During the oral text, candidates will be asked to discuss, as a proof of his/her abilities, their own research project, consistent with the educational goals of the doctorate. However these will not be a binding program for the admitted candidates to the doctorate.

The text of the documents must be between 8,000 and 10,000 characters and should contain the following information:

• the project theme, regarding to any aspect of the regional organization and policies;
• the research question;
• the preferred methodology.

Research projects can be written either in Italian or in English.