School of Economics, International Relations and Diplomacy (SERID)

The School of Economics, International Relations and Diplomacy (SERID), established at Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma – UNINT, offers an educational pathway aimed at understanding and analysing the most relevant economic and political dynamics that take shape in the international system.

The training and workshop activities provided by the School aim to provide participants with the conceptual and analytical tools needed to understand the dynamics underway in the economic and political-diplomatic balances at a global level, without neglecting the analysis of their repercussions on the main countries - Italy, first and foremost - and on the most relevant international and supranational Organisations. To this end, the School prepares a highly specialised training offer with innovative themes, focusing especially on digital, energy, and intercultural aspects of contemporary relevance. Finally, the path integrates a specific teaching strand on diplomacy and its role in resolving some of the main dossiers of international political and economic relations of the XNUMXst century.

The School is distinguished by the presence of university professors, business managers, political analysts, diplomats, and representatives from the world of international organizations and communications, ensuring a better representation of the complexity of ongoing international processes.

During the course, the aim is to stimulate constant interaction within the sections. The meetings are designed with a dialogical perspective so that the achievement of the training objectives is guaranteed by the continuous feedback of the participants.

The fourth edition of the School of Economics, International Relations and Diplomacy (SERID) is organized by theUniversità degli Studi Internazionali di Roma – UNINT in collaboration with the Geopolitica.info Study Center, the Research Center “Cooperation with Eurasia, the Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan Africa” (CEMAS) of Sapienza University of Rome and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.

The course lasts one year (academic year). It starts in November 2024 and ends in June 2025. The calendar will average one meeting per month, subject to change. The initial session of the school will be preceded by a launch conference. The total is 9 training sessions for a total of 26 hours of training (18 hours of lectures + 8 hours of final project work). Each monthly meeting is scheduled to last 2 hours, approximately from 14:00 pm to 16:00 pm.

The meetings will take place both at Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma (Rome, Via delle Sette Chiese, 139, 00147 – Metro B Garbatella stop) and at external locations of political institutions, embassies and international organisations.

To receive the final certificate, participants must attend at least 80% of the sessions in person. This means that students who are absent from more than two days of work will not be eligible for the final certificate. Participation in SERID activities remotely is not possible.

The School of Economics, International Relations and Diplomacy (SERID) is developed through eight teaching areas defined below:

• Geoeconomics and economic cooperation;
• global leadership;
• corporate governance and international diplomacy;
• corporate diplomacy and lobbying;
• international organizations;
• public diplomacy and integrated promotion of the Country System;
• energy transition and green economy;
• e-diplomacy and new technologies.