The Industrial PhD in Reggio Childhood Studies, offered by the Department of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, in collaboration with Fondazione Reggio Children – Loris Malaguzzi Center, provides a third-cycle program that is distinctly transdisciplinary and international, enriched by high-level international partners in the field of research.

The methodological approach, content, and practices of the educational philosophy and philosophy of knowledge developed in Reggio Emilia can be summarized in the idea that knowledge is a social good, constructed and shared cooperatively. This prestigious legacy forms the foundation of the challenges taken up by the PhD program, which aspires to build multidirectional and multidisciplinary development pathways. These are designed to equip doctoral candidates with the skills and knowledge necessary to understand and address the complexity of global reality.

The program is situated within the "industry/industries" framework of Fondazione Reggio Children – Loris Malaguzzi Center, which offers ongoing and open laboratories for the elaboration of educational experience in its diversity and variety, within a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary methodological context.

The program also benefits from an International Network, comprising representatives from over 40 countries. This network allows PhD candidates to engage with a variety of research environments—each of proven significance—so they may acquire the tools needed to understand, develop, and respect new forms of knowledge and educational experience, all within the methodological framework of the Reggio Emilia Approach.