Sciences Po Hosts a Climate Change Negotiations Seminar for 43 European Students

As part of CIVICA - the European University of Social Sciences, Sciences Po hosted an Honours Seminar on “Climate Change Negotiation in a European Context” organised by our Urban School, negotiations expert Francesco Marchi and Department for Studies and Partnerships and CIVICA's team. From 23 to 26 January 2024, 43 students from Sciences Po, Germany, Poland, Spain, and Sweden attended the 4-day event.

Sciences Po aims to become a European Hub for university knowledge cross-fertilisation. This Honours Seminar was an opportunity to carry out an innovative pedagogical approach by breaking the walls between research, teaching, training and practice on a key challenge: climate negotiations. Indeed, Francesco Marchi considers negotiation as “a new alphabet for future leaders in addressing societal transformation and challenges such as climate change”.

Watch our video report on this enriching experience:

Each CIVICA Honours Seminar is a week-long intensive programme bringing together master’s students from any of the 10 universities of the CIVICA alliance, allowing for a “deep dive” in key topics addressing current global issues and leveraging upon interdisciplinary, transnational and research-intensive approaches.

During this first edition of the CIVICA Honours Seminar, Sciences Po students had the opportunity to travel to four of our partner universities and study various topics  “The Economics and Politics of Global Turbulence” at Bocconi University (Italy), “Demographic Change and Policy Challenges” at the Hertie School (Germany), and “The Future of Work and Automation, a Labour and Economic Exploration” at IE University (Spain) or the London School of Economics (UK).

Watch a recap video about the winter session 2024 of the CIVICA Honours Seminar:

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