International Interdisciplinary Summer Seminar-School “Sustainable Development and Resource Efficiency In the Food Chain”

Description

During the seminar-school, scholars from leading Russian and European universities will present a series of lectures and labs in the areas of:

- Modern aspects of environmental economics (bioeconomics, low carbon economy,  hydrogen economy)

- Environmental management

- Resource efficiency in the food chain

- Alternative energy in the food chain

- Waste management in the food chain

- Sustainable production and consumption

- Organic farming

- Supply chain management and marketing of environmentally friendly products

Currently, the research is conducted at the Institute of Refrigeration and Biotechnology in cooperation with the partner research institutes and universities and takes place in the format of living labs as following:

Living Lab1: Transition to Sustainable Food Company

Living Lab2: Transition to Sustainable Consumption and Production

Living Lab3: Transition to Sustainable Value Chain

Living Lab4: Transition to Sustainable Urban Development

The course is equivalent to 6 credits.

Invited lecturers:

Prof., Dr.Christa LiedtkeWuppertal Institute, Germany

Dr.Holger RonhFactor 10 Institute, Germany

Prof., Dr.Petra TeischeidMunster University of Applied Science, Germany

Prof., Dr. Eng.Lubos SmutkaPrague University of Life Sciences, Department of Economics

Prof., Dr.Nadezhda PakhomovaSt. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Economics, Russia

Prof., Dr.Knut RihterEuropean University Viadrina, Germany; St. Petersburg State University, Russia

Prof., Dr.Silja KostiaLahti University of Applied Science, Finland

Partner research institutes and universities:

Wuppertal Institute (Sustainable Production and Consumption Research Group), Germany; Factor 10 Institute, Germany;

Prague University of Life Sciences, Economic Department, Czech Republic;

Oulu University, Faculty of Economics, Finland;

Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Business and Informational Management, Finland;

National University of Food Technology in Kiev, Ukraine;

Munster University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Ecotrophology, Home Economics and Nutrition Science, Germany;

Lahti  University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Technology, Finland;

Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences (Faculty of Environmental Technologies), Finland.

Project coordinator:

Dr. Olga Sergienko, ass. prof., Head of Industrial Ecology Department

Contacts

Contact:

Project assistant: Yuliya Kashenko

Tel. +7 (812) 572 -21 82

Email: kafedra-promecologia@yandex.ru

http://irc.ifmo.ru/en/