An annual student-led event in Paris, with the support of Alliance.
Created in the fall 2002, the Alliance Program is a non-profit transatlantic joint venture between Columbia University and three prestigious French institutions: the École Polytechnique, Sciences Po, and Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
The Alliance Graduate Summer School originated as a student-led initiative in 2012 as an effort to promote interdisciplinary exchanges between doctoral and high-level master’s students at Alliance institutions researching the nexus of science and policy. The Summer School brings together world-class professors, industry experts, policy makers and PhD students for a week-long event that fosters an exchange of ideas, intellectual discourse, and joint-learning opportunities through a mixture of guest speakers and workshops.
Program details for this year’s school are available here.
The 2026 Alliance Summer School will take place from June 2nd to June 5th in Paris, France.
Past editions:
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