Strategy
High education
Organize courses to train public and private experts, consultants and professionals capable of leading sustainable strategies at local and global level. The objective of the course is to train experts in scientific policies and sustainable development for local, regional, national and global bodies, providing them with the necessary skills to:
monitor environmental and social quality of life by preventing and cooping with natural and hazardous risks (as greenhouse gas emissions);
implement the “green job” transition;
preserve and promote biological and cultural diversities by enhancing the local knowledge, traditions and heritage that are crucial aspects of sustainable development;
identify sustainable management for strategic resources such as water and energy;
promote sustainable consumption;
lead the environmental transition, at social and economic level by promoting bottom-up participation, guiding civil society - the private sector and public sector organizations - towards new ways of production, distribution and consumption of energy, commodities and services;. Assessing models and socio-cultural determinants;
Green Economy Scenarios in the Mediterranean Region;
Sustainable Consumption – Space and Time for sustainable lifestyles;
Sustainable politics and environmental Governance;
Socio-economic adaptation to climate change;
Low energy and labour intensive economic process. Urban metabolism
Social practices and sustainability
Networking/Dissemination
Increase and improve international cooperation and dissemination of research outcomes for research on environmental issues such as consumption, urban and rural development, environmental policies and conflicts, environmental health and environmental sustainable innovation, as well as scientific and technological strategies. International links between research institutes, departments and universities guarantee high standards of research and education and favours the knowledge flow, with the aim of accompanying and facilitating the decisions of policy makers and stakeholders. Knowledge can be shared through forums, seminars, conventions aimed at assessing the educational and research processes and improving the training proposal.
