Summer Schools

The European Virtual Centre of Excellence Humanist organizes training courses, scientific workshops and summer schools for professionals in the area of road transport and information and communication technology.

The Summer School is intended for engineers, industrials, researchers, consultants, public bodies in the following fields: transportation and traffic, information and communication system design, automotive/truck and bus/ powered‐two‐wheeler industry, human factors and ergonomics, psychology and sociology.

During the Summer Schools, lectures, discussions and practical exercises involved the participants in an active way, learning about recent developments in the HUMANIST research areas and new methodologies.

Get Ready for Summer School 2025!


We’re excited to announce that preparations are underway for next year’s Summer School! 🏫✨ Get ready for three incredible days of innovative workshops, expert speakers, and invaluable networking opportunities. 🎓🚀

Whether you’re looking to expand your knowledge, connect with like-minded peers, or gain insights from leading professionals, this event is shaping up to be our best yet! 🔥💡

Stay tuned for updates – you won’t want to miss it!

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engineers, industrials, researchers, consultants, public bodies

Loughborough 2024

The Summer School is intended for engineers, industrials, researchers, consultants, public bodies in the fields of transportation and traffic, information and communication, system design, automotive/truck and bus/ powered‐two‐wheeler industry, human factors and ergonomics, psychology and sociology.

Loughborough University
Epinal Way
Loughborough LE11 3TU
United Kingdom

3 to 5 July 2024

engineers, industrials, researchers, consultants, public bodies

Previous Summer Schools

Vienna 2022
The HUMANIST Summer School was held in Vienna, Austria, from 14th to 16th September 2022.

Main topic of this Summer School session was "Human Factors, Automated Driving and Active Mobility with 2 focusses:
Psychological fitness to manage automated driving
Changing mobility behaviour towards more active travel: measuring 'experience' and cultural factors
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Presentations are available for participants at the link below. Please connect with the email address used to register to the Summer School!

Lyon 2019
The HUMANIST Summer School was organized on 9 to 11 July in Lyon, France.

The Humanist Summer School 2019 provided good insight into research in the area of Human Factors issues linked to the autonomous car challenge. The Summer School is a meeting place for Young and Senior Researchers, PhD or Professionals and offered plenty of opportunities to interact! 

The presentations given during the Summer School are now accessible at the link below. Note, the link will only work for the Summer School participants.

Vigo 2017
The HUMANIST Summer School was held on 13, 14 & 15 September 2017 in Vigo, Spain hosted by CTAG.

Summer School lectures were the following:
Human factors issues for vehicle automation
Safety-research on agenda on automation, our research on Transitions of Control or workload
Metodologies to investigate acceptability, trust, situation awareness, and workload in the context of autonomous vehicle
How the central human issues and questions are changing when automation is increasing in the transport system. Definition of issues and measures in road transport rising from human actors´ point of view will be based on a review of human behaviour theories
Infrastructure-based communication and interaction of the autonomous vehicle with vulnerable road users
Older drivers and Driving Automation