The Public Forums represent the Summer Peace University ‘s outreach to society and institutions.
They are the link between academic reflection and public debate, between university research and global citizenship. Each week of the program culminates with an International Forum that brings together students, ambassadors, academics, journalists, and representatives of national and supranational institutions for an open and participatory discussion on the topics addressed in the Peace Labs and academic lectures.
The Public Forum is not a simple conference, but an exercise in cultural democracy : a space for plural dialogue in which the ideas developed during the week are measured against reality and translated into shared proposals, experiences, and visions.
Perspectives from different countries intertwine in a mosaic of interpretations and solutions, restoring university education to its original function as a laboratory of global thought and citizenship.
Each Forum is introduced by an academic session and followed by an interactive debate open to the public and the media.
Moderation is entrusted to journalists, political analysts, or international relations scholars, who guide the discussions, ensuring balance, diversity, and argumentative rigor.
The meetings are streamed live on the institutional channels of SPU and partner universities, thus becoming a privileged vantage point for the global dialogue on peace.