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RETHINKING FOOD SYSTEMS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE HACKATHON

Written by rostanetek on .

We are delighted to announce a new edition of RETHINKING FOOD SYSTEMS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE HACKATHON.

The hackathon, organized by UNINA and opened to the Aurora students, will be held at Federico II University of Naples,  from October 23 to October 27, 2023.

At this hackathon, the participants will co-create conceptual solutions to rethink the food economy of a specific area of Naples, also capitalising on these recent developments. The participants will develop a systemic design proposal able to guarantee ecological resilience, economic sustainability for both producers and consumers (i.e., sustainable income for producers and affordable food for consumers) as well as organizational feasibility.

 

General Information

3 ECTS assigned 

Format: Lectures, seminars, workshop hackathon.

15 positions open to Aurora students of any background

Prerequisite: enrolled in B.A, M.A, PhD or equivalent course at any Aurora university, English proficiency.

Application procedure: send expression of interest and CV to adamerik.arvidsson@unina.it and ernestoramon.rispoli@unina.it

Deadline OCT 2nd, 2023

Notification of acceptance by OCT 6th, 2023

 

To find out more about the event please download the Flyer.

Education and Sustainability Leadership

Written by Elham Shayegh on .

The purpose of this course is to provide participants with opportunities to work with institutional and systems approaches in working with sustainability and sustainability education. This is a reading course where on-line and campus sessions are built on informed debate. 

Examples of issues to be taught:

  • Education for sustainability in formal and informal settings (e.g. in workplaces)
  • Leadership for sustainability (e.g. whole school or leisure activity change)
  • Relations between science and sustainability (e.g. tactic/principle)
  • Wicked problems
  • Rural development and sustainability
  • Creating shared values (including corporate social responsibility) 
  • Curriculum change

Central Europe and the European Union (KPE/BCEU)

Written by Niels Hexspoor on .

The fall of the Iron Curtain and the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe represent a dramatic turning point in contemporary political history. The „annus mirabilis“ of 1989 opened the way to political, economic, and social changes not anticipated, even weeks before the changes swept the region. This course will focus on the international dimension of transition in Central Europe (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia), which had strong cultural and institutional ties to Western Europe before the post-World War II and the subsequent communist takeover, and thus logically embarked on the path toward re-joining key European and Transatlantic organizations. The course will cover the evolution of relations between Central European countries, the European Community/Union, and NATO. Special attention will be paid to the key events and issues forming the CE-EU relations from 1989 until the present, including the Association Agreements, entry negotiations, lessons from previous enlargements, the impact of eastward enlargement, etc. The course will also deal with the security dimension of the relationship covering all relevant developments connected with the EU and NATO.

 

Transition to Democracy in Central Europe (KPO/TDEU)

Written by Niels Hexspoor on .

The course focuses on the transition to democracy in Central Europe – former Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary and Poland. It focuses on the communist regimes in these countries as a basic starting point for the study of transition processes. The process of transition to democracy is discussed with emphasis on the specifics of each transition. The course analyzes the problems of democratic consolidation – building democratic institutions, economic transition, etc. Last but not least, the course focuses on the international factors of democratization in Central Europe, especially the influence of the European Union, and the relations of Central European states to the EU.

 

Short-term mobility will be required in April / May (the specific dates will be provided by the lecturer at the start of the course). Please, make sure to consult mobility coordinator at your institution to explore potential funding opportunities.