Summer school session overview

Sessions

• Course overview per session

  Starting in July 2025 we offer one- and two-week courses. You can follow one course per session!
  We offer two sessions in July. It is possible to follow two courses in two different sessions, making your summer school a total of three or even four weeks! Courses in session 1 can be combined* with courses in either session 2a or session 2b. Make the most of your summer in Amsterdam by choosing two sessions!
  
  Session 1: Saturday 5 July to Saturday 19 July
  Session 2a: Sunday 20 July to Sunday 3 August
  Session 2b: Sunday 20 to Sunday 27 July
  
  ^{*It is not possible to follow courses in the same session as classes will overlap.}
  
  The dates mentioned include arrival and departure days. Courses run from Monday to Friday, weekends are off to relax, explore and for self-study (some exceptions might occur).

• Session 1: 5 to 19 July

  Session 1 runs from Saturday 5 July until Saturday 19 July. This includes arrival and departure day on the first and last Saturday. The courses run from Monday to Friday.

  Available courses:

  • Buddhist Mindfulness and Spiritual Care
  • Data Analysis in R
  • Dealing With Your Feelings: The Art and Science of Emotion Regulation
  • Feeding the Billions: Challenges and Innovation in Food and Water Security
  • Fintech and Regulation
  • Global Energy Transition in a Fossil World
  • Governing Climate Change
  • International Business Leadership
  • International Criminal Justice
  • International Development: Global Trends via Local Cases Perspectives 
  • Introduction to Business and International Management
  • Logic as a Tool for Modelling
  • New Venture Creation in the Amsterdam Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
  • Statistical Methods for Causal Inference
  • The Beautiful Mind: Global Mental Health
  • The Circular Economy - Theory and Practice
  • The Entrepreneurial Mind: Thinking about your Enterprise
  • Unlocking the Mysteries of Neurodegenerative Diseases: Advances in Research, Diagnosis, and Treatment

• Session 2a: 20 July to 3 August

  Session 2a runs from Sunday 20 July until Sunday 3 August. This includes arrival and departure day on the first and last Sunday. The courses run from Monday to Friday.

  Available courses:

  • Football Behaviour Management
  • Global Health
  • Human AI
  • Visual Ethnography in Social Sciences

• Session 2b: 20 to 27 July

  Session 2b runs from Sunday 20 July until Sunday 27 July. This includes arrival and departure day on both Sundays. The courses run from Monday to Friday.

  Available courses:

  • Conflicts in the Modern World: Legal and Other Approaches to Resolution in an Era of Hybrid Warfare and Disinformation
  • Environmental Justice in Theory and Practice
  • Introduction to Anti-Money Laundering Law & Compliance
  • Post-Soviet Conflicts and Political Transformations: A Comprehensive Study
  • Statistical and Econometric Analysis of Network Data
  • The Moral Organisation
  • Water Politics and Governance