IRCIT

IRCIT (International Research Center for Inclusion and Teacher Training) is an Interuniversity Research Center, established in agreement between Università Europea di Roma (Italy) and Instituto Politecnico de Castelo Branco (Portugal). IRCIT carries out all activities related to a fruitful development of knowledge of the themes of scholastic and social inclusion together with the training of teachers of all types and schools, putting in place all the forms necessary for the development of the subject.
To this end, it is proposed to:

• • promote and carry out scientific research activities in the field of school and social inclusion and teacher training;

• • organize national and international courses, seminars, activities and refresher courses and study conferences

• • promote scientific debate, take care of the publication of articles, texts, manuals, journals, bibliographic indexes, and to offer adequate support for teaching on the subject;

• • favour the exchange of information between researchers in the sector, also in the framework of collaboration with other university institutes or departments, even if not members of the Interuniversity Center, with national and international research organizations and with research units established in research structures of Italian and foreign public and private entities;

• • stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration initiatives;

• • collaborate in research and development activities with public and private entities, based on specific agreements and/or through scientific dissemination initiatives, symposia, schools;

• • establish research awards or grants for the achievement of the Centre's goals, in compliance with current legislation.