PhD and Postdoc positions @ Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy

In the context of the European Research Council Grant “RESHAPE: REstoring the Self with embodiable HAnd ProsthesEs”, we are seeking two outstanding Post-Doc scientists and two highly-motivated PhD students to join us in developing new tools and methods to improve the embodiment of robotic hand prostheses and study the related brain processes.
Activities will be carried out in a multidisciplinary research environment (Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuroengineering) @ Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome Italy (www.unicampus.it).
Post-Doc ideal candidates should

•        - have relevant publications in international journals and experience in fund raising
•        - be English mother tongue or have almost comparable fluency
•        - own at least two of the following expertise:

1. Programming for development/customization of interactive Virtual/Augmented Reality environment
2. EEG/MRI signal processing
3. Body ownership, embodiment, cognitive neuroscience.

PhD Student ideal candidates should

•        - be English mother tongue or have good fluency
•        - have a master degree (or equivalent) in

o   biomedical robotics, biomedical engineering, computer science or other related fields
o   medicine, neuroscience, neurophysiology or other related fields
Suitable candidates can introduce themselves by contacting Giovanni Di Pino (g.dipino@unicampus.it) and Domenico Formica (d.formica@unicampus.it).

32 PhD Positions at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Italy

Official Call for applications to enroll in the International PhD Course
in Molecular Medicine

Chancellor’s Decree n. 4549
dated 14/07/2014

(Italian Version  -  English Version)

Admission requirements	The application to participate in the selection for the International PhD School in Molecular Medicine can be submitted, irrespective of age or citizenship, by individuals holding a 5-year University Degree (according to the old Italian regulation), a Master’s Degree (according to the new Italian regulation) (hereinafter, the “Degree”) or an equivalent foreign academic qualification, approved in advance by the PhD Examination Committee, according to international agreements and/or inter-university cooperation and mobility agreements. Final year students can also apply,  as long as they have already taken all examinations and graduate before October 31st, 2015, under penalty of exclusion from selection. All candidates admitted with reservation to the competition, will have to give evidence of their graduation by November 15th, 2015, in case they should be assigned a position.  Pursuant to the regulations in force, students enrolled in the last year of the Medicine Specialisation Schools of the “Vita-Salute San Raffaele” University are entitled to submit their application. Should they be assigned a position, their PhD Course start date shall be consistent with the closure of the specialisation year. Italian, EU and non-EU citizens holding a foreign academic qualification which has not yet been declared equivalent to an Italian degree shall expressly ask to the Examination Committee to determine whether it is equivalent, only for the purposes of the admission to the PhD Course they intend to compete for, and include the following documents in their application:  1) Official record of the degree, complete with the list of the exams and the relevant marks, translated and legalised by an Italian diplomatic representation (Embassy or Consulate) of the country where the degree was awarded; 2) A DV document (declaration of value - “dichiarazione di valore in loco”) to be requested to the same diplomatic representation.
Number of Positions available	22 fellowships, of which: 10 free fellowships 12 project-based fellowships 5 positions without a fellowship Details about the position
Admission Procedures	The admission application shall be submitted on the form available on http://www.unisr.it/form/phd or on the PhD Course website (http://www.unisr.it/phd and www.unisr.it/phd/eng). As set forth above, Candidates can opt for maximum 1 project-based fellowship (their 1st and only choice) and 2 curricula (in this case, the 1st and 2nd choice shall be defined).   The form, duly filled out, printed on unstamped paper and signed, is to be sent within September 3rd, 2015  the PhD Office by means of: a) a PDF file attached to a certified e-mail message which can be sent to: procedureweb@pec.it The e-mail must be exclusively sent from a certified e-mail address; b) a PDF file attached to a regular e-mail which must be sent to the PhD Office e-mail address: segreteria.dottorati@unisr.it. In this case the original documentation must be delivered directly to the PhD Office, according to one of the following methods described in items c-e within the enrolment deadline, under penalty of exclusion. c) directly delivered to: PhD Office Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele Via Olgettina, 58 - 20132 Milan, Italy tel. +39 02 91751554 or +39 02 91751552 fax + 39 02 91971453 d) by means of recorded delivery with return receipt to the address mentioned at c); e) by an authorised courier service with delivery receipt to the address mentioned at c).   Please consider that the PhD Office will be closen from August 10 to August 21 including. The date on the stamp of the accepting Post office (or of the authorised courier) or that of the e-mail sending will be taken as the official date. Candidates submitting the admission application shall enclose to the signed copy of the electronic form: A self-certification of the Bachelor’s Degree, indicating the graduation mark; A self-certification of the Master’s Degree, indicating the graduation mark; ONLY for candidates who have not graduated by the time of their online admission application, a self-certification stating the list of all courses taken and relative marks obtained toward their Master’s Degree, including the average grade; A copy of a valid identity document; for candidates holding a non-Italian University Degree, all other documents as indicated in the Official Call.  Candidates who have not graduated yet must also include a self-certification (Attachment 2) to the documentation, stating that all the exams required by the curriculum have been passed  and  indicating the average. Applications submitted or sent after the time-limit above will not be eligible for the selection.
Form on line	The Form on line (available on http://www.unisr.it/form/phd) represents the application and must be filled out and sent by on-line procedure, THEN the candidate has to print, sign and send, within the deadline of September 3rd, 2015, with the other documents requested (please see the Application Procedures). In their application, the Candidates shall provide a description of their current research activities, their scientific interests, and any information required in the online form. Application form (online form) can be filled out either in Italian or in English. Candidates can opt for maximum one project-based fellowship (their 1st and only choice) and two curricula (in this case, the 1st and 2nd choice shall be defined). These choices can be specified in the application form. In case Candidates wish to apply for more than one Curriculum (maximum two) and/or one project-based fellowship, the electronic form shall be filled out only once, and the Curricula Candidates wish to apply to shall be selected according to the Candidates’ order of preference. The single dissertation relative to the research interests shall state the reasons for the Candidates’ multiple choice (two Curricula and/or one project-based fellowship)   Form on line
Reference letters Att. 1	The two reference letters (drafted pursuant to the form attached as Attachment 1) can be: - Sent in a sealed envelope (signed by the referee across the seal) by mail, or handed over to the PhD Office of the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University; - Sent directly by the referees by email to one of the following e-mail addresses: a) PhD Office (segreteria.dottorati@unisr.it), provided that the sender’s email address is that of the referee’s (preferably an institutional email address);   b) only from a certified e-mail address, to procedureweb@pec.it. within the deadline for submitting the admission applications (Semptember 3rd, 2015). All reference letters which have not been drafted according to the form (Attachment 1) or that have been submitted according to methods different from those above will be rejected. Candidates shall not be allowed to read their reference letters. Att.1 (file pdf) Att.1(file word) The referees (maximum two) will automatically receive from the system an email containing as an attachment the reference letter form (Attachment 1). Candidates are responsible for the data submitted; they are entitled to contact the referee(s) to personally request the letter and to check that it is submitted to the PhD Office within the deadline set, and as required by this call. The PhD Office will not solicit the submission of the letters.
Self- Certification Att. 2	The entitled persons (Italian and European Union citizens), in accordance with the D.P.R. n. 445/00 and subsequent modifications and integrations, if submitting copies of a certificate reporting the final degree grade or in case they state other circumstances, as per Articles 46 and 47 of Presidential Decree no. 445/00, will have to submit, duly filled and signed, the self certification utilizing the Attachment 2. Att. 2 (file pdf) Att. 2 (file word) The no European Union citizens must send the original certificates.
Selection procedures	Admission to one of the Curriculum of the PhD Corse is subject to the successful results of a comparative assessment divided into two stages, as defined below. First assessment phase This phase, which does not require the Candidates to be present, is not public, is performed by the Committee and assesses: a.  The qualifications submitted, as described above and, more precisely:     • curriculum vitae indicated in the electronic form;     • Degree (5-year degree, as per old Italian regulation, Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree) and graduation mark (including BD mark);     • Any publication on international journals or submission of abstracts to conferences; b.  The written dissertation, to be inserted as well in the electronic form, that shall be related to the Candidates’ research interests, and that may be written in Italian or English; c. The reference letters, directly submitted to the Ufficio Dottorati of the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University of Milan by authoritative personalities of the scientific and/or academic world and listed by the Candidates in their admission application; these authoritative personalities shall have known the scientific qualities of the Candidates by virtue of their institutional tasks (as Attachment 1). The reference letters shall be submitted within the deadline herein for the admission applications (Semptember 3rd, 2015). Based on the documents received and according to already-established assessment criteria, the Examination Committee shall proceed to the first stage, i.e. the comparative assessment of the Candidates’ qualifications. Only Candidates who have been awarded a score of at least 60% of the maximum attributable score for the assessment of qualifications (50 points) shall be admitted to the second phase. Second assessment phase  This assessment phase consists of an interview with the Examination Committee aimed at assessing the scientific competences and the aptitude of the Students. Candidates admitted to the interview shall have with themselves one of the following identification documents: identity card, driving licence, passport or any other documents provided for by law, provided that they contain a photograph and a stamp or another equivalent marking and that they have been issued by a state authority. The assessment criteria used shall be those already established by the Committee. The interview will cover the knowledge of English, the general and specific qualifications of the Candidates, their reasons for starting the PhD Course and the subsequent professional research path. At the end of the second assessment phase, the Examination Committee shall draft a final ranking based on a comparative assessment. All candidates, at the end of the interviews, are required to communicate, via email to the PhD Office, up to 2 preferences  between the projects listed for each Curriculum chosen during the admission phase . Furthermore, in the case of preference: - of the 2 research fellowships NEN4, the candidate has the faculty to indicate, after the interview, up to two projects of interest between those specific to these fellowiships; - of the 7 research fellowships TIGET, the candidate has the faculty to indicate after the interview, up to 3 projects of interest between those specific to these exchanges.   Candidates with a final score lower than 60% of the total attributable score (100 points) will be considered non-eligible.
Papers	Papers for the Second Phase
First Phase Ranking	Currently not available
Final Ranking	Currently not available The procedure for the enrollment is described in the Official call and in the paragraph below.
Sliding Rankings	Currently not available
Registration documents and fellowships	There exists only one final ranking, which is updated after each stage. Renouncing to a fellowship, at any stage, will result in the final withdrawing from the raking. Upon enrolment, all Candidates shall notify the laboratory at which they will conduct the PhD Course activities. The fellowships are assigned based on the final ranking and the preferences declared by the Candidates. We will proceed before with the assignment of a Project fellowships and of the positions with fellowships and, once completed the allocation of these positions, we will proceed with the assignment of positions without fellowships. During the first stage, the project-based fellowships are assigned, based on the ranking position and the Candidate’s preferences. Once all the project-based fellowships have been assigned, the four free fellowships - to be assigned to the four Curricula - will be assigned according to the final ranking, updated based on the already assigned fellowship and any previous stage renounce, and considering the preferences expressed by the Candidates. Following completion of the positions with a project-based fellowship and of the fellowships assigned to the four Curricula, the third stage will start, and the six remaining positions with a fellowship will be assigned according to the ranking, updated based on the already assigned fellowship and any previous stage renounce, and considering the preferences expressed by the Candidates. Candidates will be assigned to the indicated Curriculum, based on their order of preference. The fourth stage then starts with the assignment of the positions without a fellowship. Even in this case, Candidates will be preferably assigned to the Curriculum they chose, according to their preference. The details of the procedures for the enrollment are notified in art. 7 of the Official Call. The winning candidates will have to formalize their enrollment on the proper web page (http://intranet.unisr.it/esse3/Home.do), by gaining access with the credentials obtained during registration in 2 working days as from the date of publication of the final ranking for the candidates winners of a scholarship and in 5 working days for the candidates winners of a position without fellowship. For everyone, enrolment must be finalized by the second working day after the online enrollment. In the event that a candidate does not enter online within the due date, or in case he/she does not finalize his/her enrolment within the 2 subsequent working days, he/she will be considered as a renouncer, thus loses the right to enroll. The details of the procedures for the assignment of positions are notified in art. 5.3. of the Official Call.

131 PhD Positions at Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy

Call for applications to PhD Programmes - XXXI cycle. Administrative seat at Università Politecnica delle Marche
Academic years 2015/2016 - 2016/2017 - 2017/2018.

Deadline: 3rd September 2015

 

Table of contents

Call for applications (244 KB)

Ann. A - Table of contents and exams schedule (1151 KB)

Ann. B2 - Application form fac-simile (959 KB)

Ann. C2 - Self-certification (918 KB)

Application procedure

 

Go to application procedure

 

PhD Scholarships in Computer Science, Ca' Foscari University, Venice, Italy

Ca' Foscari University of Venice announces 10 PhD positions (6 with scholarship) in Computer Science. The Doctoral programme in Computer Science trains scholars to design, develop and lead academic and industrial research projects. It provides students with the formal background and tools needed to perform research in a rigorous way, and with the methodologies for the design and evaluation of IT systems and applications.

The programme is three years long in a context where all the graduate programmes (Master and PhD) are taught in English.

PhD students will have the opportunity to do their work inside well-established research centres:
- ACADIA (AdvanCes in Autonomous, DIstributed and pervAsive systems)
http://www.dais.unive.it/~acadia/
- KIIS (Knowledge, Interaction and Intelligent Systems)
http://www.dais.unive.it/~kiis/

Moreover, new research projects will soon start with the recently founded joint research centre DHV (Digital Humanities Venice), in collaboration with the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Telecom Italia. http://goo.gl/O5Rnp

Two of the six scholarships are bound to specific research projects:

1) Classification models for non-vectorial data (KIIS centre)
2) Energy-aware software architectures: modelling and analysis (ACADIA centre)

Application deadline is 27th May 2013 - at 12:00 pm (CEST). 
More information and on-line application available at:
http://www.unive.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=138013

PhD in Materials, Italy | Marie Curie PhD Social Networking, Italy

PhD in Materials, Italy The University of Brescia, Italy announces multiple PhD psoitions for 2012-2013. Further details: Please visit PhD positions in Materials for Engineering, University of Brescia, Italy Marie Curie PhD Social Networking, Italy The position is for up to three (3) years, starting in early 2013 and is funded by the uropean Commission under the Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) program iSocial. Further details: Please visit Marie Curie PhD Position in Online Social Networking, Italy Best Regards, Suman Research Grants ~ PhD, Postdoc Master Scholarships

140 PhD Scholarships at Politecnico di Torino, Italy

CALL FOR ADMISSION FOR PHD PROGRAMS UNDER XXVIII CYCLE 
Call for Admission in PhD programs at Politecnico di Torino (XXVIII Cycle) 
(deadline for submission of application: 22 October 2012) 

Public competitive examinations are announced for admission to the three-year Research Doctorate Programs of the Politecnico di Torino for the 28th Cycle. The competitive examinations will award a total of 264 positions and 140 scholarships, distributed as in the table below; please note that the table below does not include the supernumerary positions available for each PhD program.

http://dottorato.polito.it/bandi_en.html

http://dottorato.polito.it/docs/bando%20di%20concorso%2028%20ciclo_EN.pdf

4 PhD Scholarships in Economics, Scuola Sant'Anna, Italy

Call for Applications A.Y. 2012-2013
Selection schedule

Ranking List of eligible candidates published no later than June 15, 2012

Overview

Admission Requirements

■Applicants, with no restriction on nationality, must hold a Master of Science (M.Sc.) or a Master of Arts (M.A.) or equivalent title.
■Current undergraduate students who will be awarded such a degree before September 19, 2012, may also apply. In this case, a successful application will be conditional to the subsequent completion of the degree and the transmission to the School of adequate documentation, also in electronic form, no later than September 22, 2012.

Positions and grants

■4 positions with 4 fellowships (amounting to € 12.500 per year + free meals at school's canteen + Campus facilities)
■The School reserves the possibility of accepting up to a maximum of 2 further students without grant or with other forms of financial support.
Deadlines

■Candidates are requested to apply online at:
http://www.sssup.it/domandeSssup/iscrivi.html?idconc=495484&idoff=495466&lang=en by May 4, 2012 by 12.00 pm Italian Time.
In case of problems with the online application, please contact Ph.D. Administration Office (tel. +39 050 883.336, e-mail:infophd.idpe@sssup.it).
■A hardcopy of the application (signed by the candidate) together with the enclosures requested, must reach (regardless of forwarding date) by May 11, 2012:
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Divisione Formazione Universitaria e alla Ricerca
International Doctoral Program in Economics
Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33
I - 56127 PISA, Italy
Application and attachments

- Enclosures to the hard copy of the applications:

a) the copy of a valid identity document. Non-UE applicants will have to provide a photocopy of their passport;
b) the complete Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum covering scientific training, professional experiences, publications and all other information that might help in the evaluation of the candidate;

c) the academic record with the full list of courses and grades (in English, French or Italian);

d) the copy of the Master thesis, when applicable (or a copy of its abstract in English or in French or in Italian), and a copy of any other publication that they deem suitable (works written in languages other than Italian, English, or French must be accompanied by a summary in one of the above languages);

e) the copy of a Research Project, of no more than 2.000 words, which describes the research activities that applicants would like to perform during the Ph.D. course. The candidate may freely opt to change his/her research topics during the postgraduate program. However, the research project offers an indication of the research interests and is an important element for the evaluation of the potential of the candidate;

f) at least two recommendation letters written and signed by Faculty Members or other academics who have assessed and/or supervised the applicant's work during his/her university studies, offering a comparative evaluation of the learning achievements, research potential, maturity, and professional inclinations of the candidate. The letter ought to contain an appraisal assessing whether the knowledge of the English language by the candidate is adequate to attend a post-graduate programme

Undergraduate applicants are requested to specify the subject of their final thesis, in the countries where applicable, and should submit one copy of it at least in the form of a draft together with other documents

Selection of applicants

Selection of applicants will be based upon the assessment of all the submitted documents and publications.

Beginning of the Courses

September 25, 2012

Information

e-mail: infophd.idpe@sssup.it

tel. +39 050 883.336

http://www.sssup.it/context.jsp?ID_LINK=3160&area=46

133 PhD Scholarships at Politecnico di Torino, Italy

BANDI DI CONCORSO / HOW TO APPLY

COMPETITION FOR ADMISSION TO PH.D PROGRAMS OF XXVI CYCLE

Call for admission to the PhD program at Politecnico di Torino (XXVII Cycle)
(Deadline for submission of applications: 26th September 2011)

To apply for the competition you must:

• Carefully read the Call for admission to the XXVII cycle above;
• Check that you have the requirements;


The partecipation to this call is addressed to the applicants that

obtained (or will obtain by the 31/12/2011) the Master of Science degree (MSc)

and

have a certificate attesting the knowledge of the English language

(i.e. IELTS with score 5.0; TOEFL internet based test with score 77; Cambridge PET pass with merit; o other equivalent or higher certificate );


• Complete the application form the procedure Apply@Polito. You can find the link at the bottom of this page. The procedure will be activated by the publication of the Call for Admission.

For the 27th Doctorate cycle you can also apply for an Apprenticeship Doctorate. You can find dates and instructions in the Call for admission and at the page Apprenticeship Doctorate.
NOTICE: the number of scholarships and positions available is changed. Any change can be viewed at the news page.

Apply@polito

The procedure Apply@Polito (which you can find at the bottom of this page) allows you to register for the PhD admission exam without having to go personally to Politecnico di Torino and also prevents you from sending the application and related documentation on paper.

Please note that the procedure used by the Doctoral School is guaranteed as to access to the procedure Apply@polito you have make the login with username and password given from the system directly to you and that you have to keep carefully; moreover you’re asked to enclose the copy of your ID document with the photo and your signature.

Such procedure was strongly commissioned by the Rector, following the Government’s demands of a progressively computerization of Public Administrations.

Apply@polito

The Application procedure consists of two parts.

The first part is the registration: you will be asked for your name, location and, after being inserted, you will receive a username and password that you should use to access the second part and relogin.

If you have been enrolled (or if you are at present) at a course of the Politecnico di Torino you can access inserting your student register number with the related password from the portale della didattica. In your page you can find a button that allows you to access to the second part of the Apply.

The second part is a screen on the right side, you can find the menu to complete the registration.

It is necessary to complete each tab in the menu to be included in the entrance competition!

For each Doctoral course you will choose, you are asked to pay an amount not refundable of 30,00 €.

The Access to Doctorate and Apprenticeship Doctorate, takes place through two different competitions, so if you are interested in applying for both, you must provide a payment for each course.

When the payment is made, you can’t modify the choice of the Doctoral course anymore, however you should add a new Doctoral course, making another non-refundable payment of 30,00 €.

The payment should be done on-line by credit card (VISA, MasterCard). At the end of on-line applications you will find a button which guides you in the procedure.

As long as the payment isn’t made the application form doesn’t be considered successfully completed.

Applicants with a qualification conferred by a foreign university: your titles and degrees will be previously evaluated by an appropriate university board for the declaration of eligibility of your degree.

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51 PhD Scholarships at University of Trento, Italy

University of Trento, Italy

Doctoral School in MATHEMATICS
deadline: 30/09/2011

Doctoral School in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION
deadline: 31/08/2011

Doctoral School in ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
deadline: 12/10/2011

Doctoral School in BIOMOLECULAR SCIENCES
deadline: 04/10/2011

Doctoral School in Humanities
deadline: 15/09/2011

Doctoral School in PHYSICS
deadline: 28/09/2011

Doctoral School in ENGINEERING OF CIVIL AND MECHANICAL STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
deadline: 19/10/2011

http://www4.unitn.it/Apply/en/Home/Index

22 PhD Scholarships at University of Bergamo, Italy

PhD / Dottorato di ricerca is an academic qualification concerning scientific research and is awarded after three years during which graduates attend training courses and produce a research thesis. Admission to a PhD course is through public competition based on qualifications and exams.

The University of Bergamo offers the following Post-Graduate courses leading to a Research Doctorate, Dottorato di Ricerca:

• Anthropology and Epistemology of Complexity - Cultural Anthropology
• Clinical Psychology
• Computational Methods for Forecasting and Decisions in Economics and Finance
• Economics, Applied Mathematics and Operational Research
• Economics and Industrial Organization
• Economics and Management of Technology
• EMJD - Cultural Studies in Literary Interzones
• Euro-American Literature
• Human Capital Formation and Labour Relations
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Marketing for Business Strategies
• Mechatronics, Information Technology, New Technologies and Matematical Methods
• Public and Tax Law in the European Dimension
• Sciences of International Cooperation
• Technology for Energy and Environment Technology
• Textual Analysis and Theory

The University of Bergamo is also associated Department for many Doctorates offered by other Universities.

PhD Anthropology and Epistemology Scholarships at University of Bergamo, Italy

Ph.D. School in Anthropology and Epistemology of Complexity

The research activity of the Ph.D. Programme in Anthropology and Epistemology of Complexity as well as of the Centre for Research on the Anthropology and Epistemology of Complexity addresses a number of major research foci: human identity as part of a wider reflection on Nature; planetary history in a ecological perspective;ù the understanding of history and of the main changes in scientific and philosophical thinking; the analysis of globalization processes; the study of Europe; the exploration of urban and metropolitan spaces; the interest in information technologies; the reflection on the new frontiers of the sacred, violence and war.

Main research lines draw a plurality of transdisciplinary intersections showing that knowledge complexity is first of all the acknowledgment of Nature complexity, which cannot be reduced to any pre-ordinate paradigm.

Modern occidental thinking is essentially based on principles of reduction, abstraction and division re-proposing the military principle of divide et impera (divide and rule). It separated and still separates Nature processes from knowledge ones by favouring the study of minimal unites and system parts without allowing us to approach the hard understanding of solidarities, intersections and mutual implications from which such minimal unities derive as non-elementary complex elements. Disciplinary divisions and the overspecialization of academic disciplines that are still dominating our western culture show the fragmentation of our way of thinking and its consequent forms of dominance of man over man, of man over woman, as well as of man over other species and over Nature. Modern scientific tradition has bequeathed to us a schematic and reductionist way of thinking unable to conceive the complexity of Nature and human beings in its multiple dimensions at different levels.

The scientific revolutions of the XX Century - the revolution of relativity and quantum as well as of chaos and information - have shown a new possible perspective of study within contemporary sciences and the opportunity to overcome the division between human and natural sciences moving towards what is called a "New Alliance".

The challenge of complexity is to reunify what the modern thinking has contributed to divide, by showing the crucial importance of the inextricable networks of reciprocal connections among processes that have been arbitrarily separated and isolated by the modern scientific tradition. Complex thinking attempts to favour a kind of knowledge able to critically reflect upon itself, to understand its own limits and to be open to and respectful of ethnic and cultural alterities, by definitively overcoming a kind of scientific knowledge that considered itself to be absolute in order to state western superiority and legitimize its dominance as well. The understanding of complexity involves indeed a new ethic perspective that is based on novel forms of planetary and cosmic solidarity moving away from modern cultural religious, ethnic as well as gender and species differences.

The Ph.D. Programme in Anthropology and Epistemology of Complexity was launched in 2002 at the University of Bergamo within the University system planning for the three-year period 2001-2003 (D.M. 8.5.2001, art.12 – Corsi di dottorato e attività di ricerca avanzata).

• Director of the Research Centre and the Ph.D. Programme (since July 2008): Prof. Enrico Giannetto
• Prof. Mauro Ceruti directed the Ph.D. Programme from 2002 to 2008
• Prof. Gianluca Bocchi was the Scientific Coordinator of the Ph.D. Programme from 2002 to 2006

Secretary

Dott.ssa Amelia Lausetti
e-mail: amelia.lausetti@unibg.it
address: piazzale S. Agostino 2 - 24129 Bergamo
tel.: +39 035-2052924
fax: +39 035-2052916
office hours: Monday - Friday, h 10-11 a.m.

25 PhD Scholarships at University of Bolzano, Italy

University of Bolzano, Italy

Public Competition Announcement for PhD courses 27th cycle, 2011/2012 academic year

Public Competition Announcement 2011

Published in the "Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Trentino Alto-Adige" no. 27/IV, 18/07/2011.
Published in the "Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana, IV Serie Speciale Concorsi ed Esami", no. 58, 22/07/2011.

Beginning of the PhD courses: 9th, January 2012

Application forms for admission to the Public Competition for PhD programmes (deadline for applications is: 14 October, 2011)

PhD programme in General Pedagogy, Social Pedagogy and General Education
PhD programme in Computer Science
PhD programme in Management of Mountain Environment
PhD programme in Energy and Technologies

http://www.unibz.it/en/public/research/phd/prospectivePhdstudents.html

Call: http://www.unibz.it/en/public/research/phd/Documents/2011_PhD_public_competition.pdf

PhD positions at University of Turin, Italy

UNIVERSITY OF TURIN, ITALY

CALL FOR APPLICANTS RESEARCH DOCTORATES - 27th CYCLE

(Deadline for online application: 28th July 2011 at 12.00 hours a.m. - Italian time)

The selection for the Doctorate is through:

1) written examination and interview, or

2) assessment of qualifications and interview.

3) assessment of qualifications only if foreseen by the Doctorate programme and reserved for:

A) candidates resident abroad, and/or

B) foreign candidates (wherever resident) who hold a foreign qualification.

Candidates who fall within categories A) or B) are selected on the basis of the conditions set out in Article 5 of the call for applicants.

Candidate who does not yet hold a University Degree before the application deadline can take part in the competitive selection, providing he/she will graduate before the date of the first examination. Please read for more details art. 5 – point D, of the call for applicants.

http://www.unito.it/unitoWAR/appmanager/istituzionale_en/phd?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=call_deadlines_application1

http://www.unito.it/unitoWAR/ShowBinary/FSRepo/Area_Portale_Pubblico/Documenti/R/research_project_27th_cycle.pdf

http://www.unito.it/unitoWAR/ShowBinary/FSRepo/Area_Portale_Pubblico/Documenti/A/additional_information_27th_cycle.pdf

25 PhD Scholarships at University of Macerata, Italy

UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA, ITALY

Selezione per l'ammissione ai corsi di dottorato di ricerca
BANDO CICLO XXVII (AA.SS. 2012/2014)

Deadline for application: 26th August, 2011

CALL FOR APPLICATION
http://www.unimc.it/sda/bando/call
http://www.unimc.it/sda/bando/call/bando_xxvii_eng.pdf
http://www.unimc.it/sda/bando/call/rt_XXVII.pdf
http://www.unimc.it/sda/bando/call/ssd.pdf

30 PhD Scholarships at University of Trento, Italy

On-line application for doctoral programmes

To apply for the selection procedure you must:

• download and read the relevant Announcement of selection;
• verify that you are eligible to apply for that programme;
• Login to the system or get registered in case you have no UNITN account yet;
• fill in the online application. ATTENTION: ALL THE SECTIONS MUST BE VIEWED AND SAVED.

The completed online application must be submitted no later than 4 o'clock pm (GMT + 2) of the deadline date stated in the announcement of selection.
Once the application has been submitted no changes can be made to it and it cannot be resubmitted.

List of the application forms available at the moment:

School	Cycle	Announcement	Deadline (dd/mm/yyyy)	Actions
Doctoral School in MATHEMATICS	27° cycle	Download	30/09/2011 16:00:00	Fill the application form
Doctoral School in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION	27° cycle	Download	31/08/2011 16:00:00	Fill the application form
Doctoral School in ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING	27° cycle	Download	12/10/2011 16:00:00	Fill the application form
Doctoral School in COMPARATIVE AND EUROPEAN LEGAL STUDIES	27° cycle	Download	27/07/2011 16:00:00	Fill the application form
Doctoral School in BIOMOLECULAR SCIENCES	27° cycle	Download	04/10/2011 00:00:00	Fill the application form

6 PhD Fellowships in ICT, Scuola Sant'Anna, Italy

Call for application A.Y. 2011-12 - Non EU citizens

Online Application

WARNING: online application will not be available till 24 May 2011.

Selection schedule

Assessment of the Titles: 7 July 2011, 9.00 a.m.

Overview

The Ph.D. in Innovative Technologies of Information & Communication Engineering and Robotics is a three-year residential program with highly interdisciplinary connotation, where students can specialize in one of the following curricula:
- Embedded Systems, with emphasis on real-time systems and resource management.
- Telecommunications, especially referring to networks and photonic technologies.
- Biorobotics, including micro-engineering, biomedical engineering, biomimetic robotics, rehabilitation technologies and computer assisted surgery.
- Perceptual Robotics, with emphasis on telerobotics, cognitive robotics and virtual environments.

Admission Requirements

Applicants, with no restriction on nationality, must hold a Master of Science (M.Sc.) or a Master of Arts (M.A.) or equivalent title.
Applicants should not be older than 35 years on June 20, 2011; older than 35 may be exceptionally admitted by the Examination Committee.
the candidates whose native language is not English should hold an internationally acknowledged certificate specifying their intermediate-level of English knowledge.

Positions and grants:

6 positions with 6 fellowships (amounting to € 14.500 per year + free meals at school's canteen + Campus facilities):
- 1 positions for curriculum Embedded Systems
- 1 positions for curriculum Telecommunications
- 3 positions for Biorobotics
- 1 position for Perceptual Robotics

- The School reserves the possibility of accepting up to a maximum of 6 further students without grant or other forms of financial support.
2 positions announced in this Call are dedicated to candidates with Research Projects in the field of Micro-Biorobotics, since the scholarships assigned are supported within the Agreement that Scuola Sant'Anna subscribed with Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) of Genova with the aim of promoting fundamental and applied research and creating a Research Center in Micro-BioRobotics at Scuola Sant'Anna.

Deadlines:

Candidates are requested to apply online at: www.sssup.it/phdapplicationonline by June 20, 2011, 12.00 pm GMT. In case of problems with the online application, please contact the PhD Admin. Office (tel. +39 050 88.33.36/83, e-mail: techschool@sssup.it).

An hardcopy of the application (signed by the candidate), together with the enclosures requested, must reach by June 24, 2011, regardless of forwarding date:
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Divisione Formazione Universitaria e alla Ricerca
Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33
56127 PISA, Italy
"Application PhD in Innovative Technologies" must be written on the envelope.

Application and attachments

- Enclosures to the hard copy of the applications:

a.the copy of their passport;
b.two copies of their complete Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum covering scientific training, professional experiences, publications and all other information that might help in the evaluation of the candidate; please use the UE model. ;
c.photocopy of Candidate's University Master Degree (to be translated in Italian or in English except those written in French, German, Spanish)
d.the detailed list of academic courses taken. This list should contain information regarding credits, units (or equivalent) received, the grades received for each class taken, and the date when the final (or semester) examination was taken;
e.one a copy of their degree thesis (or two abstracts in English) and a copy of any other publication that they deem suitable;
f.the certificates of knowledge of the English language;
g.two copies of a Research Project, of no more than 3.000 words which describes the research activities that applicants would like to perform during the PhD course. The Research Project will include:
- a title;
- the scientific premises and the relevant bibliography;
- the aim and expectations of the research;
- the experimental methods and data analysis methods which will be used, where required;suitable;
h.at least two recommendation letters written by Faculty Members or other academics who have assessed and/or supervised the applicant's work during his/her university studies, offering a comparative evaluation of the learning achievements, research potential, maturity, and professional inclinations of the candidate;
i.a numbered list of the documents attached.

Selection of applicants

Assessment of the Titles: assessment of all the submitted documents and publications, including the CV, and the Research Project.
Beginning of the PhD Programme

The PhD Programme will start on November 3, 2011

Information

techschool@sssup.it
tel. +39 050 88.33.36, +39 050 88.33.83

Attached documents:
Call for applications- Non EU Citizens (file pdf, 60 Kb)
CV European template (file doc, 113 Kb)

http://www.sssup.it/context.jsp?ID_LINK=473&area=46