Apply now to the GROMADA summer school on citizen science and international law protecting for the environment during and after armed conflicts from 25 August – 1 September 2024 in Hamburg! The summer school is organised with the support of the German Red Cross and the Ukrainian Red Cross Society, Greenpeace and ELSA Hamburg e.V.
The summer school offers 10 interdisciplinary courses dealing with environmental citizen science and civic monitoring, legal protection of the environment during and after an armed conflict, and evidence assessments of environmental impacts. All the topics covered will be linked to the war in Ukraine and its environmental consequences. The programme will enable participants to actively engage in environmental restoration through citizen science and civic monitoring in Ukraine and beyond.
At the end of the summer school, all participants will apply what they have learned in the courses in a simulated court proceeding (moot court). Everybody will actively engage in teams as representatives for applicant state, respondent state, and third parties in the simulated proceeding.
The interdisciplinary GROMADA summer school is aimed at students of law, environmental science, community development, policy development, or any other discipline with an interest in active citizen participation in the context of environmental harms. Members of NGOs and other communities are also explicitly invited to apply. Everybody will get the opportunity to get in touch and interact with people from different academic backgrounds and expand their knowledge beyond the legal aspects of armed conflicts.
If you are from a non-related field, your are invited apply as well. Please make sure to highlight your qualifications and interest in attending the summer school including the moot court in your application.
Note: For participants from Ukraine, we offer the possibility to participate remotely in the academic programme and the moot court.
By the end of the summer school, participants will:
The are taught by different academics and GROMADA project partners from the Universities of Lund, Hamburg and Copenhagen, Odessa State Environmental University, CEOBS, Systasis and Web2Learn.
Furthermore, lectures will be held by associated summer school partners, e.g. Greenpeace and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights.
There is no fee for participation in the academic programme. Activities for the social programme might require payments, depending on the activity. Participants from Ukraine are eligible to apply for 100% travel grants.
Accommodation is provided to all participants free of cost.
ETCS credit points for participating students
Transcript of records for courses completed: credit-hour system with ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) equivalents (around 2.5-3 ECTS).
Participating students from the University of Hamburg Faculty of Law
Students from the Faculty of Law of the University of Hamburg can choose to obtain either a Sprachenschein or a Schlüsselqualifikation for successful participation in the academic program of the GROMADA Summer School.