European Ph.D on Social Representations and Communication
Didactic and Training Level
  • In line with the policy recommended by EU DG XXII Education and Culture, the European Ph.D. adopted the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) as an instrument for creating transparency and confidence in academic performance.
    Students are awarded up to 60 credits per year (20 for courses and didactic activities and 40 for research quality and related bibliographic knowledge).
  • The general teaching/learning strategy of the European Ph.D. is to examine the following aspects of social representations and communication:
    1. historical and theoretical aspects,
    2. methodological aspects,
    3. fieldwork and applications,
    4. current comparative European research projects.
  • The didactic structure within this overall strategy is highly innovative. As the system of open distance learning makes clear, European Ph.D. students are involved in an interlocking system of virtual and physical mobility which allows for considerable flexibility in catering to students’ research needs while at the same time guaranteeing individual tutoring and interactive learning.