Open Call for 5 PhD Candidates CORAL - ITN Training on 3rd Coral School in Sicily 03 – 07.07.2023 & Agenda
Course description:
CORAL-ITN invites five PhD Candidates to join the CORAL-ITN Training 03 – 7 July 2023 in Petralia Sottana, Italy.
The 3rd CORAL School marks the start of the analytical stage of the ESR projects where our team will be working on gathering and correlating insights while making sense of the different data collected.
Organized by DAStU – Politecnico of Milan, the School will be held at Petralia Sottana, Metropolitan City of Palermo, on the island of Sicily, Southern Italy.
ESRs and invited PhD candidates will engage with regional policy debates regarding regional development, smart specialization strategies as well as remote working practices, and digital nomadism. Keynote speeches and field visits will help participants immerse into the aforementioned topics while working on the synthesis of their preliminary findings.
Selected applicants will be paired with CORAL-ITN Early-Stage Researchers (ESRs) and senior researchers and will participate in a series of events designed to facilitate intellectual engagement, offer training on research methods and promote peer and professional support.
The agenda of the training event:
3rd CORAL SCHOOL Date: 03–07/07/2023 | |
PROJECT | CORAL – ITN, Grant Agreement no: No 955907, 01/2020-12/2023 |
MEETING | Petralia Sottana, Sicily – Italy |
DAY 1 (03/07/2023)
Time (CET) | Session title | |
09.30 – 10.00 | Welcome | Ilaria Mariotti (DAStU-Politecnico di Milano) and Pietro Polito (Mayor of Petralia Sottana) |
10.00 – 11.00 | Southworking and presidi di comunità in the Italian remote areas | Mario Mirabile and Elena Militello (Southworking) |
11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee Break | |
11.30 – 13.00 | Keynote speech: Regional policy in the Italian Mezzogiorno | Gaetano Vecchione (UNINA), discussants: Vera Fabinyi and Vasilis Avdikos |
13.00 – 15.00 | Lunch Break | |
15.00 – 16.00 | Seminar: Local development policies in the Madonie area | Carolina Pacchi (DAStU-Politecnico di Milano) |
16.00 – 16.30 | Coffee Break | |
16:30 – 18:00 | Keynote speech: Working and coworking in the new artisanal economy | Alessandro Gandini (Università Statale di Milano), discussants: Nikos Gatsinos and Alexandra Wrbka |
18:00 – 19:00 | SB Meeting/ESR Meeting | All ESRs and supervisors |
End of Day 1 | ||
DAY 2 (04/07/2023)
Time (CET) | Session title | |
09:30 – 11.00 | Keynote speech: Smart specialization and regional innovation policies | Robert Hassink (Kiel University), discussants: Helyaneh Aboutalebi Tabrizi and Federica Ammaturo |
11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee Break | |
11.30 – 13.00 | CORAL WP meetings – 3 tables | All ESRs and supervisors |
13.00 – 15.00 | Lunch Break | |
15.00 – 16.00 | Keynote speech: Innovative entrepreneurship for rural revitalisation: the startup village initiative | Fernando Merida Martin (Joint Research Center, Seville), discussants: Chen Gao and Juan Diaz |
16:00 – 17:00 | Keynote speech: Living in marginal areas: research and action around youth in the Italian Inner Areas | Daniela Storti (CREA and Riabitare l’Italia), discussants: Colm Stockdale and Francesca Ciccarelli |
17.00 – 17.30 | Coffee Break | |
17:30 – 18:30 | Seminar: Digital platforms and local proximity | Ivana Pais (Università Cattolica del Sacrocuore) |
End of Day 2 | ||
DAY 3 (05/07/2023)
Time (CET) | Session title | |
09.30 – 12.30 | Castelbuono visit, seminar and round table | Mayor of Castelbuono (Cicero), Andrea Rolando (POLIMI), Adriana Scancarello, Farizio Barreca (Coworking), Gaetano Rizzitello; |
12.30 – 15.00 | Lunch Break | |
15.00 – 17.00 | Open space (1) for Exchanging ideas for joint publications | All ESRs and supervisors |
17:00 – 23:00 | field visit to the Astronomical Park -GALHASSIN- Planetarium – and night-time star gazing | |
End of Day 3 | ||
DAY 4 (06/07/2023)
Time (CET) | Session title | |
09.30 – 10.30 | Seminar: The regional geography of CWS and the CORAL Index | Lorenzo Marmo (Coral ESR) and Vasilis Avdikos |
10:30 – 11:30 | Seminar: Remote working and its effects on urban and rural areas | Ilaria Mariotti and Federica Rossi (DAStU-Politecnico di Milano) |
11.30 – 12.00 | Coffee Break | |
12.00 – 13.30 | CORAL Documentary and MOOC; the next steps | All ESRs |
13.30 – 15.00 | Lunch Break | |
15.00 – 17.00 | Open space (2) for Exchanging ideas for joint publications | All ESRs |
End of Day 4 | ||
DAY 5 (07/07/2023)
Time (CET) | Session title | |
09.30 – 11.30 | Open session- recommendations to Petralia and Castelbuono CWS community | with people from Petralia and Castelbuono |
11.30 – 12.00 | Coffee Break | |
12.00 – 13.00 | Seminar: New ways of working and new real estate strategies | Chiara Tagliaro (Politecnico di MIlano) |
13.00 – 15.00 | Lunch Break | |
15.00 – 17.00 | Wrap-up and feedback session | All ESRs and supervisors |
End of Day 5 | ||
Please note that CORAL covers accommodation and lunches but does not cover transportation costs.
ECTS: 5
To Apply:
Please submit the following information in a single PDF file as an attachment to info@coral-itn.eu and antigoni.papageo@gmail.com by May 19th, 2023:
- Name, affiliation, email, main area of research interest
- CV
A short paragraph (up to 200 words) where you explain your motivation to join the school
