Doctoral curriculum related to the PhD course
The course consists of two curriculums: 1. Administration, markets and public policies; 2. Person, society and culture.
1. Administration, markets and public policies.
The interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary vocation that characterises the PhD programme is expressed in the "Administration, markets and public policies" curriculum with reference to the thematic focus on innovation, applied to public administration, markets and business and to public policies in their broadest sense.
With regard to the processes of innovation in the public administration, the curriculum focuses the lines of research and in-depth study on the dynamics relating to standards of effectiveness and management efficiency, in comparison with the best practices of other European countries; on the different articulations of digital citizenship; on the digitisation of processes and procedures; on the contractual activity of administrations, with a specific focus on procurement for innovation.
With regard to market innovation processes, the curriculum proposes transversal lines of research for understanding the general framework for regulating and conducting economic activities. The curriculum also aims to enable students to acquire the ability to develop autonomous and original research, as well as the necessary methodological tools for carrying out research activities, also through a critical view of the areas under analysis.
2. Person, society and culture.
The interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary vocation, which characterises the PhD programme, is declined in the "Person, society and culture" curriculum with regard to the theme of innovation, applied to the legal, social, economic, historical, political and sociological condition of the person, society and culture. The teaching and research activity moves from the concept of innovation and its definition and focuses on how the disciplines in the curriculum interact with it.
The curriculum aims to train doctoral students who can seize the opportunities provided by Ho-rizon Europe 2021-2027 and by national and international policies in favour of the NextGenerationEU, in coherence with the Sustainable Development Goals 2030-SDGs, in the areas investigated. Particular emphasis is given to the most recent perspectives of investigation offered by the contemporary world and globality, both in terms of the recognition of new rights and freedoms of the individual, inside and outside constitutional boundaries, and of new forms of relationship between the individual and institutions, with particular attention to the challenges posed by multiculturalism, biopolitics and artificial intelligence, as well as in terms of the evolution of historical processes and interconnection at the international level. The curriculum also investigates the potential arising from the application of technical innovation to the historical-cultural heritage, to be understood as a means for the creation of sustainable development and enhancement of the territory, the construction of collective identities and the creation of new production chains, starting with the renewal of tourism.
