Venezia - Padova Summer School 2022

After a year break due to the pandemic, the third edition of the International Summer School was organized from 4 to 8 July 2022, in a hybrid format. A total of 24 participants from 4 different continents participated in this year's summer school.

The main objective of the Summer School was to provide advice and knowledge to Ph.D. students and young scholars on Public Policy theories, concepts, and methodologies to analyze public policy. The Summer School's theme was "Policy processes and Governance".  

In the course of 5 days, the Summer School offered its participants the opportunity to attend the following activities (depending on the format of participation):

• Lecture sessions held by internationally renowned scholars and included an interactive discussion on the following topics:
  • Policy Integration at Stake, by Philipp Trein
  • Policy Design and the Integration of Tools in Policy Mixes, by Michael Howlett
  • Policy integration revisited, by Jeroen Candel
  • Horizontal and Vertical Integration for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, by Jale Tosun
• A Round Table with all the scholars on "Policy Processes, governance and COVID-19: challenges for the future of policy analysis".
• "Behind the research scene: from idea to publication" sessions, featuring paper presentations, and discussions by students with lecturers divided among two groups.
• Workshops sessions that included presentations of the research project and discussion by students with the scholars and fellow students serving as discussants (45 minutes to 1h for each research project).

This event was sponsored by the Veneto Region Assembly and the Italian Political Science Association.