SuXr: University Students for Refugees

SuXr, the University Students for Refugees project, a training course that the University launched in the academic year 2015/2016, aims to raise awareness and stimulate a critical reflection on forced migrations, to inform on the issue while inviting the student community to participate in volunteering initiatives - through a learning by doing approach.

Now in its 10th year, SuXr offers University students an interdisciplinary learning opportunity on forced migration and on the issues deriving from integration processes, topics that are increasingly important for active citizenship and that can involve a variety of areas of study and different skills.

The training experience

The participants will take part in 8 training sessions of 2.5 hours each, on Fridays from 14:30 to 17:00.
The lectures will be given mostly by University professors from different Departments and Centres and will feature testimonies from representatives of third sector organizations. After the training part, the participants will have the opportunity to volunteer at one of the associations and organizations recognised by the University.

The event is free of charge and the meetings will be held in Italian.

The volunteer experience

On 12 December, from 14:30 to 17:00, a meeting will be held at Palazzo Prodi to present the associations that will host volunteers. At the end of the training, the participants can make contact with the organizations they are more interested in to start the volunteering experience (75 hours to be volunteered by 31 December 2026). The activities will be different from one association to another.

At the end of the training, participants will obtain a certificate of participation based on the hours volunteered and the activities carried out. Credits (ECTS) are recognized by individual Departments and Centers based on their procedures, and they may count as an internship, as elective credits, or as supernumerary credits. The award of credits through the participation in the SuXr project can only take place once in the university career.

To find out which rules apply to your degree programme, contact the Education and Student Services Office of your Department, Centre or School.

Scientific coordinator

Paolo Turrini, Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law

Associations and organisations participating in the project

• Associazione di Ricerca-Azione Sociale - ARAS
• Associazione provinciale per i minori - APPM
• Associazione Trentina Accoglienza Stranieri - ATAS Onlus
• Caritas – Diocesi di Bolzano e Bressanone
• Centro Astalli Trento
• Centro per la Pace, l’Ecologia e i Diritti Umani
• Circolo PINK Verona
• Consorzio italiano di Solidarietà Trieste
• Cooperativa K-Pax (Brescia)
• CSV Trentino
• Dalla Viva Voce
• Gruppo Immigrazione e Salute del Trentino (GrIS)
• I.C. Rovereto Sud
• Il Gioco degli Specchi
• Kaleidoscopio
• Mediterranea Saving Humans
• Progetto ALBA (Punto D'Approdo, La Strada/ Der Weg, Volontarius, Consis)
• SOS Villaggio del Fanciullo

Programme of the 10th Edition of Suxr

10 October 2025

Palazzo Prodi - Room 007

Storia e geopolitica delle migrazioni (History and geopolitics of migration)
Giuseppe Sciortino (University of Trento)

The experience of refugee students and workers 
Happiness Uwineza; Azada Barakzai; Suliman Conteh

17 October 2025

Palazzo Prodi - Room 004

Gli sguardi e le voci delle persone migranti (The gazes and voices of migrants)
Angela Alaimo (IC Rovereto Sud); Lorenzo Toniolo (Goethe University Frankfurt)

The experience of 
Cecilia Muscatella (Il Gioco degli Specchi)

24 October 2025

Palazzo Prodi - Room 007

Soccorso in mare, spazi e confini (Rescue at sea, spaces and borders)
Francesca De Vittor (Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore); Lorenzo Pezzani (University of Bologna)

The experience of
Sara Podetti (SOS Humanity)

31 October 2025

Palazzo Prodi - Room 007

La protezione internazionale e il ruolo dell'UNHCR (International protection and the role of UNHCR)
Chiara Tea Antonazzi (University of Trento)

The experience of 
Sara Reggio (UNHCR); Alessandro Gregnanin (Centro Astalli Trento)

7 November 2025

Palazzo Prodi - Room 007

Le vulnerabilità, tra medicina e psicologia (Weaknesses, between medicine and psychology)
Martina Cvajner (University of Trento); Anesa Bahtic (University of Trento)

The experience of 
Marialicia Scantamburlo and Bruna Zeni (GrIS)

14 November 2025

Palazzo Prodi - Room 007

Migrazioni, tratta e intersezionalità (genere, orientamento sessuale e identità di genere) (Migration, trafficking and intersectionality - Gender, sexual orientation and gender identity)
Francesca Decimo (University of Trento)

The experience of 
Gianni Zardini (Circolo PINK Verona); Gilda Violato (IOM); Nicolò Farinella (Progetto ALBA)

21 November 2025

Palazzo Prodi - Room 007

Accoglienza e inclusione delle persone migranti (Reception and inclusion of migrants)
Marta Tomasi (University of Trento)

The experience of 
Silvia Volpato (ATAS); Geraldina Botter (former SuXr student)

28 November 2025

Palazzo Prodi - Room 007

Politiche migratorie e nuove tecnologie (Migration policies and new technologies)
Simone Penasa (University of Trento); Georgios Glouftsios (University of Trento)

The experience of 
Giovanni Barbariol (ASGI)

12 December 2025

Palazzo Prodi - Room 005 and north hall

SuXr 10th Anniversary Celebration Event and Volunteer Fair 
Donata Borgonovo Re (University of Trento); Barbara Poggio (University of Trento)

Presentation of the associations and organizations that will host the volunteering experiences - Volunteering Fair in collaboration with CSV Trentino

Any changes to the programme for organizational reasons will be reported on this page.