It starts the ‘MILID Summer School 2025’

The Communication and Education Office at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, together with the Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT), UNESCO UNITWIN MILID Network, and the MIL Institute, is organizing a new edition of the MILID Summer School 2025.

The course, which will take place from July 4 to 16, 2025 at the UAB campus, will bring together a group of international students and experts in education, communication, and journalism to reflect on the major global challenges of our time.

In a world marked by polarization, armed conflicts, and the ethical challenges of technology, the program poses an urgent question: How can media and digital technology actively contribute to peace and global understanding?

Under the theme “MILID & Global Understanding”, the course will focus on the power of media, digital literacy, and artificial intelligence to build a more just, inclusive, and peaceful world.

The agenda will combine academic sessions, hands-on workshops, and institutional visits structured around three major areas:

• Communication and Journalism: featuring lectures on investigative journalism, science and gender, digital narratives, social media, and influencers, along with creative workshops on social impact communication campaigns.
• Artificial Intelligence: aimed at all profiles, this section covers the fundamentals of AI, machine learning, natural language processing, and robotics, with an ethical and human rights-centered approach.
• Law and Digital Society: offering an overview of the European legal framework on human rights, competition, international trade, immigration, and insolvency in a rapidly evolving technological context.

Among the highlights of this edition are the launch of the MILID Young Ambassadors initiative, which will connect young people from different countries committed to the values of media and information literacy, and the presentation of the MILID Global Action Plan, an international roadmap to promote collaboration in research, digital ethics, and human rights.

The official inauguration will take place on Friday, July 4 at 10:30 a.m. in the Faculty’s Aula Magna and will feature the session "MILID in the New Media Ecosystem" led by María José Recoder, Alexander Le Voci, and the course directors José Manuel Pérez Tornero and Samy Tayie.

With over 15 years of history, the MILID Summer School continues to establish itself as a space for learning, intercultural dialogue, and the training of leaders committed to social transformation. This new edition also builds on the work carried out during the Second International Conference “MILID & Global Understanding”, held in April 2025 at the Hotel Campus UAB, which aimed to strengthen global strategies against disinformation and hate speech in the digital age.

For more information about the MILID Summer School 2025, you can consult the attached program at the end of this news article.

The Communciation and Education Office is a consolidated and specialized group in scientific research and dissemination, part of the Department of Journalism and Communication Sciences at UAB. Recognized by AGAUR (Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca) of the Catalan Government as a Consolidated Research Group based on its track record, projection, and development, it conducts projects and research at the intersection of communication and education. Since its founding, the group has developed initiatives aimed at integrating communication technologies into the so-called global or knowledge society with awareness and freedom. Under the direction of Santiago Tejedor, the Gabinet organizes various specialized master's programs, such as the Master's in Travel Journalism (on-site and online), the Master's in Communication and Education, the Master's in Environmental Communication, and the Master's in Political and Electoral Communication Management. The group has a wide and constantly evolving collection of publications, including scientific articles, books, book chapters, and other projects. It also has a laboratory for innovative teaching projects, knowledge transfer, and new formats developed from a perspective rooted in creativity and multidisciplinary work. Each year, the Gabinet organizes an academic expedition that travels the world with students from different universities and disciplines. This is the Tahina-Can Expedition, awarded as the best educational project in Spain. It also manages the Tu Aventura portal, the InfoEDU educational platform, and the Reporteros de la Ciencia project, which combines newsgames and science.