Venice International University - VIU

❗ LAST CALL to apply to our Graduate Seminar on International Law in the Age of AI and Cyber

📅 When: October 26-30, 2026
📍 Where: Island of San Servolo in Venice
👉🏽 Applications deadline on June 25, 2026

🔗 https://www.univiu.org/study/graduate-seminars/international-law-in-the-age-of-ai-and-cyber

📢 : International Law in the Age of AI and Cyber

📅 When: October 26-30, 2026
📍 Where: Venice, Island of San Servolo
👨🏻‍🎓 👩🏻‍🎓 Who can apply? Master students, PhD students, and junior researchers with a background in International Law, EU Law, Public and Comparative Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law, Cybersecurity Sciences, Political Sciences, and International Relations.

🖋What is it about?
The Seminars will investigate the practice of States, especially their position papers on the application of international law to the cyber domain (Mačák, 2017), as well as the actions of international organizations, among them primarily the United Nations, which are striving to identify the content of applicable international law rules (Henderson, 2021, see also the outputs of the Group of Governmental Experts on Advancing responsible State behaviour in cyberspace and the Open-Ended Working Group on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security).

💸 Full fee waiver scholarships are available for students from VIU member institutions. In addition, grant support is available to support partially or fully the costs of international travel. Accommodation is provided free of charge.
Join us!

‼️ Call for applications is open until June 25, 2026, on the VIU website.

Apply Now 👉🏻 https://www.univiu.org/study/graduate-seminars/international-law-in-the-age-of-ai-and-cyber

💡 5 Tips for Future VIU Students - Part 1

Wondering what VIU life is really like? Our former Globalization Program students are sharing their best tips to help you make the most of your VIU experience! 🌍

▶ Curious about their stories? Check out the VIU People Profiles and our YouTube channel for a closer look at life in Venice and on the Island.

💬 VIU quotes ✨

Prof. Duggan from Boston College was here last semester as a Globalization Program Professor.

👀 Check out her full interview on our website and on YouTube!
https://www.univiu.org/viu-life/viu-people-profiles/prof-duggan-bc

🇮🇹 Buona Festa della Repubblica!

Today, June 2nd, Italy celebrates its National Day, a public holiday marking the moment in 1946 when Italians voted to become a republic, laying the foundations of the modern democratic state we know today.

And what better place to reflect on the spirit of a republic than Venice? Long before 1946, this city was already home to one of history's most enduring republics, the Serenissima, the Most Serene Republic of Venice, which lasted over a thousand years 🦁

✨ Yesterday we celebrated the Globalization Program's Second Semester Closing Ceremony!

❤️ Thank you to all the students and professors who made this semester unforgettable. The ceremony brought everyone together one last time, marking the end of a full year of learning, discovery, and shared experiences on the island of San Servolo.

🌍 This semester once again brought together talented, motivated students from VIU's member universities, nearly 100 students from 20 nationalities across three continents, for a truly multicultural, international, and interdisciplinary journey.

☀️ As summer begins, we wish you a safe trip home and a well-deserved break. San Servolo will always be waiting for you: Venice International University is your second home, wherever you go next.

Meet Cai Zibing from Tsinghua University, China 🌍
She shares with us her point of view about academics, the co-curricular activities and VIU life ✨

🎥 Check out Cai’s interview!
> VIU People Profiles and on YouTube
https://www.univiu.org/viu-life/viu-people-profiles/cai-zibing-tsinghua

🎓 This week, we are welcoming the Graduate Seminar on “Belief Change and Information Exchange: Current Trends in Epistemic Logic” at VIU!

🧠 Through lectures, workshops, group discussions, and case studies, the participants enhanced their logical reasoning skills in exploring specific philosophical-logical questions, while also improving their communication abilities to share and exchange ideas on a global platform. The faculty helped students understand the formation and evolution of various theoretical considerations and methodological approaches, encouraging them to develop their own theoretical strategies on belief-related topics, grounded in a deep understanding of the complexities of epistemic logic. Students recognised the extensive application of logical models in both theoretical and applied fields. This enabled them to critically assess the rationality of belief change and information flow in society, with practical relevance to pressing global issues.

🤝🏻 The seminar was led by Tsinghua University, the Università degli Studi di Padova and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Thank you all for your participation! ✨

☕⭐ Yesterday, the VIU was proud to host Caffè dell'Europa: International Organizations and the Protection of Democratic Values in San Servolo as part of our VIULectures!

We were glad to have our speakers:
🔹 Sara De Vido, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (Chair)
🔹 Gretchen Walters, Université de Lausanne
🔹 Randall Lesaffer, KU Leuven

Caffè Europa is part of the City of Venice’s Europe Day celebrations, which will continue throughout May. This encounter is one of a series, developed by Europe Direct of the City of Venice to meet the citizens in an open and engaging forum to explore some of the most pressing issues currently facing the EU.

Thank you to Università Ca' Foscari Venezia and Comune di Venezia for the collaboration, and Europe Direct Venezia for the organization.

🎙️ Interview with the faculty of the Graduate seminar on International Law in the Age of AI and Cyber

🔹What is the seminar about?
🔹What are the main topics?
🔹What are the outcomes for the participants?

The coordinators of the Graduate Seminar, Andrea Gattini from the Università degli Studi di Padova, Gleider I. Hernández from KU Leuven, Mariko Kawano from Waseda University and Kubo Mačák from the University of Exeter explain everything!

🔗 Check out the full interview on YouTube and on our website!

🗓️ When: October 26-30, 2026
📍 Where: San Servolo Island, Venice
🎓 Who is it for? Master students, PhD students, and junior researchers with a background in International Law, EU Law, Public and Comparative Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law, Cybersecurity Sciences, Political Sciences, and International Relations.

⭐ Join us!
Call for applications is open until June 25, 2026
https://www.univiu.org/study/graduate-seminars/international-law-in-the-age-of-ai-and-cyber