Cross-cutting teaching activities for PhD students

The University offers all doctoral candidates a range of transversal courses, common to all academic areas and aimed at strengthening skills useful in research, teaching, and professional contexts.

Note: Participation in these courses is open and no registration is required, unless otherwise specified.

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Transversal training activities 2025/26:

TRAINING ACTIVITY LECTURER IN CHARGE PERIOD AND VENUE NUMBER OF MODULES
ERP course CLI From January to April 2026 Various
Research results: access, dissemination and evaluation Chiara Letta 24, 26 and 27 March 2026, 10:00–13:00, Aula G1, Polo Piagge 3
Beyond technology transfer: leveraging valorisation for impact in universities and society Rachele Di Maio 13 and 15 April 2026, 10:00–12:00, Aula Mariani – Contamination Lab, Polo Le Benedettine 2
Research and innovation in Europe: strategies, opportunities, projects Francesca Ceron 21 April 2026, 15:00–18:00, Aula I1, Polo Piagge 1
Statistical Research – Statistics and Randomness Paolo Frumento 20 May 2026, 14:00–17:00, Aula I1, Polo Piagge 1
Responsible Research and Innovation – CISP, RRI Group Gianluca Brunori 22 May 2026, 10:00–17:00, Sala Capitini, Palazzo Ricci; 29 May 2026, 10:00–17:00, Aula Aldo Capitini – Via del Collegio Ricci 10 2
Career Labs for DOC Career Service To be defined To be defined
Writing and Defending the PhD Dissertation in the Age of AI: An Interdisciplinary Perspective Joanne Spataro 8, 15, 22 and 29 May 2025, 09:30–13:30, Aula del CLAB – Polo “Le Benedettine”, Piazza San Paolo a Ripa d’Arno, 16 4

Academic offering of individual PhD Programmes and other University structures (academic year 2025–2026):

PhD PROGRAMME LECTURER IN CHARGE LINK TO TRAINING ACTIVITIES NOTES
Information Engineering Paolo Nepa List of training activities – List of accredited courses All courses are held in English; each approved course is accompanied by a presentation sheet and an online registration form.
Ancient Studies and Archaeology Anna Anguissola and Salvatore Vitale List of workshops offered by the School of Specialisation in Archaeological Heritage Participation is subject to the submission of an expression of interest to the PhD Programme Office (salvatore.vitale@unipi.it, anna.anguissola@unipi.it). Since these are workshop-based activities, places for external participants are limited and assigned on a first-come, first-served basis; applications for courses that have already started are not accepted.
/// Paolo Passaglia List of training activities Courses are taught in English. Participation is subject to registration, in accordance with the procedures outlined in the link to the training activities. While there are no restrictions based on the nature of the PhD programme, topics in law, political science and economics are those most closely related to the subjects covered in the lectures.
Energy, systems, territory and construction engineering Lorenzo Ferrari List of PhD programme seminars
How to write a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships proposal Partner lecturers involved List of training activities

 

Transversal training activities 2024/25