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13 April 2025

University of Pisa Hosts CU2 In-Person Event on Circular Economy and Energy Transition

PhD students from the 40th Cycle of the SDC program gather to explore sustainable energy and environmental solutions through lectures, discussions, and collaborative activities

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24 January 2025

Kick-Off Meeting for the 40th Cycle of the PhD in Sustainable Development and Climate Change

A celebration of new beginnings and academic excellence on January 29, 2025

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24 January 2025

First Dissertation Defense for the PhD in Sustainable Development and Climate Change

Twelve students from four different curricula will defend their research on January 28, 2025, at IUSS Pavia.

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14 January 2025

Bioeconomy School 2025: Shaping the Future of Science and Society

Explore the intersection of biosciences, economics, and innovation at Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy, from April 14–18, 2025. Applications close February 1, 2025!

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13 January 2025

Second Virtual Symposium by Molecular Phylogenetic Lab: ENHANCE 2025

Join ENHANCE 2025! Explore conservation biology and genome evolution in a free virtual symposium for 200 participants. Abstract submissions close April 30, 2025.

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23 December 2024

Happy Holiday to the PhD-SDC Community!

As the year comes to a close, we wish the entire PhD SDC community a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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13 December 2024

CU3 Event Sparks Innovation and Collaboration Among PhD Students

From December 4–6, 2024, the University of Brescia hosted a CU3 event on interdisciplinary research, focusing on hydrogen transformation, sustainable phosphorus management, and skills to overcome research challenges.

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5 December 2024

Online CU6 Event Explores Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystems and Innovations for Resilience

From December 2–4, 2024, researchers and experts gathered online to discuss the multifaceted effects of climate change on ecosystems and explore cutting-edge solutions for resilience and sustainability.

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20 November 2024

Training for Success: CU2 Workshop at the University of Pisa Focuses on Academic Publishing

PhD students from the 39th cycle enhanced their skills in academic publishing during an engaging two-day workshop in Pisa.

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30 October 2024

PhD SDC’s First Cycle Wrap-Up: Celebrating in Venice with the 37th Cycle

As the inaugural cycle of the PhD in Sustainable Development and Climate Change concludes this month, the 37th cycle gathered at the SDC Conference in Venice from October 28–30 to mark this milestone.

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10 October 2024

CU5 Event Kicks Off the New Academic Year with a Focus on Agriculture and Forestry

The PhD in Sustainable Development and Climate Change program launched the 2024-2025 academic year with an immersive and hands-on CU5 event, held from September 25-27 in Grosseto.

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31 July 2024

CU3 Event Concludes Season with Engaging Activities at the University of Brescia

CU3 event took place at the Università degli Studi di Brescia from July 22-24, 2024

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26 Juky 2024

Application Deadline for National PhD in Sustainable Development and Climate Change Postponed

NEW Application Deadline: July 29th, 2024, 5:00 PM CEST‍‍

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25 June 2024

Applications for 40th cycle open tomorrow

Applications open tomorrow for the 40th cycle of the PhD program in Sustainable Development and Climate Change.

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21 June 2024

3-Day multi disciplinary event in Naples concludes successfully

The MD Event in Naples showcased the PhD SDC community's passion for interdisciplinary research.

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18 June 2024

MD Event in Naples

PhD SDC kicks off the summer with a three-day multi-disciplinary event featuring lectures and social activities.

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7 June 2024

PhD Day 2024

Last week's PhD Day in Pavia offered PhD students valuable learning, networking, and cultural exchange opportunities.

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3 June 2024

CU2 Event at IUSS Pavia: Ph.D. Students Explore Economic Modeling and Flood Risk Engineering

Ph.D. students at IUSS Pavia delve into advanced economic modeling and flood risk engineering at the recent CU2 event.

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20 March 2023

CU6 Event on the way

The CU6 event will be held in Turin on 25 and 26 March 2024.

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20 March 2023

Pannel discussion on "Laudato sì"

An online event for discuss the Pope Francis I encyclical on nature.

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13 March 2023

Exploring the Intersection of Climate Change and Democracy: Reflections from CU4 Event

PhD candidates explored adapting democratic structures for sustainability, aiming for a fairer, more resilient future.

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26 February 2024

PhD SDC Kick-Off event 2024

The kickoff meeting on the 26th of February at Unviersità La Sapienza (Roma)

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17 January 2023

CU3 Event at the Univeristy of Brescia

The five days event is challenging the PhD candidates on the climate neutrality of the Italian cities

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12 January 2024

PhD SDC students organize event "Gaza in Perspective: Historical Context, Human Rights, and Sustainability"

We are hosting an online multi-disciplinary event titled to further explore the crisis in Gaza and our role as an academic community.

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20 December 2023

Totò Awards ceremony in Rome

SDC PhD candidates have been awarded by Enel Foundation for their research topic.

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13 December 2023

126 PhD SDC students call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza

A statement has been written and signed by 126 PhD SDC candidates calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza strip.

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14 November 2023

Unveiling ocean secrets: A PhD candidate awarded the Okada-McIntyre graduate research fellowship 2023 for innovative nannoplankton research

Stefania Bianco, 2nd year student from CU1, received a prestigious award by an international organisation for her research activities

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10 November 2023

Workshop on “Resilience to Climate Change in Urban and Alpine Areas”

The Workshop on “Resilience to Climate Change in Urban and Alpine Areas” will be held at Insubria University in Varese the next 21st December.

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9 November 2023

CU5 Event: discuss sustainable farming and climate resilience in the sunny Sassari

Our busy academic calendar kept us from sharing some exciting CU events that took place over the summer: the CU5 took place in the sunny Sassari.

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7 November 2023

The COSMO Project hosts its final act: "Crisi climatica e movimenti sociali: un incontro di prospettive" conference

The Conference "Crisi climatica e movimenti sociali: un incontro di prospettive" that will be hosted on November 29 and 30 by the University of Insubria in Como

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20 October 2023

6th International Conference on Advances in Extreme Value Analysis and Application to Natural Hazards

An oppurtunity to apply to an important conference on natural hazard

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18 October 2023

Innovation Unleashed: Geography of Innovation Winter School - Nurturing Minds, Shaping Futures

A winter school in Pavia from 15 to 19 January 2024 about Geography of Innovation

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12 October 2023

PhD SDC Program at IUSS Pavia: Illuminating the Future of Sustainable Education and Societal Progress

During an exclusive interview with Repubblica, the Rector of IUSS Pavia, Prof. Riccardo Pietrabissa, provided valuable insights into the PhD SDC program.

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9 October 2023

CU1 event on communicating research findings

PhD students form CU1 had the chance to improve their communication skill in a 2 days event

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5 October 2023

CU2 event in Pisa on scientific publication process

Be a PhD candidate is a multitasking effort. In a two-days workshop, the students from CU2 improved their skills relating to scientific publication process.

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30 June 2023

CU5 Event is on its way

The CU5 Event will be take in place in Sassari on 3rd and 4th July 2023

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27 June 2023

PhD Students national meeting in neuroscience

Young Italian scientists' research in the field of neuroscience has produced results that are of international significance, here an opportunity to meet them.

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13 June 2023

PhD students at the "Earth for all" event

On 6-8 June PhD candidates attended the "Earth for all" event in Milan

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31 May 2023

DIN Day 2023

The "Dottorato di Interesse Nazionale" will present its activities and challenges in a particular event

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18 May 2023

CU6 Event on health and geoinformatic

CU6 event will be held in June for both cycle

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19 April 2023

Earth Day 2023 is coming soon!

On the 22nd April, the PhD program will celebrate the Earth Day 2023 edition with interesting activities

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17 April 2023

Seminars on epistemology, uncertainty and rationality

Interesting seminars serie about different topics on philosophy for CU4 Candidates and more.

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6 April 2023

"Critical topics in Environmental Law in comparative perspective" Summer School

An opportunity to engage with current legal issues related to sustainability in an international learning environment, with a focus on the New Silk Road

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4 April 2023

Green week – Festival of sustainability | Academy project

An opportunity to apply BA, MA and PhD students for an international fellowship

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3 April 2023

IPCC Synthesis Report AR6: the outcome of the global interdisciplinary dialogue on climate change is a message of urgency and hope

At itd 58th session, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), taking place in Interlaken, Switzerland, released an important report.

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31st March 2023

9th International Conference on Meteorology and Climatology of the Mediterranean

An interesting opportunity for PhD candidates about meteorology and climatology in the Mediterranean area

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22 March 2023

A rich CU2 event

CU2 event took place in Pisa talking about literature review and unsustainability

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15 March 2023

Socioecology and/or technoecology?

Kick-off Meeting for the CU4: what are the relations between humanity, nature and technology?

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11 March 2023

Recent advances on agriculture and climate change: where are we now?

CU5 (Agriculture and Forestry) Event focused on livestock emissions and urban forests

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22 February 2023

Invest in the transition Energy, risks, green jobs

Training day on the global energy transition: lost in transition (green jobs, energy and startups), the role of cultural change and a project proposal for the community

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25 January 2023

PhD SDC Kick-off meeting

A welcome to the PhD candidates of the 38th cycle and a kick-off meeting of the new research programme.

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23-24 January 2023

PhD SDC Workshop

A workshop on transdisciplinary research dedicated to the PhD candidates of the 37th cycle.

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24-25 October 2022

Communicationing scientific research by means of story telling

CU1 organize an event about the tools for effective communication

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