Every year, the UNESCO chair at USI organizes a Summer School (or “Winter School”) both for researchers (ranging from advanced Master students, up to PhD candidates and PostDocs), as well as for practitioners (e.g.: site managers, tourist destination managers, start-ups, etc.). Each Summer School edition presents the overall topic of ICTs, Sustainable Tourism and World Heritage Sites, and focuses on specific aspects.
Hereafter the list of past and upcoming Summer Schools:
| Year | Destination | Link |
| 2021 | Several destinations in Indonesia, in collaboration with Trisakti School of Tourism (Indonesia) | > |
| 2020 | Several destinations in Namibia, in collaboration with the University of Namibia (Namibia) & the University of Turku (Finland) | > |
| 2019 | Lugano & Val Müstair (Switzerland) | > |
| 2018 | Several destinations in Southern Finland, in collaboration with the University of Turku (Finland) | > |
| 2017 | Hangzhou city (China), in collaboration with Zhejiang University (China) | > |
| 2016 | Armeno (Italy) | > |
| 2015 | Milano (Italy), in collaboration with Università di Milano Bicocca (Italy) | > |
| 2014 | Lugano (Switzerland) | > |