Academic Program 2026
The Summer Peace University 2026 is a four-week educational and transformative program that integrates scientific rigor, diplomatic experience, and community immersion within an interdisciplinary educational paradigm.
The program’s methodological approach transcends traditional academic silos, fostering ongoing dialogue between political science and economics, international law and environmental studies, the ethics of technology and cultural anthropology, multilateral governance and interreligious dialogue.
This synthesis does not remain a theoretical principle: it finds concrete expression in the daily life of Belvedere Marittimo, which becomes a Global Village of Peace , a living laboratory of intercultural coexistence where students, teachers and citizens share experiences, spaces and responsibilities, experiencing education as a community practice.
Each week represents a stage in a journey that combines analytical insight, operational experimentation, and ethical development.
Each stage corresponds to a thematic area of global governance and a human dimension that supports the participant’s personal growth.
Mind Awareness
WEEK 1
The Mediterranean as a Crossroads of Peace and Civilization
UN Focus:
Path: The Mind – Awareness
Introduction
The first week marks the entry into the SPU training program. Students are introduced to the philosophy of peace, the ethical dimension of leadership, and the basic principles of LPP planning. The Mediterranean, a place of encounter and exchange, becomes a metaphor for coexistence and dialogue between cultures.
Educational objective:
October 5–9
Day
Lesson Title
Monday 5
Opening Ceremony – Oath of the Peacemakers
Keynote: “The Mediterranean as a Bridge of Civilizations”
Tuesday 6
The Culture of Peace: Philosophical Roots and Global Citizenship / Mediterranean Cooperation and Soft Diplomacy
Wednesday 7
Education for Peace and Intercultural Understanding / Women and Peace Leadership in the Mediterranean World
Thursday 8
LPP Module – Introduction to Peace Project Design / Sustainability and Peace: From Local Action to Global Vision
Friday 9
Peace Lab – The Mediterranean as a Laboratory of Coexistence
Heart Relationship
WEEK 2
Analyzing the powers, conflicts and cooperation of the 21st century
UN Focus:
SDG 8, 10, 13, 16, 17 – Decent Work & Growth, Reduced Inequalities, Climate Action, Peace
Path: The Heart – Compassion
Introduction:
A week dedicated to comparative geopolitical reading of the world: Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Students explore power, conflicts, transitions, and new strategies for cooperation, preparing for the institutional reflection of the third week.
Educational objective:
October 12–16
Day
Lesson Title
Monday 12
African Sovereignties and Regional Integration / Postcolonial Borders and African Renaissance
Tuesday 13
European Governance and Global Responsibility / Security, Migration and the Future of the Union
Wednesday 14
Multipolarity and Indo-Pacific Strategies / Regional Cooperation and Development in South-East Asia
Thursday 15
Friday 16
Peace Lab – The World Table: Negotiating the Future of
Global Governance
Hands Responsability
WEEK 3
CULTURAL GEOPOLITICS, HUMANISTIC TECHNOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY
Power, meaning and coexistence in the digital age
UN Focus:
SDGs 3, 4, 9, 16, 17 — Well-being, Education, Innovation, Peace
Path: The Spirit – Wisdom
Introduction
A week dedicated to an advanced reading of peace as a human and social construction: cultural geopolitics, the power of narratives, the philosophical foundations of responsibility, and the technological transformation of societies. Students explore how identity, memory, digital environments and ethical choices shape cohesion or fragmentation, and how leadership can restore trust, dignity and dialogue.
Educational objective:
Strengthen a critical and humanistic understanding of contemporary conflicts and cooperation; develop tools to interpret technological change through social and ethical lenses; enhance dialogue, mediation and leadership capacities oriented to coexistence and public responsibility
October 19–23
Day
Lesson Title
Monday 19
Cultural Geopolitics: Narratives, Identity and Symbolic Power / Philosophy of Peace: Time, Responsibility and Human Dignity
Tuesday 20
Humanistic Technology: AI, Society and Human Vulnerability / Social Polarization and Civic Trust: Communities under Pressure
Wednesday 21
Information Integrity and Cognitive Security: Building Trust in Public Life / Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue as Preventive Diplomacy
Thursday 22
Human Rights and Digital Citizenship: Ethics, Responsibility and Civic Space / Ethical Innovation and Public Responsibility: Governance, Accountability and Social Impact
Friday 23
Peace Lab – Narratives, Technology and Social
Cohesion: A Humanistic Scenario Simulation
Spirit Wisdom
WEEK 4
EUROPE AND THE UN SYSTEM (FAO, UNICEF, UNESCO): SCIENCE AND ETHICAL GOVERNANCE
Acting with institutional responsibility and an ethical vision of innovation
UN Focus:
SDGs 2, 4, 16, 17 — Zero Hunger, Health, Education, Peace, Partnerships
Path: The Hands – Responsibility
Introduction
The final week brings SPU into direct dialogue with the institutional architectures of peace: the European model of shared rules and the UN system as a platform for global responsibility. Students consolidate the ethical governance of innovation through a human-centred lens—food security, rights, education and culture—culminating with the FAO Peace Talk (Thursday morning), the European institutional moment, and the final Public Forum with certificates and the SPU Peace Prize.
Educational objective:
Strengthen the capacity to read institutions as instruments of peace; connect innovation, rights and human security; understand Europe as a historical method of dispute composition through shared rules; translate the learning path into public responsibility through Peace Memo 4, Peace Lab and the final Forum.
October 26–30
Day
Lesson Title
Monday 26
UNESCO and Peace Infrastructures: Education, Culture
and Heritage / Ethical Governance of Innovation: Human Rights, Animation Accountability and Public Ethics
Tuesday 27
UNICEF and Human Development: Childhood, Protection and Peacebuilding / Science Diplomacy and Multilateral Cooperation: Building Partnerships for Peace
Wednesday 28
Interreligious Dialogue and Global Ethics: Coexistence
as a Public Good / The Ethics of Dispute Composition: From Controversy to Shared Responsibility
Thursday 29
FAO Peace Talk (Morning) — Food Security, Agrifood
Systems and Peace
Friday 30
Peace Lab (Morning) – Institutions of Peace: Europe
and the UN System in Practice
The path of the peace leader follows a principle of intellectual and moral progression: from the analysis of power structures and conflicts to the construction of cooperative and dialogical thought, up to the rediscovery of the symbolic and spiritual dimension of coexistence.
Training thus becomes an exercise in harmonizing mind and conscience, competence and responsibility, action and reflection.
Shape a Better Tomorrow
This summer, invest in your future and the future of our world. Join the Summer Peace University for a transformative educational experience. Learn from renowned international experts and participate in interdisciplinary activities designed to foster global leadership and cooperation.
Don’t miss this opportunity to become a leader who drives positive change!