ECPR INTENSIVE SUMMER SCHOOL ON SERIOUS AND ORGANISED CRIME: ISSOC 2014

University of Catania, Department of Political and Social Sciences
Sunday 22nd June to Saturday 5th July 2014

This Erasmus Intensive Program – organized by the University of Catania in cooperation with the University of Bath (UK), the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (Poland) and the Masarykova Univerzita (Czech Republic) – is an advanced and high quality training programme offered to the Masters students of the Consortium Universities to promote the study of serious and organised crime and of the shifting challenges to crime prevention. The programme deals especially with the impact of the European financial and economic crisis on organized crime activities and the way the European Union tackles these activities.

LECTURES AND ACTIVITIES

The Summer School consists of 10 working days, including morning and afternoon sessions. Students are trained by distinguished professors, senior scholars and specialised practitioners.
Lectures focus on:
• The European Security Strategy 
• The EU Internal Security Strategy 
• Law enforcement and EU agencies

Activities include:

• Seminars on case studies 
• Individual and collective research sessions 
• Writing the final paper

For further information please visit http://issocct.wordpress.com/