Armament and Disarmament Summer School: 25-29 August 2025(Fully-funded)

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament (AMC) at Uppsala University invite purposes for the 2025 Armament and Disarmament Summer School to be held on 25–29 August. The 2025 Summer School will probably be held in cooperation with the Odesa Center for Nonproliferation (OdCNP).

Overview
Aimed to assist and reinvigorate disarmament training actions, the Armament and Disarmament Summer School is each a course and networking alternative for the following era of execs within the subject of disarmament, non-proliferation and arms management. The Summer School consists of a five-day programme of in-person lectures, seminars and coaching workshops on armament and disarmament issues that endeavours to develop information and expertise and to encourage and empower rising specialists to additional increase their experience in these essential points and past.

The course will characteristic quite a lot of alternatives and actions together with:

• Lectures and discussions on armament and disarmament by main consultants within the subject

• Skill-building workshops and coaching classes

• Visits to establishments engaged on points within the subject of armament and disarmament

The Summer School seeks to contribute to world efforts to create a robust group of extremely skilled like-minded peace researchers and practitioners from around the globe, who’re striving to form and promote a safe, peaceable and sustainable future.

Dates, location and price 
The Summer School will happen on 25–29 August 2025. It will probably be held in Sweden on the premises of SIPRI and the AMC at Uppsala University. The price of the course in addition to all important prices required for participation (together with prepare or air journey to Stockholm, visa prices, journey insurance coverage, native transportation in Sweden, meals and lodging) will probably be absolutely coated for all contributors. Other private bills will probably be on the participant’s personal price.

Eligibility 
The Summer School is for 25 extremely motivated college students, researchers, policymakers, practitioners or different junior professionals with a related profile from governmental or non-governmental organizations or assume tanks. Applicants will need to have a accomplished bachelor’s diploma earlier than the course begins and should be at present enrolled in, or have not too long ago graduated from, college. Applicants who’ve beforehand participated within the Summer School are usually not eligible.

The choice committee actively promotes range, fairness and inclusion when it comes to gender, geographic distribution and illustration throughout several types of educational disciplines amongst contributors. We particularly encourage ladies, members of underrepresented teams, and candidates from growing international locations to apply.

The programme will probably be performed in English with out the potential for interpretation or translation and requires a high-level of English language proficiency.

How to apply 
If eager about making use of for the Summer School, certified candidates ought to submit the next supplies in English:

• A resume/CV reflecting related educational and/or skilled expertise, together with the names of two references with contact particulars

• A one-page motivation letter (Why do you need to take this course? Why must you be chosen?)

Applications should be made by way of the shape within the vacancies part of SIPRI’s web site. Please entry the shape by way of the ‘apply’ button on the finish of this web page.

Apply

The cut-off date for purposes is 28 March 2025 (23:59 pm CEST).

All candidates will probably be notified of the result of their application no later than 2 May 2025.

Contact Persons

SIPRI occasions workforce, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), events@sipri.org