Aladdin Summer Universities

The Aladdin Project is forming a partnership with the prestigious Graduate Institute in Geneva to launch annual summer university programs, where postgraduate students from European, Middle Eastern and African countries will attend two-week training courses on the sources of future conflicts (water, energy, soil...), conflict resolution, diversity management and culture of peace and tolerance education.
The program will be set in place by Prof. Philippe Burrin, director of the Graduate Institute, and the Aladdin Project’s academic committee, chaired by Prof. Abdou Filali-Ansary, will oversee
Water, agriculture and energy are part of the common heritage, as well as sources of potential conflict, for all the inhabitants of Europe, the Mediterranean region and Africa. These issues, international in nature, are now a priority for international organizations and world leaders.
The objective of the program is to teach students economic and environmental issues and create better cultural understanding between all the people who face the scarcity of resources and possible tensions over their control (uncontrolled migration, poverty and hunger... providing fertile grounds for radicalism).
The program addresses the urgent need to create a network of academics and young researchers from different countries, and joint training on these crucial issues. It intends to forge a partnership with the European Union and the Union for the Mediterranean to bring about encounters among students, the future elites of the two shores of the Mediterranean. The program offers a novel interdisciplinary approach tailored to provide students with much-needed cross-disciplinary skills to address complex issues.
In view of the increasing important role that women play in the economy of the countries in the region, the students will be selected on the basis of gender parity.
The Aladdin Summer University will offer scholarships to students on the basis of their academic performance and personal achievement. Scholarships will be awarded only to MA and PhD students living in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Through its commitment to academic excellence and a long-term perspective, the Aladdin Summer University is set to play an important role in the development of future generations of scholars, teachers, citizens and leaders.