Global Law and Political Economy Summer Academy

July 14 – July 18, 2025, Roccella Ionica, Italy

Apply by 25 April 2025.

The Summer School offers an interactive, non-hierarchical, and focused mentorship and skill-building experience for students and faculty. It engages critically with the diverse considerations of political-economy-law while fostering democratic dialogue with local cultures.

The program spans three days:

• Day 1: Roundtable and writing workshop sessions (workshops modelled on IGLP format);
• Day 2: Case study focused on interactive, problem-based group learning, a focused master class, and a cultural excursion exploring local custom and history; and
• Day 3: Lectures from high-profile judges at the intersection of policy, power and law as well as a career mentorship session.

The Summer Academy is a collaboration between the INET YSI FLE Working Group, the Law and Political Economy Collective (LPE-C), the Initiative for Global Law and Political Economy at the University of Manchester (iGLPE), the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE), and the City of Roccella, Italy.

Application Details:

We invite graduate students (Masters or Ph.D. students or within three years of completing Ph.D.) interested in exploring questions of law and political economy to apply.

• Funding: Partial travel stipends and shared accommodation provided.
• How to Apply: Submit a 200-word abstract on a theme related to law and political economy; and CV (including any references) by 25 April 2025.
• Accepted participants will be requested to submit a working paper for the writing workshop between 3000-8000 words no later than 1 June 2025.

For more information contact: christina@youngscholarsinitiative.org.