ERASMUS SUMMER SCHOOL
Digital Rights & Freedoms
CYBER-CRIME & CYBER-SECURITY (3CS)
1-9 July 2023, Bucharest, Romania
Registration deadline: May 31
Individual rights and freedoms are universal and inalienable. They should be protected by all actors at the global level.
Digital rights are those that allow people to access, use, create and publish digital data, as well as to access and use computers, other electronic devices, and communications networks. Digital rights are an extension of individual rights in the Internet space.
Cybercrime is incurring an increasing cost on modern society and is arguably threatening the stability of our democracies. It consists of criminal acts committed online by using electronic communications networks and information systems. Cybercrime is a borderless issue that can be classified in three broad definitions: crimes specific to the internet, such as attacks against information systems or phishing (e.g. fake bank websites to solicit passwords enabling access to victims’ bank accounts), online fraud and forgery: large-scale fraud can be committed online through instruments such as identity theft, phishing, spam and malicious code, and illegal online content like child sexual abuse material, incitement to racial hatred, incitement to terrorist acts and glorification of violence, terrorism, racism and xenophobia.
Many types of serious crimes, including terrorism, trafficking in human beings, child sexual abuse and drugs trafficking, have moved online or are facilitated online. However, with new technologies also come new forms of criminal investigation, like large-scale data analysis and police trojans for covert surveillance. The effectiveness of such methods routinely raises questions regarding their effects on the constitutional rights of affected citizens.
During the Summer School there are approached practical challenges such as:
- Individual rights and freedoms in the Internet space (human rights, digital rights, universal rights)
- Cybercrime & cyber-security (concepts, modus operandi, and consequences)
- Specific types of online illegal actions (crimes, benefits, and trends)
- Cybercrimes and their impact on global society (disinformation, violent extremism, cyber-war)
- Crypto and anti-money laundering
- Vulnerable groups and vulnerabilities (children, religious groups, refugees)
The Summer School will cover a broad range of topics such as online identity construction, disinformation, hate speech and online harassment, online sex crimes, online frauds, illegal markets online, cyberwarfare, cyberterrorism and “political deviancy”, approaches to prevent and counter cybercrimes and the future of cybercrimes. It will bring together researchers and professionals at the cutting edge of cybersecurity to share their knowledge with the participants.
The Program also offers the opportunity for networking and cultural activities – few touristic objectives in Bucharest will be visited and a trip to Dracula Castle or Danube Delta will be organised, based on the interest of the participants.
Target group:
Students in law, security studies, political sciences, economics, social sciences and other related areas are strongly invited to attend the 10-days Summer School (3 ECTS) in Bucharest, Romania. It is not required to have specific prior knowledge in the field. As an interdisciplinary summer school, all courses will be aimed at beginners in the area. English speaking students who are interested in better understanding cybercrime and cyber-security are welcome to apply before 1 of June 2023.
Summer School coordinator:
Silvia Tabusca, PhD – Lecturer in International Law and Human Rights Law
Credits: 3 ECTS
Fees information:
- There is no fee for students
- EUR 400 accommodation in our on-campus student hostel in a single room (EUR 200 in a double room). The hostel is inside the campus and there are also different meal options available close-by (inside the hostel is a cafeteria, there are 3 other restaurant/cafeterias in a range of 5 minutes-walk from the school).
For EU students only: participants may receive 70 EUR/day for their transportation, accommodation and food in Romania from their university’s ERASMUS Office budget (please check with your ERASMUS office the availability of such a financial support). So, each student should receive EUR 630 for 9 days in Romania.
Registration deadline: Registration should be done before the 1st of May, by the online form HERE – https://forms.office.com/e/aKk2CRTj18
AGENDA
DAY 1 and DAY 2 Cultural activities in Bucharest
DAY 3 Individual rights and freedoms in the Internet space
10:00 – 10:30 Welcoming coffee
10:30 – 11:00 Introductory remarks
Silvia TĂBUȘCĂ, PhD, Director, Center for Human Rights and Migration, RAU
11:00 – 13:00 PART 1 – Topic
Expert, institution (tbc)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00 PART 2 – Topic
Expert, institution (tbc)
16:00 – 17:00 PART 3 – Practical activity
Expert, institution (tbc)
DAY 4 Cybercrime & cyber-security
10:00 – 10:30 Welcoming coffee
10:30 – 11:00 Introductory remarks
Silvia TĂBUȘCĂ, PhD, Director, Center for Human Rights and Migration, RAU
11:00 – 13:00 PART 1 – Topic
Expert, institution (tbc)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00 PART 2 – Topic
Expert, institution (tbc)
16:00 – 17:00 PART 3 – Practical activity
Expert, institution (tbc)
DAY 5 Specific types of online illegal actions
10:00 – 10:30 Welcoming coffee
10:30 – 11:00 Introductory remarks
Silvia TĂBUȘCĂ, PhD, Director, Center for Human Rights and Migration, RAU
11:00 – 13:00 PART 1 – Topic
Expert, institution (tbc)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00 PART 2 – Topic
Expert, institution (tbc)
16:00 – 17:00 PART 3 – Practical activity
Expert, institution (tbc)
DAY 6 Cybercrimes and their impact on global society/Crypto and anti-money laundering
10:00 – 10:30 Welcoming coffee
10:30 – 11:00 Introductory remarks
Silvia TĂBUȘCĂ, PhD, Director, Center for Human Rights and Migration, RAU
11:00 – 13:00 PART 1 – Topic
Expert, institution (tbc)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00 PART 2 – Topic
Expert, institution (tbc)
16:00 – 17:00 PART 3 – Practical activity
Expert, institution (tbc)
DAY 7 Vulnerable groups and vulnerabilities
10:00 – 10:30 Welcoming coffee
10:30 – 11:00 Introductory remarks
Silvia TĂBUȘCĂ, PhD, Director, Center for Human Rights and Migration, RAU
11:00 – 13:00 PART 1 – Topic
Expert, institution (tbc)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00 PART 2 – Topic
Expert, institution (tbc)
16:00 – 17:00 PART 3 – Practical activity
Expert, institution (tbc)
DAY 8 and DAY 9 Cultural trip to Dracula’s Castle or Danube Delta
ERASMUS SUMMER SCHOOL
CYBER-CRIME & CYBER-SECURITY (3CS)
Bucharest, Romania
The Summer School is organised by the Romanian-American University and takes place during 1-9 July 2023 in Bucharest, Romania. It must gather at least 2 other universities as partners, besides the Romanian-American University (RAU), coming from 2 different Programme Countries (EU, EEA, Turkey, Serbia). All Partners must have Erasmus agreements in place (our RAU ERASMUS Office can sign any bilateral Erasmus agreement in approximative 2 days). The Summer School must gather at least 15 students from EU countries. We kindly invite you to be our partner university for this event.
A Partner university should be a university that is interested in sending students to this summer school and/or a lecturer in the field of cyber-crime or cyber-security. The Partner university should have ERASMUS funds to support the participation of its students in the summer school. Each student would receive 70 EUR/day for their transportation, accommodation, and food in Romania from the budget of the Partner university’s ERASMUS Office. So, students should receive EUR 630 for 9 days. The ERASMUS Office of the Partner institution has the legal bases to fund 2 extra days besides those mentioned in the agenda of the summer school, if they can afford and wish to offer extra financial support to the participating students. The Partner universities may also send lecturers for school activities, and they should also be financed by the Partner’s ERASMUS Office.
The recommended guest lecturers who are representatives from the business environment/NGOs (but NOT professors from universities), can be supported by RAU under the following regulations: with a fee of 140 EUR/day (minimum 2-days teaching activities) and transportation covered within the below “bands”:
Travel distances | In case of standard travel | In case of green travel |
Between 10 and 99 KM: | 23 EUR per participant | |
Between 100 and 499 KM: | 180 EUR per participant | 210 EUR per participant |
Between 500 and 1999 KM: | 275 EUR per participant | 320 EUR per participant |
Between 2000 and 2999 KM: | 360 EUR per participant | 410 EUR per participant |
Between 3000 and 3999 KM: | 530 EUR per participant | 610 EUR per participant |
Between 4000 and 7999 KM: | 820 EUR per participant | |
8000 KM or more: | 1500 EUR per participant |
Summer School coordinator: Silvia Tabusca, PhD, silvia.tabusca@rau.ro