Nearly half of the BIPs launched this fall by CIVIS, destined to those interested in social sciences and humanities. UB students, invited to apply by October 31st 2024

The Hub Society, Culture and Patrimony is, again, the top preference of the coordinators of Blended Intensive Programs (BIPs) offered by the CIVIS Alliance. Nearly half of the BIPs launched this fall have as main field of study Social Sciences and Humanities. Even so, considering that these programs cross the borders of subjects, cycles and traditional study fields, they can be accessed by students from different study fields.

We live in a world in which technical aspects are slowly taken over by Artificial Intelligence. However, interhuman relationships, communication and the abilities necessary for the successful navigation through life cannot be transmitted to robots. Thus, BIP creators highlight, in this session of programs, the transfer of those qualities and information able to help us confront a completely new, constantly changing world.

Here is the full list of programs in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities open for enrollment this fall. Except for two, all will be held in English:

• Let’s prove it! Reasoning in different contexts
• Civic Engagement & Football: A Transdisciplinary Approach
• Roman Mobilities and their Afterlives
• Scientific Communication and Linguistic Corpora: Tools for Interdisciplinary Research
• “À l’école des Anciens”. War and its representations from the perspective of ancient rhetoric
• Social Sciences Going Public – Research and Practice with, in and for the Society
• EU Decision making and its institutions: discover the heart of Brussels
• Religion and power in the Eastern Mediterranean
• Rights and Democracy. The multilevel protection of Fundamental Rights and the role of Constitutional and European Courts
• Rome CIVIS Orchestra Academy 2025
• Reading Between the Humorous Lines
• Exploring Language Varieties in the Diaspora: Methodological and Theoretical Approaches
• The Heritage of Money and Coinage: objects and practices in transformation
• European Renaissance IV: Western versus Eastern Europe
• Europe and the rule of law
• Communicating Social Science and Humanities – Mastering methodological challenges and learning how to publish and disseminate findings early on
• Animal sacrifice and its critics between past and present
• Transnational Cooperation and European Values in Higher Education: Perspectives and Challenges
• Refugees, Migrants, and Exiles in German and Comparative Literature
• PostRacial Transmodernities: Afro-European Relations, Mediterranean Trajectories & Intercultural Reciprocities
• Brulau: Ecole doctorale francophone en études de genre – in French
• Diachronic Linguistics in the 21st century
• Multicultural and multilingual Mediation – German language – in German
• Navigating Uncertainty: Building Sustainable Skills for Life
• Science Communication: Sharing knowledge and creating connections. III Edition
• Euro-African Trade and Investment Relations and the Polycrisis

The deadline for applications is October 31^st 2024, so make sure your CV is ready and write a convincing cover letter. With but a few exceptions, these are the main documents required for the selection process.

Each BIP is developed, organized and taught by teaching staff from at least three universities members of CIVIS and combines online teaching with 5 days of physical mobilities in one of the home countries of the universities involved in the program.

Graduating a BIP offers students 3-9 ECTS and is mentioned in the CIVIS passport of each participant. The physical mobility is financially supported through Erasmus+ funds, provided that the candidate does not simultaneously benefit from another Erasmus scholarship. 

More information is available on the dedicated webpage.