University Of Milano-Bicocca presents International Summer School EXPO Milan 2015

Summer School Programs at University of Milano-Bicocca are a wonderful opportunity for you to invest your summer in acquiring knowledge and skills across a wide range of academic disciplines – Economics and statistical Sciences, Law, Medicine and Surgery, Educational Sciences, Natural Sciences and Sociology.
Dedicated to university students, we are offering 23 intensive summer courses of short duration – one or two weeks – for you to choose from. Over and above all summer schools will have a special theme dedicated to Expo 2015.
You are sure to find something that suits your interests and needs. From classroom sessions to a series of theme-related plenary lectures and/or evening talks & guided visits to Expo will help you explore new ideas and enrich your knowledge in your chosen subjects.
We invite you to explore your interest and immerse yourself in the Italian culture where learning is not limited to the classroom: locations themselves become a ‘living textbook’, allowing knowledge building and information exchange, in direct contact with local students, and fostering an appreciation and awareness of socio-economic reality, diverse cultures, people and ideas.
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Sunday, April 12, 2015

FOOD LAW

Rights, Responsibility, Liability

Description

The Summer School aims at providing the analysis of the Italian and EU law concerning food production and distribution, with particular reference to food safety and food security. The interdisciplinary approach will allow the students and participants to understand the consumer law dimension as well as the administrative and criminal aspects connected to food production. Ethics and the law will be addressed with reference to the impact on the consumer information and safety as well as corporate and individual social responsibility.

Topics covered

The Summer school has three pivot topics: firstly, Right to food and water between Constitutional, European and International law (Food safety and food security as fundamental rights; The governance of food and water at national level; The governance of food and water at European level; The governance of food and water governance at International level and a Case study: Children’s social rights and right to food\ Right to subsistence and right to good food quality: comparative approach on school canteens); secondly, Food law between national law and EU law (Consumer safety and Product liabilities in the Italian legal system; Consumer safety and Product liabilities in EU law; Comparative food law analysis); lastly, Criminal law and ethics in food law (Animals and food production; New technologies; Crimes connected to food products and food distribution).

Program Coordinator

Prof. Diana Valentina Cerini and Prof. Elisabetta Lamarque

External Partner

Milan Centre for Food Law and Policy

Location

Milan, University of Milan-Bicocca, Edificio U6, Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo, 1

Application Deadline

May 8th

Prerequisites

  • Students of Law (if Italian 4th and 5th year of School of Law)
  • Ph. D. Students (Bicocca students or external students, Italian or foreign students)
  • Professionals (lawyers etc.)
For working professionals, students and Phd students a tuition fee is required, special conditions apply for Bicocca Phd students.

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Saturday, April 11, 2015

CONNECT EXPO



Connect Expo

How digital communication and web marketing can be effective in communicating, promoting and improving Mega Events

Description

The course aims to provide the basic theoretical / practical information to become more aware of how to catch the opportunities offered by new technologies in the world of communication. A mega event like Expo2015 has online communication as a key medium for marketing and visibility.
The Expo event website also is an operational tool for communicating issues related to food and sustainability. The Summer School will enable foreign and Bicocca students visiting Expo to learn how to communicate online and do online marketing of a "big event" of global relevance, in addition to understanding the principles of digital communications strategy. Theoretical assumptions that determine the benefits and the feasibility of digital communications and digital publishing will also be discussed.

Topics covered

Social media, web marketing, mobile technology, gamification, video and online news media, social media marketing strategy, events and mega events, communication goals, marketing techniques.

Program Coordinator

Prof. Paolo Ferri, University of Milano-Bicocca

External Partners

Ledizioni, Spaggiari

Location

Milan

Application Deadline

30/04/2014

Prerequisites

To be or have been a University Student, fluency in English

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Friday, April 10, 2015

EATING WALKING THINKING


Description

The Summer School is focused on the cultural “construction” of food, in a dynamic and innovative way. The way we eat is the result of a complex and multifaceted cultural process, entangling different traditions, origins and cultures as well as new attitudes towards nutrition, health and sustainability. This prismatic and mobile dimension of food needs to be considered from different angles, disciplines and places, in order to understand – starting from the daily practices – the radical changes, which are nowadays affecting lifestyles and collective identities both at the local and global levels.
Communities develop their preferences towards specific kinds of food and cooking. Cultural preferences are determined by a changing interaction between food supplies, traditions, social environment and global transformations. Rules concerning feeding are thus determined by taboos and practices related to convictions about the values for a “good life”. Therefore, food behaviours are influenced by socio-economic and cultural factors as well as by religious and ethical conceptions. Food is not only a physiological instrument but also a cultural need.
Philosophical, historical, anthropological, economic, social, geographical and cultural analyses and lectures in the morning will be followed by guided visits in the afternoon to Expo, museums, agricultural productions, religious sides, exhibitions, art cities and centres of excellence towards understanding a new culture of feeding. Rethinking food means to consider the multifaceted components which determine it; walking and meeting different social actors, who are interested in the improvement of the quality of life and the development of human capabilities, feeding and healing the planet.

Topics covered

  • 1. Food: Philosophies and Geographies.
  • 2. Food: Histories and Archaeologies.
  • 3. Food: Sustainability and Prosperity
  • 4: Food: Traditions and Development.
  • 5. Food: Religions and Intercultural Dialogue.
  • 6. Food: Theories and Practices of Taste.
  • 7. Food: Art and Creativity.

Program Coordinator

Prof. Marina Calloni, Prof. Elena dell’Agnese

External Partners

  • Città dell’Arte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella
  • Donne in Campo and AVoce, Milano
  • Eramus Student Network, Milano-Bicocca
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome
  • Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Milano
  • Gal Lomellina (Mede Lomellina)
  • Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milano
  • PRAGSIA, Unimib, Milano
  • Reset - Dialogue on Civilizations, Roma
  • Società Geografica Italiana
  • Società Italiana di Teoria Critica
  • Università di Scienze Gastronomiche, Pollenzo (Bra)

Location

Milan, Goido, Acqualunga, Pollenzo, Biella

Application Deadline

10th May

Prerequisites

MA level

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Monday, March 2, 2015

Midwives4EXPO: Breastfeeding and Human Lactation





TUITION

240 €


CREDITS
3



14th - 19th JUNE 2015


Description

The purpose of this course is to provide an understanding of breastfeeding from both global and local perspective. Worldwide public health initiatives that actively protect, promote and support breastfeeding provide a global context; at the same time it is pertinent to understand the local context, in our case through the local application of the Baby Friendly University Initiative. University of Milano-Bicocca has reached this certification as the first University in Italy. The course is meant for midwives and student midwives that would improve the quality of support extended by them to women and babies.

Topics covered

The course focusses on understanding the structure and function of the breasts and the benefits and propierties of breast milk in establishing a natural personal and public health advantage for infant, women, families and communities. The course also establishes an evidence-based framework for understanding, educating and assisting women and their families with breastfeeding.

Program Coordinator

Prof. Antonella Nespoli 

Location

Monza,

Application Deadline


Prerequisites

None

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