will engage students in exploring the legal meaning of the technological development of conflict and warfare, particularly from the perspectives of international law, criminal law and international criminal law. Recently we are witnessing an overwhelming technological evolution of warfare practices and doctrines.