
The Arca Initiative: Unlocking Psychological Expertise for Academic and Business Success
The Summer School in “The ARCA initiative: UNLOCKING PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERTISE FOR ACADEMIC AND BUSINESS SUCCESS” targets Master’s and PhD students.The goal is to provide advanced technical-methodological skills to students working in the psychological research field, enabling them to network and acquire innovative research tools in the field. Students will gain knowledge on experimental design, behavioural and neural data collection and analysis, statistical evaluation, and scientific reporting.
The Summer School consists of four independent weekly modules, led by academic and non-academic experts:
- Introduction to Programming (Matlab, Python and R) and PsychoPy led by the Developers form the University of Nottingham
- Electroencephalography (EEG) with EEGLAB and functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) with NeuroDOT for Psychology and Neuroscience - led by Prof. Adam Eggebrecht, the developer of NEURODOT, Arianna Schiano Lomoriello of DPSS and Prof. Marco Congedo of the University of Grenobles Alpes
- Pupillometry and Labvanced: Online Eye-Tracking led by Giulia Calignano of DPSS and the developer of Eye-tracking Dr. rer. nat. Caspar Goeke
- Statistical Analysis using R and Reporting using Quarto led by Prof. Livio Finos of DPSS and Ottavia Epifania of the University of Trento
KEY INFO
Dates:Monday, June 30th 2025 – Friday, July 25th 2025
Target:Master’s and PhD students
Maximum 30 participants
Language: English
Location: Padua
Fee:500euros per week / 20% fee waiver for students currently enrolled in / 50% fee waiver for Arqus students.
Please be advised that a maximum number of waivers might apply.
Contact:summerschool@unipd.it
Application dates:April 2nd 2025 - 20th May 2025
More information:
Application timeline and general information