The course will be divided into two parts: lectures in the first 4 days and practical course in the following 5 days.

The lectures will cover basic knowledge in different aging research fields including: humanities, social science, epidemiology, neurology, physiology, and molecular biology.

On the 4th day, researchers from CEHA will give an introduction to several interdisciplinary research projects. These projects are examples of the research that contains shared interests across different research areas of aging research. The aim is to give students the opportunity to learn and use research methods from other disciplines, and they can develop those projects within the practical projects.

In the following days, the students will form groups and choose one of the practical projects as their course project. Each student group will carry out the research project with supervision from a CEHA researcher. At the end of the course, they will write an essay about their findings/conclusions and present their report. The students will be closely followed by the CEHA researchers.

Field trips will be carried out at different Dept. of CEHA. Furthermore, social activities will be arranged, for example BBQ, trips to museums etc. More information will be available later.

Masters students from any discipline.

Students who have obtained a bachelor degree from any discipline, have interests in aging research, and have good English skills are welcome to apply for this course.

Learning Outcomes

Students will gain good foundation knowledge and practical experience in the field of aging research in various aspects including humanities, social science, epidemiology, neurology, physiology, and molecular biology.

Exams:

Each student will submit an essay of 10 pages (2400 characters per page, including spaces). The essays will be assessed with the mark pass/failed.

Credit equivalent: 5 ECTS points are given for this course.

Contact hours: 42

Accommodation will be available in student halls of residences. Costs range from DKK 3,000-4,500/month and one month's rent refundable deposit.

Students must arrive by 2 July 2013.

Students will be able to check-in from Monday 1 July 2013.

Check-out date is Monday 22 July, but you are able to stay until Wednesday 31 July.

Scholarships for incoming students:

A few fellowships are available to cover the travel and accommodation fees for international outstanding IARU students.

1. Can I participate in more than one GSP course at your University, concurrently?
   No, that is not possible at the University of Copenhagen
2. If I am accepted, when will I receive more course details, such as course content, reading lists, timetables, payment schedule & cancellation policies, campus maps and other logistics details?
   Yes, the course coordinators will contact you directly with all the information you need no later than two weeks before the course begins.
3. Will I have access to student facilities such as computer labs, libraries and health services at the hosting university?
   There may be limited access to these facilities, but course coordinators will be available to give advice for each course. The University of Copenhagen does not provide health services so we recommend students to take out travel insurance before departure to cover their stay in Copenhagen. If you need a GP or dentist during your stay, you are able to contact any local GP or dentist to make an appointment. Your course coordinator or local students in your course can assist with contact details. You are also welcome to come to the University of Copenhagen student guidance centre in Fiolstræde 1 or call (+45) 3532 2918 for assistance.
4. Will I need a visa to attend this GSP course?
   Visa requirements depend on your nationality. If you require a visa, you will receive all the required application material with your letter of admission from the University of Copenhagen. EU/EEC nationals do not require a visa.
   
   Please contact the International Office admission team if you have questions regarding your visa This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
5. How can we interact with other participants and GSP alumni before the course?
   Please visit our GSP Facebook page and join the various events groups to meet informally with other GSP participants as well as alumni. You may also post questions to course coordinators on the FB Wall.

You can direct your questions about course credits and scholarships to your home institutions. More details about the application process and deadlines will be available in the "How to Apply" page.

Upon being shortlisted by the home institution, the applicants are required to write and submit an essay (max. 1 page) together with their application about their interests and plans for their future studies.

Information about CEHA and CEHA’s IARU activities can be found here:

http://healthyaging.ku.dk/

http://healthyaging.ku.dk/education/iaru-summer-school/

http://healthyaging.ku.dk/international/

http://healthyaging.ku.dk/education/iaru-summer-school/2013/

This course aims to tackle some of the major challenges of the 21st century. It is an opportunity to live and learn, intensively, at a foreign university, work with outstanding peers from around the globe and to learn about research from top professors.

The 2013 course will once again be highly interactive, as the opportunities for discussion in class were evaluated extremely positively by the 2011 and 2012-students. Field trips and lectures by practitioners will also be a vital ingredient – as one student puts it: "The course enabled me to understand the topic in a broader context and with regard to policy practice."

Some sessions will be devoted to the literature critically examining and improving on the theories (primarily the securitization-framework, but also security and relevant international relations theory in general), while others will be oriented to specific kinds of "new threats" and involve both practitioners and academics specialized in these areas.  The two kinds of focus will be interlaced to ensure a dynamic experience for the participants. In 2013, the theme of risk – "the dangerousness of the future" will also feature in the program. The theory oriented part will be mostly structured around presentations by the course leader and other teachers and group discussions by participants.  The thematic parts will be based on lectures from specialists and practitioners and excursions.

Excursions will be made to the Parliament, Danish Institute for International Studies, Danish Foreign Ministry, the Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims, and more. Social activities and excursions to sights in and around Copenhagen will also be a part of the program.

3rd year undergraduate and 1st and 2nd year graduate. All disciplines are welcomed at this summer school and no specific background in Political Science is required. Inter-disciplinarity is highly valued in order to ensure maximum output for both students and lectures.

On the basis of carefully selected readings and teaching by scholars who have been pivotal in developing the relevant theories, the course will be ambitiously aimed at engaging students at the research frontier, and with the help of issue specialists, they will be guided towards both application of the theories and further re-thinking. Lectures by practitioners and visits to relevant sites will also ensure this.

A reader will be produced containing the main articles from theory debates as well as exemplary applications of the various theories.

This Summer Program will be co-taught by the course leaders (Director of CAST, Dean Ole Wæver and post doc at CAST Ulrik Pram Gad) and faculty from the departments of political science, law, anthropology, geography, and religious studies as well as researchers affiliated with other organizations. Meetings with and lectures by practitioners will also play a pivotal role in this summer school.

One oral presentation (20%), participation in class activities/discussion (20%) and one 5,000 word essay completed within 4 weeks after the course (60%).

Contact hours: app. 80

Credit equivalent: 10 ECTS

Accommodation will be available in student halls of residences. Costs range from DKK 3,000-4,500/month and one month's rent refundable deposit. Students must arrive by Sunday, 4 August 2013.

Students will be able to check in from early August. Check-out date is at the end of August.

1. Can I participate in more than one GSP course at your University, concurrently?
   No, that is not possible at the University of Copenhagen
2. If I am accepted, when will I receive more course details, such as course content, reading lists, timetables, payment schedule & cancellation policies, campus maps and other logistics details?
   Yes, the course coordinators will contact you directly with all the information you need before the course begins. Our course coordinators will be in touch as soon as you have been accepted to this GSP. Programs and other details will be send out in spring.
3. Will I have access to student facilities such as computer labs, libraries and health services at the hosting university?
   There may be limited access to these facilities, but course coordinators will be available to give advice for each course. The University of Copenhagen does not provide health services so we recommend students to take out travel insurance before departure to cover their stay in Copenhagen. If you need a GP or dentist during your stay, you are able to contact any local GP or dentist to make an appointment. Your course coordinator or local students in your course can assist with contact details. You are also welcome to come to the University of Copenhagen student guidance centre in Fiolstræde 1 or call (+45) 3532 2918 for assistance.
4. Will I need a visa to attend this GSP course?
   Visa requirements depend on your nationality. If you require a visa, you will receive all the required application material with your letter of admission from the University of Copenhagen. EU/EEC nationals do not require a visa.
   
   Please contact the International Office admission team if you have questions regarding your visa This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
5. How can we interact with other participants and GSP alumni before the course?
   Please visit our GSP Facebook page and join the various events groups to meet informally with other GSP participants as well as alumni. You may also post questions to course coordinators on the FB Wall.

You can direct your questions about course credits and scholarships to your home institutions. More details about the application process and deadlines will be available in the "How to Apply" page.

For further information about this course, visit www.cast.ku.dk or contact Helene Hagel at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The main topic of the course is Søren Kierkegaard's witty and deeply earnest exploration of the problem of self identity. Beginning with the breakdown of culture-specific ethnic and religious categories that have traditionally defined the self, the course treats Kierkegaard's scathing critique of religious culture and politics, his view that religious demands can conflict with seemingly universal ethical duties, and his assertion that the look of the Other is a defining factor in self-identity.

Professor Joel Rasmussen from the University of Oxford and Assistant Professor David Possen of Yale University were guest lecturers in the 2012 summer program. They will both be invited to participate this coming summer as well. Our courses usually feature at least one visiting lecturer from the IARU network.

This is the fourth year that the University of Copenhagen is offering this course. It is being offered again because it has received good student evaluations and because of its strong academic content.

Lecturers and tutors:

• Prof K. Brian Söderquist, Dept. of Theology, University of Copenhagen
• Guest lecturers from the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre at the University of Copenhagen

Toward the beginning of the course, students will enjoy a sponsored weekend bike trip to Gilleleje, Gribskov, Søborgsø, and Helsingør to see some of the sites Kierkegaard incorporates into his authorship. We will read passages from Kierkegaard at the various sites.

One aim of the weekend tour is to help the students get to know each other better. Their familiarity with each other beyond the classroom encourages them to ask questions in class, and creates an atmosphere in which they feel free to debate and discuss Kierkegaard's thoughts.

This course is open to 3rd or 4th year undergraduate students and 1st year graduate students.  The course aims at students interested in religion, philosophy, theology etc. All disciplines are welcome, no background in Philosophy is required.

Learning Outcomes

In general, class will take the form of a lecture followed by a dialogue between instructor and the students. Readings will be assigned for each class, and the discussion led by the instructor will focus on this reading. Comments and critical questions from students are highly encouraged. We will meet 3 times a week, for 3 hours at a time (11 class sessions altogether, including field studies). This course is worth 15 ECTS credits. Participants may choose to complete either a BA or MA level exam.

Contact Hours: 33 total contact hours + 30 field trip hours (estimate)

Credit equivalent: 15 ECTS

Accommodation will be available in student halls of residences.  Costs range from DKK 3,000-4,500/month and one month's rent refundable deposit.

Students must arrive by Tuesday, 2 July 2013.

1. Can I participate in more than one GSP course at your University, concurrently?
   No, that is not possible at the University of Copenhagen
2. If I am accepted, when will I receive more course details, such as course content, reading lists, timetables, payment schedule & cancellation policies, campus maps and other logistics details?
   Your course coordinator will e-mail you directly by 1 June with all the information you need before the course begins.
3. Will I have access to student facilities such as computer labs, libraries and health services at the hosting university?
   There may be limited access to these facilities, but course coordinators will be available to give advice for each course. The University of Copenhagen does not provide health services so we recommend students to take out travel insurance before departure to cover their stay in Copenhagen. If you need a GP or dentist during your stay, you are able to contact any local GP or dentist to make an appointment. Your course coordinator or local students in your course can assist with contact details. You are also welcome to come to the University of Copenhagen student guidance centre in Fiolstræde 1 or call (+45) 3532 2918 for assistance.
4. Will I need a visa to attend this GSP course?
   Visa requirements depend on your nationality. If you require a visa, you will receive all the required application material with your letter of admission from the University of Copenhagen. EU/EEC nationals do not require a visa.
   
   Please contact the International Office admission team if you have questions regarding your visa This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
5. How can we interact with other participants and GSP alumni before the course?
   Please visit our GSP Facebook page and join the various events groups to meet informally with other GSP participants as well as alumni. You may also post questions to course coordinators on the FB Wall.

You can direct your questions about course credits and scholarships to your home institutions. More details about the application process and deadlines will be available in the "How to Apply" page.

For further information about this course, visit http://www.teol.ku.dk/english/summer_courses/

Deepen your understanding of the changing landscape of contemporary international relations and sharpen your critical thinking and communication skills by participating in the Summer Peace Institute at the United Nations-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) in Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica!

The Summer Peace Institute will bring together a diverse international group of students with the purposes of inquiry and dialogue on current world issues related to peacebuilding and human security – “problems without passports” in the phrase coined by Kofi Annan during his tenure as Secretary General of the United Nations. As a leader in the progress toward the human security/basic needs standards encompassed in the UN Millennium Development Goals, Costa Rica offers an ideal setting for the study of sustainable peace and peacebuilding practice.

Through lectures and interactive seminars you will be exposed to and have the chance to discuss foundational concepts, current controversies and case studies. You will also have the opportunity to more deeply explore what you learn in the classroom through the undertaking of a research assignment and in-class presentation of your findings. An intensive three-week field study assignment will provide you with the opportunity to interact with a variety of both governmental and non-governmental institutions and actors working in the areas of environment, health, food security, education, development, gender equity, conflict resolution and other human security issues.

Lectures will introduce foundational concepts, current controversies, and case study materials. They will also map the terrain of the debate surrounding human security, and introduce students to the different actors, both state and non-state, frameworks and perspectives, both regional and local. Topics to be addressed include terrorism and the war on terror; globalization, poverty and inequality; international migration and human rights. Students will also have the opportunity to more deeply explore these questions through research and presentation of additional topics of their choosing.

The classroom experience will be further enriched by field study opportunities in Costa Rica. Students will have the chance to interact with a variety of both governmental and non-governmental institutions and actors working-- “in real time and on the ground”—on environmental, health, education, and other human security issues at the local and community level.

A day trip on a Saturday to a local volcano, which program fees cover.

The Summer Peace Institute is open to upper-division or equivalent undergraduate and graduate students. Students must be prepared to fully and equally participate in collaborative research and writing of group projects.

Learning Outcomes

Through lectures, interactive seminars, and field assignments students will 1) deepen their understanding of the changing landscape of international relations; 2) sharpen critical thinking skills; 3) improve cross-cultural awareness and communication abilities; and 4) develop ethical sensibilities commensurate with the citizenship demands of the 21st century.

Assessment

Contact hours: Problems Without Passports (60 hours); Peacebuilding Practice (45 hours)

Credit equivalent: 4+3=7 units total

Exams: oral presentations and writing assignments

Students must arrive by 2 June 2013.

Students will be able to check in from 2 June 2013.

Check-out date 13 July, 2013

Students will be living in comfortable homestays (wireless Internet included) with local families who are used to having international guest who attend the United Nations-mandated University for Peace. The families will provide breakfast every day and dinner on weekdays (12 meals a week).

Ciudad Colon is a small town situated west of Santa Ana, Costa Rica. It is famous for its warm climate, proximity to nature and its surrounding mountains, folkloric traditions, horse riding, and multiculturalism. Located some 6 km out into the scenic rainforest is the United Nations-mandated University for Peace. The vast majority of students reside in Ciudad Colon which provides the town with distinctive feel. Demographically, Ciudad Colon can be considered as cosmopolitan as Santa Ana or the capital San Jose (some 40 minutes away), but in terms of amenities and services available, it is considered a typical small Costa Rican town. There is one major supermarket that meets the needs and requirements of expatriates and dozens of other small stores, banks and pharmacies. There are no upscale bars or restaurants but there are many local venues catering to food and entertainment. Ciudad Colon is particularly suitable for outdoor activities such as horseback riding, biking, running and hiking.

1. Can I participate in more than one GSP course at your University, concurrently?
   No. Here at Berkeley we only have two classes and they cannot be taken concurrently.
2. If I am accepted, when will I receive more course details, such as course content, reading lists, timetables, payment schedule & cancellation policies, campus maps and other logistics details?
   We will send you general and detailed program information in April.
3. Will I have access to student facilities such as computer labs, libraries and health services at the hosting university?
   Yes, you will have access to the UPEACE computer lab, library, and bus.
4. Will I need a visa to attend this GSP course?
   Information about visas is available from (http://www.state.gov/).
   
   The host GSP coordinator can provide supporting letters and other relevant information for your visa application. Please consult your local US Embassy or Consulate to find out whether you need to obtain a visa.
5. How can we interact with other participants and GSP alumni before the course?
   You will be invited to join the GSP Facebook group after being accepted into the program.

You can direct your questions about course credits and scholarships to your home institutions. More details about the application process and deadlines will be available in the "How to Apply" page.

Upon acceptance into the program, students will be required to register through the Berkeley Summer Abroad online system. They will need to submit another copy of their essay and transcript (for record-keeping purposes only) and a program deposit of USD$ 400 by credit card. They will also need to submit a student agreement, register for our free health insurance, and provide a copy of their passport and travel itinerary. Students will also be responsible for obtaining a visa for Costa Rica, if needed. The balance of the program fees and tuition will be billed to the students after they are enrolled in their courses. Students will receive further instructions about payment options at that time.

Contact person:

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