COURSES, XLII Cycle,  A.Y. 2026-27

The mandatory courses for the first and second years of the PhD programme are as follows: Institutions of the Global Economy (10 hours); Global Business (10 hours); Governance institutions and Regulation in a Globalized World (4 hours); Digital transformation and Constitutional Challenges: Changing Legal Categories (4 hours); Key issues in Corporate Law (5 hours); Corporate governance, sustainability and non-financial reporting- Part I and II (8 hours); Corporate Responses to Climate Change (8 hours); Sustainable Innovation (6 hours); The structure and the processes of organizing - Organizing for sustainability (6 hours); ESG, financial performance and SMEs: European Directive CSRD, ISSB, VSME and the future of sustainability information (6 hours); ESG criteria in the framework of Banking and Financial Law (3 hours); Gender Representation in Political Institutions: Strategies, Challenges, and Global Perspectives (5 hours); Digital transformation and sustainable development (6 hours); Principles of public Environmental law (5 hours).

The above-mentioned courses are complemented by two interdisciplinary courses: Research Methods (8 hours) and Introduction to Research (20 hours), that aim at providing the essential tools for research methodology and the distinction between different scientific approaches.

During the second or third year of the PhD Programme, attendance at the following Courses held by the Language Teaching Centre (CLA) is mandatory: Academic English Writing (16 hours) and Public Speaking (16 hours), see: https://www.unibs.it/en/university/organisation/language-teaching-centre-cla/corsi-e-attivita-del-cla/formazione-linguistica-phd/phd-language-skills-project.

Part I (February - June 2027) 

Part II (September 2027 - January 2028)