BRI – Biodiversity and Business: from Research to Impact

Bachelor student
Master student
PhD, researcher
Course, workshop, MOOC, seasonal school
In person
English
3
27/01/2025 to 31/01/2025
Course Description
The protection of biodiversity presents a worldwide challenge, with the EU striving to take the lead in addressing its decline through its 2030 Biodiversity Strategy. Businesses are pivotal in crafting a framework that preserves and restores biodiversity along with the ecosystem services it offers. The Seasonal School is committed to addressing the global imperative of biodiversity conservation and advocating for a regenerative economic development approach.
Subject area
Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Economics and Business
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Field area
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Social Sciences
Time format
Weekly
Educational-info
Application deadline
08/12/2024
Teachers
Dr. Valentina Cucino
Competences
The objectives of the Seasonal School are as follows: (1) examine and promote a development model capable of protecting and regenerating biodiversity and the services that ecosystems provide, from a perspective of regenerative economic development; (2) provide participants with stimuli and tools to understand and measure the impact of business on biodiversity, evaluate risks and opportunities; and (3) foster technological and organizational innovation, encouraging the development of new technological and organizational solutions that foster a regenerative economy that protects natural capital. The Seasonal School is affiliated with the National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), an Italian project funded by the European Union’s NextGenerationEU initiative.
Prerequisites
Undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students from different backgrounds (e.g. management, biology, law, political science, life sciences and engineering) who are interested in acquiring knowledge, skills, and experiences in the broad field of biodiversity and business.
Duration
1 week
Day of the weeks
5
ECTS
3
Validation mode
In presence
Maximum number of students
20
Language
English
Access to disable
In progress
Organizer
Partner
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Faculty
Dr. Valentina Cucino; Prof. Andrea Piccaluga; Prof. Lino Cinquini; Prof. Alberto Di Minin; Prof. Francesco Testa; Prof. Andrea Tenucci; Prof. Giuseppe Turchetti; Dr. Giacomo Pigatto; Dr. Sara Tessitore; Dr. Donato Romano; Prof. Cesare Stefanini; Prof. Laura Ercoli; Prof. Anna Camilla Moonen.
Address
P.zza Martiri della Libertà 33 - Pisa