Interdisciplinary PhD Workshop at Monastery of San Nicolò, Venice Lido

Foto: Global Campus

On 14th June, the participants of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme Human Rights, Democracy, Diversity, and Gender successfully attended the workshop at the Monastery of San Nicolò in Venice Lido.

The human rights doctoral programme tradtionally holds a workshop day at the Global Campus in the Monastery of San Nicolò in Venice Lido. Also this year, on 14th June, Uni Graz PhD students met with colleagues from the Human Rights Center Antonio Papisca of University of Padua, presented their research and were engaged in fruitful discussions. The range of research topics presented was broad: Presentations on defensive speech on social media platforms in times of war, transformative justice in Colombia or cyberviolence against women filled a long and an intense day. Besides, participants could enjoy the warm weather in the lovely city of Venice.

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