Early Career Scholars CUCS

In 2023, a group of Young Researchers founded the Early-Career Scholars (ECS) section of the Italian University Coordination for Development Cooperation (CUCS) to amplify the voices of early-career scholars in shaping research on development cooperation.

For ECS, hereby we define a student, a PhD candidate, or a researcher who received their highest certificate (e.g. BSc, MSc or PhD) within the past seven years.

The ECS-CUCS is building bridges between research and practice aiming to:

• Foster the exchange of information on job opportunities, conference, research on development cooperation.
• Facilitate the proposition of ECS-led sessions at bi-annual CUCS conferences (8 sessions over 18 in the last CUCS conference were led by ECS members)
• Animate the CUCS network and create opportunities for inter-trans-multi disciplinary collaborations among researchers and other stakeholders interested in development cooperation projects.

Who are we:

The network is composed by more than 200 ECS from Italian Universities. The network is presently coordinated by a secretariat, which is composed of the following persons:

• Simone Bocca (University of Bozen)
• Stefano Bruzzese (University of Turin)
• Giacomo Crevani (Politecnico di Milano)
• Nicola D’Alberton (University of Trento)
• Eleonora Forzini (University of Firenze)
• Enrico Lucca (University of Firenze)
• Khim Cathleen Saddi (University of Naples Federico II)
• Livia Serrao (University of Trento)
• Francesca Villa (Politecnico di Milano)
• Giovanni Vinti (University of Palermo)

ECS-CUCS Groups of interest:

ECS-CUCS members have shown interest in inter-trans disciplinary working groups to address cross-cutting topics on:

• Agriculture and Food Security
• Global Health
• Innovation and Technology

ECS-CUCS – Webinar series:

• Geopolitica e Cooperazione Universitaria: operare nella complessità – 13th May 2024
• Introduction to Science Diplomacy: concepts and case studies – 31st October 2024

ECS-CUCS Newsletter:

The ECS-CUCS monthly newsletter aims to collect and share monthly updates concerning the development cooperation to foster synergies and link different realities:

• Scientific papers
• Events
• Open-Calls
• Projects

Would you like to contribute and propose a content to be shared?
Fill the following form: (LINK)

Do you want to join us?

If you are an ECS interested in international development or would like to receive our monthly newsletter please click on the following button

For any other information or request do not hesitate contacting us at ecscucs@gmail.com

Do you want to propose an activity or a suggestion to the ECS-CUCS?

If you have any recommendation, you would like to take a more active part or propose some activities please contact us at ecscucs@gmail.com or fill the following form (LINK)