Study location	Germany, Giessen
Type	Doctoral, on-site
Study language	English
Awards	PhD

Entry qualification	Priority is given to those in the existing PhD programmes. Master students and working professionals are also welcome to apply.

Language requirements	English

More information	clocksproject.eu/..mer-school-giessen-2024

Overview

The Circular Economy Summer School in Giessen, Germany, is part of the CLOCKS project (CLOCKS – CLOsing the loop: building Circular sKillS on the entire value chain), coordinated and organized by the University of Padova. This year’s school will be hosted by one of the project partners – Justus Liebig University.

The school focuses on design for the circular economy and sustainability. Experts from academia and companies as well as PhD and Master students will address the challenge of designing durable, reusable, repairable and recyclable products from raw materials that are not harmful to living beings and the natural environment through energy-efficient, environmentally friendly, and zero-waste production.

The main activities of the school are teachings and a hackathon. The teaching content promotes the synergetic combination of academic and scientific experts. Qualified lecturers from academia, research institutes, companies and institutions will provide valuable insights and case studies on various aspects of design for the circular economy and sustainability. The hackathon addresses reality-based industrial challenges related to design for the circular economy and sustainability. The challenges that the companies propose to the PhD students are electronic waste and textiles.

Programme structure

Summer School 2024 takes place on-site in Gießen, Germany from Sept 2-5th, 2024.

Fees:
PhD and Master students: 150 € + VAT
- Waived fee for students from: Justus Liebig University, University of Padova, University of Ljubljana, MEERI Institute, Fraunhofer Institute IWKS

Professionals and employees: 500 € + VAT
- Waived fee for employees from: Umicore, Tondo Lab, sponsors

Next Steps

All applicants will be notified of acceptance to the programme after the admission deadline 31 July 2024. Those who have been accepted will receive an offer through this platform, which will have a deadline to accept, as well those who did not meet requirements will receive an email.

For any questions relating to the platform, please use the messaging system provided or contact the Programme Coordinator (clocks.geoscienze@unipd.it) or on the CLOCKS website for programme specific information.