Economics, Management and Social Sciences: Their Application in Rural Development
4 – 11 July 2010Introduction
This summer school is an international cooperation within the scope of the European League of Life Sciences and is organised by faculties and departments that focus on economics, management and social sciences from BOKU Vienna, CULS Prague, SGGW Warsaw and Wageningen University in cooperation with the University of Hohenheim, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the University of Copenhagen. It addresses rural development issues in interdisciplinary views and aims to bring students and teachers from various countries and fields of worktogether in order to discuss subjects, to exchange knowledge, to improve the quality of student’s work and to improve and test the skills of students in a practical project.Participants
This Summer School targets Master and PhD students, who deal with rural development.The number of participants is limited to 25 students.
Schedule
04th – 11th July 2010: Intensive Summer School at the BOKU (Universiy of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences) ViennaCredits
For successful participation 4 ECTS will be rewarded. In return students are obliged to do preliminary work of about 50 hours during May and June and to participate in the Summer School. Following the Summer School the students are expected to finish their papers that will get published in the Summer School proceedings if several quality standards are met (at the discretion of the editors).Application
Fill up the digital application (registration) form and send it by e-mail to Laister Günther.The deadline for subscription is the 15th April 2010.
The applicants will get informed not later than the 1stMay 2010 if their application is accepted.
Information
The underlying idea of the Summer School is to give students the opportunity to present drafts of their Master and PhD theses, which is related to “Rural development” and to get some critical feedback and ideas from other students and teachers.Activities prior to Summer School
The students have to prepare a paper that is linked to her or his topic of the thesis. Additionally the students have to give comments and feedback on other papers that will be discussed during the Summer School.
Summer School in Vienna
Every student will present her or his paper in class, where it will be discussed. In between teachers from the Universities will give lectures about their current research topic and specialisation. Also 1 excursion will be organised for the participants and students will carry out a case study of a rural development project.
Activities after the Summer School
Ensuing to the Summer School the students are expected to include the feedback and comments from the classes in their paper and to finish it. The papers will get collected and published in the Summer School Proceedings.
Costs
390,-- EUR for the whole programmeCosts include:
- accommodation in a student residence in Vienna (available from the 4th to the 11th of July)
- breakfast and lunch (dinner is for own responsibility)
- excursion
- welcome and goodbye reception
- Summer School Proceeding
The travelling cost to and from Vienna are not covered. The students should ask at their home universities for possible financial assistance or grants.These assistance may be provided by the particular office for international affairs or the university itself.
The payment for the Summer School has to be made until the 31st May 2010. A cancellation fee in the amount of 250,-- EUR has to be made if a student cancels her or his participation after the 1st June 2010.
Coordination
Hans Karl Wytrzens and Günther LaisterDownloads
Detailed InformationApplication Form
Poster