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internaTIONAL PH.D. in criminologY
.01 who we are
International Ph.D. in Criminology
The vision of the International Ph.D. Programme in Criminology is to
vision become the programme of choice for highly qualified students seeking an
advanced research degree in Criminology. Interdisciplinary work and
research are the core of its activity. Its aim is to promote innovative and
dynamic thinking by blending theory and practice in the fields of
criminology, criminal justice, and crime prevention.
The International Ph.D. in Criminology seeks to prepare graduates to meet
mission traditional and emerging standards of excellence in criminology. This is
achieved through a specially-designed training, research, and teaching
programme. Ph.D. graduates are expected to pursue their career in
academia, research, law enforcement, international organizations, industry,
or consulting.
the organizational structure
Transcrime
Transcrime, the Research Centre on Transnational Crime of the Università
Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan, offers an integrated group of strengths and
capabilities in criminology and criminal justice. Ph.D. candidates will be given
the opportunity to carry out their assignments in a stimulating environment
enriched by the participation of outstanding lecturers with leading roles in
academic institutions, institutional bodies, law enforcement, and business
organizations, and who are renowned at a national, European and international
level. Its excellence in research is demonstrated by continued international
funding in this area (projects under the 6th and the 7th Framework Programme,
Horizon 2020 and DG Home Affairs). Today Transcrime is an international point
of reference for international scholars investigating crime from legal, sociological
and economic perspectives. Agreements with the associated universities, as well
as the lectures given by members of the Academic Board, pave the way for
specialised research and offer promising possibilities of entry into research or
other professions where an in-depth knowledge of this field is required.
1 2.02 Partner Universities .03 academic board
International Ph.D. in Criminology Dottorato Internazionale in Criminologia
• Coordinator: Prof. Francesco CALDERONI - Faculty of Political and Social Sciences,
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano (Italy)
Università degli Studi di Bergamo (IT)
• Prof. Marcelo AEBI - Ecole des sciences criminelles, UNIL-Université de Lausanne (Switzerland)
• Prof. Georgios ANTONOPOULOS - School of Social Sciences, Business & Law,
Università degli Studi di Firenze (IT) Teesside University, Middlesbrough (UK)
University of Leeds (UK) • Prof. Stefano BECUCCI - Department of Educational Sciences and Cultural and Formative Processes,
Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy)
UNIL - Université de Lausanne (CH) • Prof. Paolo BUONANNO - Department of Management, Economics and Quantitative Methods,
Università degli Studi di Bergamo (Italy)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (ES) • Prof. Stefano CANEPPELE - Ecole des sciences criminelles, UNIL-Université de Lausanne (Switzerland)
• Prof. Clotilde CHAMPEYRACHE - Department of Economics, Université Paris 8 (France)
Univerza v Mariboru (SI)
• Prof. Hans DE DOELDER - Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands)
• Dr. Joras FERWERDA - Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, Universiteit Utrecht (Netherlands)
Università degli Studi di Messina (IT)
• Prof. Andrea GIMENEZ-SALINAS - Institute of Forensic Sciences and Security, Universidad Autónoma
de Madrid (Spain)
Teesside University (UK)
• Prof. Anita HEBER - Department Of Criminology, Stockholms Universitet (Sweden)
Université Paris 8 (FR)
• Prof. Edward KLEEMANS - Faculty of Law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL) • Dr. Maurizio LISCIANDRA - Department of Economics, Università degli Studi di Messina (Italy)
Stockholms Universitet (SE) • Prof. Marco LOMBARDI - Department of Sociology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano (Italy)
Universiteit Utrecht (NL) • Prof. Gorazd MEŠKO - Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, Univerza v Mariboru (Slovenia)
• Prof. Ernesto U. SAVONA - Director of Transcrime, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano (Italy)
• Prof. Dina SIEGEL - Willem Pompe Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology,
Universiteit Utrecht (Netherlands)
• Prof. Henk G. VAN DE BUNT - Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands)
• Eni Corporate University
ph.d. • Prof. David S. WALL - School of Law, Leeds University (UK)
partners • Guccio Gucci S.p.A.
• Philip Morris International
3 4.04 Strengths of the Ph.D.
International Ph.D. in Criminology
international
professors and
researchers
A number of the members of the Academic
ENGLISH
Board who lecture and tutor in the Ph.D.
Programme are key international professors
and researchers in criminology and related
privatE AND
All the activities of the disciplines.
Ph.D. are in English.
This includes lectures, DOCTOR public FUNDINGS
seminars, the Ph.D. thesis
and the final EUROPAEUS
defense. The International Ph.D. Programme in Criminology has
always received scholarships from public and private
Ph.D. candidates who
bodies, in addition to those awarded by universities.
successfully complete a
In particular, private companies such as ADT, Eni Corporate
period of study and research
University, Guccio Gucci S.p.A., Philip Morris International,
abroad, in one of the partner
Pirelli, TIM and Telecom Italia, associated universities such
universities, may be awarded
as the University of Teramo, and public institutions such as
the additional title of Doctor
the High Commission for the Struggle against Counterfeiting
finanCIAL Europaeus.
and the autonomous Province of Trento award - or have
support previously awarded - additional scholarships.
Every year, the Ph.D. offers a number
of scholarships amounting to career
€ 13,600 per candidate per year to
the candidates ranking best in the
opportunities
admission procedure.
Since the beginning of the 2nd year, Candidates awarded the
Transcrime will increase the monthly International Ph.D. in
scholarship for Ph.D. candidates up to Criminology can access to
€ 1,300 net. and Ph.D. candidates will career opportunities in the
have a budget for research expenses in Direct academic world, public and
the amount of 10% of the scholarship.
In order to favour the international involvement private sector, NGOs and
international organizations.
scope of the Ph.D., the admitted
candidates residing abroad and those Direct involvement of Ph.D.
europeAN proJECTS International Ph.D. in
Criminology graduates are
who hold a Master Degree from a foreign candidates who have been currently working at:
university may be refunded up to € 5,000 awarded scholarships in the Università degli Studi di Trento,
Transcrime has carried out more than
for documented travel and lodging research activities carried out Università degli Studi
100 research projects, mostly as
expenses incurred during the 1st year of by Transcrime. Ph.D. Milano-Bicocca, Università
coordinator. Most of these studies have
Ph.D. due to their moving to Milan. candidates will participate in Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di
been funded by national authorities,
In case the candidate undertakes a international and national Milano, United Nations Office for
European and international institutions,
study period abroad, the scholarship research projects, and will Drugs and Crime, European
among them Horizon 2020, European
may be increased by a minimum of 50%. assist with their organization Commission, Eurojust, Louis
Commission - DG Home Affairs, Italian
and management. Home Office, Regione Trentino, Regione Vuitton, PWC, SNAM, Small Arms
Lombardia. Survey, UNICRI, Save the Children.
5 6.05 education .05 education
International Ph.D. in Criminology International Ph.D. in Criminology
PAST Challenges in producing and using crime data, an international perspective
Ph.D. candidates will attend courses Dr. Enrico Bisogno, UNODC
LECTURES
ph.d. specifically organised for the Ph.D. programme Comparative Criminology
aimed at providing in-depth knowledge of
courses specific topics (1st and 2nd year candidates).
Prof. Marcelo Aebi - Prof. Antonia Linde, UNIL-Université de Lausanne -
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
given by
visiting Contemporary cyber threat
professors to Dr. Patrice Reveillac, IT Forensic specialist at Gendarmerie National
The Ph.D. candidates will attend Master courses students Corruption
aimed at completing and strengthening the attending Prof. Alberto Vannucci, Università di Pisa
candidates’ background (1st year candidates). The recent Ph.D.
necessary course work to be carried out is defined cycles Crime in the International Diamond Trade
upon admission to the Programme. Course work is Prof. Dina Siegel, Universiteit Utrecht
master defined in accordance with each candidate’s
curriculum. Master courses will include a final
Cybercrime
Dr. David Décary-Hétu, Université de Montréal
courses examination. Additionally, Ph.D. candidates will
Cybercrime and Counterfeiting
prepare a paper (in English) on a topic agreed
upon with the Professor of the course(s). Graduate Prof. David Wall, University of Leeds
courses may include: Economics of Crime
Dr. Maurizio Lisciandra, Università degli Studi di Messina
• Statistics and advanced statistics
Economics of Crime and Organized Crime Network
• Criminal law and procedure (Italian and
Prof. Giovanni Mastrobuoni, University of Essex
comparative)
• Methodology of criminological research Genocide and international law
• Criminology and Applied Criminology Prof. Chris Eskridge, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Human Smuggling
Prof. Gabriella E. Sanchez, The University of Texas at El Paso
Mathematical simulation of crime hotspots project: a multi-disciplinary
approach to understanding, predicting, and controlling urban crime
The Ph.D. candidates, under the guidance of senior
Reading
Prof. George E. Tita, University of California
researchers, will complete a literature review(s) on a
Migration and Crime
specific topic relating to the candidate’s research
interests (1st year candidates).
lists Prof. Luigi Solivetti, Sapienza-Università di Roma
Organised Crime
Prof. Henk G. Van de Bunt, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Organising Criminal Trade
Ph.D. candidates will attend intensive
Prof. Petrus C. van Duyne, Tilburg University
lectures by lectures by visiting professors from leading
foreign and national universities. Visiting Situational Crime Prevention
VISITING professors will give lectures on innovative Prof. Ronald V. Clarke, Rutgers University
PROFESSORS
issues in criminology and criminal justice Social Network Analysis
(see examples on the right). Prof. Mangai Natarajan, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Terrorism
Dr. Manuela Caiani, Institute for Advanced Studies
7 8.05 education .05 education
International Ph.D. in Criminology International Ph.D. in Criminology
Research Teaching activities
Ph.D. candidates will collaborate on Transcrime’s on-going Ph.D. candidates may tutor students from
Participation research projects. Candidates will be given increasing project Course the BA and the MA programmes of the
in research responsibilities. On reaching the 3rd year of the Programme, Tutoring Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at
candidates will be expected to be able to coordinate a research the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of
projects project (under the supervision of Professor Savona and other Milan. This will include assisting course
senior researchers). professors with class management,
assignments, examinations, and marking.
Ph.D. candidates may tutor students from
the BA and the MA programmes of the
Dissertation
Article for
Ph.D. candidates will write a paper on a topic relating to their
research interests under the supervision of the coordinator and Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at Tutoring
a scientific their tutor (2nd and 3rd year candidates). Candidates are the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of
Milan in writing their final dissertations.
expected to submit at least one paper to an international peer
journal reviewed journal by the end of the 2nd year. This will include coaching students and
correcting documents in collaboration with
course professors.
Ph.D. candidates may hold workshops and
Following the Board approval, Ph.D. candidates will be able to
spend a period of study and research abroad. They may choose Workshops seminars for students on the BA and the MA
Period programmes of the Faculty of Political and social
whether to go to a foreign university or a research institution. It is
and seminars sciences at the Università Cattolica del Sacro
also possible to spend a period abroad working in an organization abroad Cuore of Milan (2nd and 3rd year candidates).
dealing with crime at an international level, such as the United
These activities will cover research and writing
Nations, the World Bank, the IMF, Interpol, the Council of Europe,
skills, along with specific seminars on a topic
Eurojust, Europol, the International office of the Italian Ministry of
related to the candidate’s research interests.
Justice, or the Research and Documentation Centre of the Ministry
of Justice of the Netherlands. Additionally, private enterprises
offering scholarships may host one or more students to study
topics such as business security and cybercrime.
Ph.D. candidates will write a Ph.D. thesis to
complete the Programme. The thesis is expected Ph.D.
to reach the standard of a publishable book, that thesis
is the standard used when acting as a referee for
a refereed journal article or a book proposed to
an international publisher.
9 10.06 STUDY course .06 STUDY course
International Ph.D. in Criminology International Ph.D. in Criminology
The final defense will be held before a commission
RESEARCH PROJECT FORMULATION
1ST Final
composed of at least three professors from Italian and
foreign universities, two of which are not members of the
year By the end of the 1st year, Ph.D. candidates are expected to submit:
DEFENSE Academic Board. The defense, public and entirely in English,
an activity report, a research project and a paper addressing the topic of their includes the presentation of research and results by the
Ph.D. thesis (in particular the selection of a topic, a literature review, the candidate and questions by the commissioners. The
identification of knowledge gaps, the identification of one or more research commission will award the title of Ph.D. in Criminology to
issues on which to focus and a presentation of the research topic). candidates authoring innovative studies of high quality at
Ph.D. candidates will be required to defend their research project and topic the international level.
formulation before the Academic Board. The Academic Board will decide on a
candidate’s admission to the 2nd year of the Programme.
Prof. Marcelo Aebi
UNIL-Université de Lausanne
RESEARCH PROJECT AND SCIENTIFIC PAPER
2nd Ph.D. candidates will further advance their research through reports, which
previous Prof. Giovanna Laura De Fazio
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
year will be discussed individually or in a seminar format every two months. commissions Prof. Martin Killias
By the end of the 2nd year Ph.D. candidates should submit: an activity report, Universität Zürich
a research project, a book review, a draft of the first two chapters of the
thesis, and a paper approved by an international peer reviewed journal. The Prof. Krzysztof Krajewski
paper should ideally address the topic of the candidate’s thesis. Ph.D. Uniwersytet Jagielloński
candidates will be required to defend their research project and paper before Prof. Isabella Merzagora Betsos
the Academic Board. The Academic Board will decide on a candidate’s Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
admission to the 3rd year of the Programme.
Prof. HenK G. Van De Bunt
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Prof. Paul Ponsaers
COMPLETION OF THE PH.D. THESIS Universiteit Gent
Prof. Dina Siegel
3rd Ph.D. candidates will complete their research and finalize their Ph.D. thesis.
Universiteit Utrecht
The state of a candidate’s advancement through the process will be assessed
year in periodic meetings. By the end of the 3rd year Ph.D. candidates should Prof. Gert Vermeulen
submit: an activity report and a draft of the final Ph.D thesis. Universiteit Gent
Admission to the final examination will follow a procedure ensuring the high Prof. David S. Wall
quality of the Ph.D. thesis and research. The draft of the final thesis will be University of Leeds
assessed by the candidate’s tutor and two other external referees with
competence in the thesis topic. The thesis must attain the standard of a Prof. Damián Zaitch
publishable paper or book, that is the standard applied when acting as a Universiteit Utrecht
referee for a refereed journal article or a book proposed to an international Prof. Hans Nelen
publisher. On the basis of the judgment of tutor and external referees, the Maastricht University
Academic Board will suggest the candidate whether or not to submit the thesis
to the Examination Commission for the final examination.
11 12.07 admission .07 admission
International Ph.D. in Criminology International Ph.D. in Criminology
The evaluation for the admission to the Ph.D. is based on (also for those
candidates receiving a positive assessment after the pre-application process):
It is possible to participate in an informal pre-application process at
Informal any moment of the year by sending an email to the Coordinator of The a) curriculum vitae and other titles
b) research proposal
application
the Ph.D. (Prof. Francesco Calderoni, francesco.calderoni@unicatt.it) or evaluation c) phone or video (e.g. via Skype) interview
to Transcrime’s Secretariat (transcrime@unicatt.it) and attaching an
English CV. Afterwards, the candidate may be invited to submit a
The assessment is based on a 0 to 70-point scale according to the following
research proposal in English and to participate in a phone or Skype
criteria:
interview to discuss the proposal.
• Points a) and b) may receive between 0 and 20 points each. Only
The candidate will receive an evaluation from the Coordinator with
candidates totalling at least 30 points are admitted to the interview.
two possible results:
The results of the assessment of points a) and b) are communicated to the
candidate by email along with the possible interview invitation within 20
a) positive assessment, exempting the candidate from sending a
days from the expiry of the call for applications.
research proposal and participating in the interview after the
• Point c) may receive between 0 and 30 points. The interview must be in
publication of call for applications. The candidate will formalize
English and will aim at discussing the candidate’s motivation and research
his/her application, after the publication of the call, by sending the
proposal, as well as providing an answer to any questions the candidate may have.
requested documentation by email to transcrime@unicatt.it.
Only candidates receiving at least 20 points may be admitted to the Ph.D.
b) negative assessment, allowing to submit a formal application after
The final ranking is given by the sum of the scores achieved in points a), b), and
having substantially revised the research proposal during the formal
c). Candidates are admitted according to the ranking, up to the number of
application period.
available positions.
The call for applications is published every year (in general at the end
Scholarships
Every year, one or more scholarships are awarded to promising candidates
application of July) and is available in English and Italian at the webpage of the
Ph.D. Office (http://milano.unicatt.it/dottorati-bandi).
enrolled in the International Ph.D. in Criminology. Their number may vary
each year. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of a ranking drawn up by
Candidates must fill the application form available (after the the Selection Committee. This ranking is based on the results of the
publication of the call for applications) at: selection procedure.
http://milano.unicatt.it/dottorati-bandi. Every year, the Ph.D. offers a number of scholarships amounting to
The application and the documents requested in the call for € 13,600 per candidate per year to the candidates ranking best in the
applications must be sent in pdf format to transcrime@unicatt.it, within admission procedure. Since the beginning of the 2nd year, Transcrime will
the deadline indicated in the call for applications. increase the monthly scholarship for Ph.D. candidates up to € 1,300 net.
and Ph.D. candidates will have a budget for research expenses in the
amount of 10% of the scholarship. In order to favour the international
scope of the Ph.D., the admitted candidates residing abroad and those
Each candidate must send a research proposal in English for who hold a Master Degree from a foreign university may be refunded up
his/her Ph.D. thesis. The proposal should be divided in the The research to € 5,000 for documented travel and lodging expenses incurred during
the 1st year of Ph.D. due to their moving to Milan. In case the candidate
following sections: review of the state-of-the-art; research
problem and questions; objectives and methodology; expected proposal undertakes a study period abroad, the scholarship may be increased by a
results and possible limitations. minimum of 50%.
The research proposal must not exceed 20 thousand characters
(bibliography included).
admission Ph.D. candidates are required to pay a fee to access the
fees
Programme amounting to € 2,000 per year, payable by
two installments.
13 14.08 career opportunities .08 career opportunities
International Ph.D. in Criminology International Ph.D. in Criminology
Serena Bressan Federica Curtol
Academic Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law of the International Researcher at Eurojust
Università degli Studi di Trento (Italy)
career organizations Nicole Maric
Francesco Calderoni Crime Prevention Expert at UNODC – United
Associate Professor at the Università Cattolica del Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Sacro Cuore di Milano (Italy)
Irene Pavesi
Stefano Caneppele Researcher at Small Arms Survey
Associate Professor at the Ecole des sciences
criminelles, UNIL-Université de Lausanne (Switzerland) Fabrizio Sarrica
Research Officer at UNODC - United Nations
Andrea Cauduro Office on Drugs and Crime
Research Fellow in Criminology at the Faculty of Law
of the Università degli Studi di Trento (Italy)
Stefania Crocitti
Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law of the
Università degli Studi di Bologna (Italy) ngos Eva Lo Iacono
Project Officer and researcher at Save the
Serena Favarin Children
Research Fellow in Criminology at the Faculty of
Political and Social Sciences of the Università
Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano (Italy)
Valeria Ferraris
Contract Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences
at the Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy) private Francesca Calovi
Anticounterfeiting Manager at LVMH Louis
sector Vuitton
Luca Giommoni
Lecturer in Criminology at the Cardiff School of Social Sara Martocchia
Sciences (Wales) Senior Manager at PWC
Marina Mancuso Alessia Ruccio
Researcher at Transcrime (Italy) Change Management and Internal
Communication at SNAM
Ester Massa
Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Federica Sarno
Winchester (UK) Loss Prevention Specialist at Yoox
Net-A-Porter Group
Fiamma Terenghi
Research Fellow in Criminology at the Faculty of Law
of the Università degli Studi di Trento (Italy)
15 16.09 Save the date .10
International Ph.D. in Criminology International Ph.D. in Criminology
CONTACTS
ALL YEAR LONG TRANSCRIME - Milan
It is possible to participate in an informal pre-application Official website: www.transcrime.it/en
procedure by sending CV and research proposal to the E-mail: transcrime@unicatt.it
Coordinator of the Ph.D. (Prof. Francesco Calderoni, Telephone: +39 02 7234 3715/6
francesco.calderoni@unicatt.it) and eventually to participate in
a phone or Skype interview to discuss the proposal. Main Office
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – MILAN
The positive evaluation exempts the candidate from sending a www.unicatt.it
research proposal and participating in the interview after the
publication of call for applications. Coordinator of the Ph.D. programme
Prof. Francesco Calderoni
E-mail: francesco.calderoni@unicatt.it
JULY
The call for applications is published in the Ph.D. section on
the website of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
Candidates should send the documents requested in the call https://www.facebook.com/Transcrime
for applications and a research proposal in English for his/her
Ph.D. thesis.
https://twitter.com/transcrime
SEPTEMBER
in
Interviews in English.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/transcrime
NOVEMBER
Start of the International Ph.D. in Criminology activities.
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