Arts, Culture and Urban Sustainability in Rome Education Abroad Program

The principal objectives of this social science program in Rome, Italy are to introduce students to principles, patterns, and mechanisms of globalization, urbanization, socio-cultural and economic processes of change, and all explored through the lens of sustainability. The program focuses on current global dynamics in urban and economic development, geopolitics, global demographic patterns, social (in)equities and (in)equalities, and development disparities. Global environmental stresses, contemporary urban dynamics, and pressures of globalization and polarization are important foci of the program. The examination of urbanization and urban development processes in a globalizing world, and through the lens of sustainability, are central points of inquiry.

Promotional poster for Rome study abroad program

Rome 2025 Program Leader: Professor Igor Vojnovic (vojnovic@msu.edu)

View the Arts, Culture & Urban Sustainability in Rome, Summer 2024 Program presentation.

Read about the experiences of the 2022 Arts, Culture & Urban Sustainability in Rome Cohort.

Read about the experiences of a 2025 Arts, Culture & Sustainability in Rome Participant.

Read about the experiences of a 2023 Arts, Culture & Sustainability in Rome participant.

Poster advertising “Arts, Culture & Urban Sustainability in Rome,” a Michigan State University study program. It highlights themes of globalization, urban systems, and sustainability and includes a photo collage of students and faculty participating in academic and cultural activities around Rome