Doctoral Schools at the Faculty of Communication Sciences

The Faculty of Communication Sciences offers three Graduate Schools:

CROSS-FertilizatIon betwEen formal and informal Learning through Digital technologies (CROSS-FIELD)
La scuola dottorale CROSS-FIELD, finanziata dal FNS, indaga il tema dell'apprendimento informale, e di come le tecnologie digitali possono aiutare a promuoverlo; inoltre, si occupa di come meglio integrare e orchestrare apprendimento formale e informale in diversi contesti formativi. È una collaborazione tra USI, UNISG e EPFL.

Doctoral school on Communication & Health
The doctoral school on Communication & Health is a programme focused on communication and health research involving different research groups (University of Lugano, Institute of Communication & Health of the Faculty of Communication Sciences and the Center for Organizational Research of the Faculty of Economics, University of Neuchâtel–Institut de Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations, University of Zurich–Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, and Virginia Tech, USA, Center for Marketing and Consumer Health), that together seek to integrate communication, psychological, social marketing and organizational research to better understand communication and health issues and to maximize health outcomes.

Doctoral program Argumentation Practices in Context (ARGUPOLIS)
The doctoral program Argumentation Practices in Context (ARGUPOLIS) develops a joint research and training program for PhD students focused on the study of argumentation practices in different social contexts. ARGUPOLIS creates an interdisciplinary network of excellence with regard to argumentation in context, based in Switzerland but strongly connected with the international research community.