Exploring the Potențial of Industrial Heritage in Țara Făgărașului

August 14, 14.00 – 17.00 (Romanian time, in English, hybrid format) Țara Făgărașului experienced intense industrialization during communist times and a difficult transition after 1989, that brought economic decay and accentuated depopulation. Today the region re-emerges through new economic and cultural initiatives. The aim of the roundtable is to explore...

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Meet & Greet

Monday, August 14th, 2023; 10.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m., Făgăraș (in person) Welcome to the Făgăraș Summer School! This structured welcoming meeting will provide you with all the information you need for the week. It will also allow you to connect with the other participants and offer a space for...

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Chernobyl Symposium

August 8, TBC (Romanian time, in English, hybrid format) The workshop will examine the lack of information, secrecy, lies, and half-truths surrounding this nuclear catastrophe of an unprecedented scale. The aim is to discuss the Chernobyl accident from a broader historical perspective drawing parallels with other less-known cases when Soviet...

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Organizational Resilience Principles

August 7, 16.00 – 17.30 (Romanian time, in English, hybrid format) We invite you to a course that focuses on organizational accidents and highly reliable organizations in order to explore principles of organizational resilience. The course will consist of lectures and discussions, watching videos, and readings. INSTRUCTOR Elena Gabor, Ph.D.,...

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Research Methods Module for Civil Society and Government Practitioners

August 2023, two online sessions (tbd, 2 hours each) and one in-person session (August 2-3, 2023, in Făgăraș) The Module departs from the realization that research is essential for strengthening the work and impact of nonprofits and public institutions. Research thinking & outputs are essential in multiple organizational processes, including...

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Communicating science to the wider public

August 10, 2022, 2.00-4.00 pm (Online, Romanian time) An interactive workshop in which we discuss channels, ways, and methods to communicate to the general public the results of scientific research.  Key audience: Researchers and scientists from different domains Participation in the Summer School activities is free of charge, and we...

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Designing better survey questions that deliver the data that you need

Saturday, August 13, 2022, 10.00-12.00 (Romanian time, hybrid, English/Romanian – depending on the audience) The workshop is meant to help participants understand the attributes of a well-designed questionnaire, discuss considerations to be taken into account when designing questionnaires as a whole and individual questions, present a framework for questionnaire development...

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