The September academic program will cover diverse topics including aquatic animal welfare, waste utilization in construction, gastronomy, ocean conservation, fisheries data analysis, inclusive justice, and environmental protection in conflict zones. These bilingual courses aim to foster participation from students and faculty of various backgrounds.
This year's edition has seen over a hundred international students from approximately twenty countries participate. The September activities will commence with the course 'Advanced Tools for Welfare Assessment in Aquatic Animals: Bridging Physiology and Behavior', focusing on evaluating the welfare of fish and cephalopods through behavioral analysis, physiological biomarkers, and remote monitoring technologies.
Concurrently, 'Waste into Infrastructure: Circular Construction with Real Impact' will be offered, exploring the use of industrial by-products as construction materials and their incorporation into high-performance concretes. Another offering is 'Flavors of the Mediterranean and Costa Rica: A Gastronomic, Sensory, and Intercultural Experience', connecting emblematic products from both regions through classes, sensory analysis workshops, and technical visits.
In the marine domain, two seminars will be presented: 'Sailing Together: Designing Impactful Marine Education for Ocean Conservation', focused on designing educational initiatives for ocean conservation, and 'Data analysis in fisheries science: Biology, assessment and conservation of living marine resources', providing practical training in processing fisheries data for its application in assessing and conserving living marine resources.
The educational offerings are rounded out by 'Inclusive Justice', which will examine access to justice for vulnerable individuals within Ibero-American and European Union frameworks, and a seminar on environmental protection in conflict scenarios from an international law perspective, using situations in Ukraine, Palestine, and Western Sahara as case studies.
The International Summer School already held six courses in July covering political communication, artificial intelligence, social media, reading and literary mediation, and psychosocial risks related to digitalization and algorithms, addressing digital transformation, reading as a cultural practice, and occupational health, as well as the pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications of natural compounds.
