We are delighted to announce that applications are now open for our 2026 Summer Field Schools in Greece. This year’s programmes bring together community focused heritage practice, advanced digital documentation, and hands-on field experience. Both summer schools offer updated structures for 2026, including more flexible online learning, expanded field components, and a strong emphasis on collaboration, critical thinking, and practical application.

Engaging Communities in Cultural Heritage

Dates: 08 to 28 June 2026
Hybrid Programme: Online and Paros, Greece
Application Deadline: 1 March 2026
Deadline for Greek Living Heritage Network applicants: TBC

This programme explores how cultural heritage professionals can work with communities in meaningful, responsible, and sustainable ways. The online opening week introduces key concepts, participatory methods, community empowerment, and ethical engagement. The two-week in-person phase on Paros brings these ideas to life through field visits, workshops, and collaboration with local stakeholders. Participants gain valuable skills in communication, facilitation, co-creation, and community driven heritage interpretation, making this course ideal for practitioners, students, and researchers seeking a grounded approach to engagement.

Programme Structure

8 to 14 June: Online training programme

15 to 28 June: Field School in Paros, Greece

Read more and apply here. 

Digital Tools for Cultural Heritage Management

Dates: 24 April to 18 June 2026
Hybrid Programme: Online and Nafplio and Tolo, Greece
Application Deadline: 13 April 2026

The 2026 edition introduces a redesigned and extended online training format based on participant feedback and evolving professional needs. The new structure provides more time between online sessions to process material and practise techniques, more time between the online period and the field school to support preparation, no conventional lectures with trainers instead acting as supervisors and consultants, and a more on-demand and flexible learning model rather than a strict schedule.

Programme Structure

24 April to 2 June: Online training programme
24 April to 15 May: Cartography using GIS (Online)
19 to 29 May: Photogrammetry and Image Based 3D Modelling (Online)
7 to 18 June: Field School in Nafplio and Tolo (In person), featuring photogrammetry, image based 3D modelling, and terrestrial laser scanning

This hybrid model allows participants to build skills steadily online before applying them intensively in the field school.

Read more and apply here. 

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