Doctoral Teaching 2026/27

Please see the attached "training offer - objectives - assessment methods" for further information on individual courses and the attached "doctoral credits" for information on the doctoral credits to be obtained.

1. Human Rights Today
   Disciplinary course (6 hours of lectures, 1.5 doctoral credits)
   Language: English
   Coordinator: Prof. Serena Vantin
2. SeRiC – Seminar Series on Ongoing Research
   Seminar series (18 hours of seminar-based teaching, 3 doctoral credits)
   Language: Italian/English
   Coordinator: Prof. Valentina Petrolini
3. Science, Technology & Society
   Disciplinary course (16 hours of lectures, 4 doctoral credits)
   Language: English
   Coordinator: Prof. Annalisa Pelizza 
4. Lab Meetings of the Cognitive Dynamics 4E Research Group
   Seminar series (18 hours of seminar-based teaching, 3 doctoral credits)
   Language: Italian
   Coordinator: Prof. Elena Gherri 
5. Research Methodology in the Social Sciences – Qualitative Approaches
   Disciplinary course (12 hours of lectures, 3 doctoral credits)
   Language: Italian
   Coordinator: Massimiliano Tarozzi 
6. Knowledge and Cognition: Theories and Applications
   Seminar series (24 hours of seminar-based teaching, 4 doctoral credits)
   Language: Italian/English
   Coordinator: Prof. Francesco Bianchini 
7. OFFISS Seminars in the History of Science (Workshop in the History of Science)
   Seminar series (18 hours of seminar-based teaching, 3 doctoral credits)
   Language: Italian/English
   Coordinator: Prof. Gabriele Ferrario 
8. Experimenting with New Research Paradigms in Cognitive Neuroscience through Extended Reality, Simulation, and Artificial Intelligence
   Disciplinary course (8 hours of lectures, 2 doctoral credits)
   Language: Italian
   Coordinator: Prof. Aldo Gangemi 
9. Crivispe Seminar Series
   Seminar series (18 hours of seminar-based teaching, 3 doctoral credits)
   Language: Italian
   Coordinator: Prof. Luca Baldissara 
10. Doctoral Seminars in Semiotics
    Seminar series (24 hours of seminar-based teaching, 4 doctoral credits)
    Language: Italian
    Coordinator: Prof. Claudio Paolucci 
11. The Soul and the Enigma of Identity: A Historical-Philosophical Approach
    Disciplinary course (12 hours of lectures, 3 doctoral credits)
    Language: Italian
    Coordinator: Prof. Giovanni Bonacina 
12. Seminar Series of the almæsthetics Research Centre: “Aesthetics and Translation”
    Seminar series (18 hours of seminar-based teaching, 3 doctoral credits)
    Language: Italian
    Coordinator: Prof. Gioia Laura Iannilli
    
    Courses borrowed from other PhD courses
13. Academic English writing
    

    Disciplinary and multidisciplinary course (20 hours of lectures, 4 CD)
    Language: English
    The course can be chosen, subject to availability. For information, please contact the Doctoral Program Coordinator, Professor Chiara Elefante (chiara.elefante@unibo.it). 

14. Academic English oral skills
    Disciplinary and multidisciplinary course (20 hours of lectures, 4 CD)
    Language: English
    The course can be chosen, subject to availability. For information, please contact the Doctoral Program Coordinator, Professor Chiara Elefante (chiara.elefante@unibo.it).)

15. Attorno al dottorato
    Seminar series  (12 hours of lectures, 1 CD)
    Language: Italian
    The course can be chosen, subject to availability. For information, please contact the Doctoral Program Coordinator, Professor Marco Cucco (m.cucco@unibo.it))

16. Using Large Language Models in Humanities Research
    Laboratory (15 hours of lectures, 1 CD)
    Language: English
    The course can be chosen, subject to availability. For information, please contact the course coordinator, Professor Giovanni Colavizza (giovanni.colavizza@unibo.it

17. La valutazione della ricerca scientifica
    Extracurricular training (1 day of lectures, 0,5 CD)
    Language: Italian
    For information, please contact the course coordinator, Professor Luisa Lugli (l.lugli@unibo.it)