S.T.A.R.S.

Colloquium Plattform Biodiversität Südtirol – Piattaforma biodiversità Alto Adige
2025-09-10 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-08 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-12 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Rome) | Museum of Nature South Tyrol, Via Bottai, Bindergasse 1, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Vortrag in Zusammenarbeit mit EURAC und der Platform Biodiversität Südtirol – Conferenza in collaborazione con EURAC e Piattaforma biodiveristà Alto Adige
Event website: Calendario eventi – Naturmuseum Südtirol

Envisioning the future: democracy, governance, and the politics of tomorrow
2025-09-15 16:00 - 18:00 | Eurac Research, Conference hall, Drususallee 1/Viale Druso 1, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Discussion with Jonathan White and Jan Zielonka
The future is not merely something that happens; it is a contested political idea that shapes our present decisions and the world we build for generations to come. This discussion brings together the perspectives of two influential political theorists who have recently contributed to the debate on future-related discussions for envisioning political projects, (re-)shaping policies, and democratic legitimacy.
Jonathan White, author of the book In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea (Profile Books 2024), and Jan Zielonka, author of The Lost Future: And How to Reclaim It (Yale University Press 2023) will engage in a discussion to explore our collective relationship with the future, the democratic challenges born of short-termism, the risks associated to the management of ecological, technological, and geopolitical crises, and the possibilities for reclaiming democratic agency in uncertain times.

Language: English without simultaneous transaltion
Program:

16:00-16:15

Introduction
Harald Pechlaner, Head of the Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research

16:15-16:45

Jonathan White, Professor of Politics and Deputy Head of the European Institute at the London School of Economics

16:45-17:15

Jan Zielonka, Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Venice Ca’ Foscari and Emeritus Professor at the University of Oxford

17:15-18:00

Discussion and Q&A
Moderation: Elisa Piras, Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research

18:00

Conclusion and aperitivo
Registration (by 13 September 2025): https://eu.surveymonkey.com/r/ITLR
Event website: https://www.eurac.edu/en/institutes-centers/center-for-advanced-studies/news-events/envisioning-the-future-democracy-governance-politics-jonathan-white-jan-zielonka

Collaborative Housing and Social Inclusion: Insights, Evidence, and Future Directions
2025-09-18 13:30 - 17:30 | NOI Techpark Bolzano – BZ N-B1.2.03, Via Volta - Voltastrasse 13A, Bolzano - Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Collaborative housing has grown to include diverse and vulnerable groups but still lacks public awareness and sufficient institutional backing.
Amid the ongoing housing crisis, collaborative housing, including cooperative models, offer a promising alternative to mainstream housing provision. In various places across Europe, these housing projects have demonstrated their ability to offer affordable and high-quality living spaces while promoting participation and mutual support among residents as well as a resource-conscious lifestyle.
In recent years, the scope of collaborative housing has expanded to foster greater diversity among residents, such as through intergenerational projects, and by addressing needs of a broader range of vulnerable and socio-economically disadvantaged groups, including people with migrant and refugee backgrounds. Yet, this housing field remains largely unfamiliar to the broader public and lacks institutional support.
Against this backdrop, the event will examine the potential of collaborative housing to promote diversity and social inclusion at the neighbourhood level. National and international experts from academia, policy, and practice will share insights from various places and discuss how partnerships and funding programmes can leverage the potential of collaborative housing to advance socially inclusive neighbourhood development and urban regeneration. Following the presentations and panel discussion, the audience will also be invited to take part in the discussion.
In the morning, there will be a guided visit to a new collaborative housing project which was realized by Cooperativa Sole in Bolzano’s Oltrisarco neighbourhood. It is an optional addition to the event programme. More details will follow.
Language: English
Program: https://www.unibz.it/assets/Events/Pdf/cc-cooperatives/Preliminary-Programme_CCEvent_September_2025.docx.pdf
Registration: https://eventregistration.unibz.it/Login.asp?IDcommessa=UN25050&Lang=IT
Event website: https://www.unibz.it/en/events/collaborative-housing-and-social-inclusion-insights-evidence-and-future-directions

Towards a Circular Economy in South Tyrol
2025-09-25 08:45 - 12:30 | NOI Techpark – Seminar Room 2, via Volta-Voltastrasse 13/A, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Co-selecting transformation measures across sectors
The transition to a circular economy (CE) is critical for achieving resource efficiency, dealing with resource scarcity, waste generation, and building a sustainable future for cities and regions. Over the past decade, the European Union (EU) has committed significantly to advancing circular economy principles, advocating for action at regional, national and local levels. However, most economies remain still linear, and the CE is a marginal approach in many territories. In the EU, for example, the CE accounts only about 2% of total EU GDP and circular material use rate was 12% in 2023, far below the 24% targeted in the EU Circular Economy Action Plan.
Since 2020, South Tyrol has committed to adopting a circular economy strategy, which is currently under development and addresses key sectors such as construction, which is responsible for over the 40% of waste generation in the Province. Despite these positive developments, the adoption of a CE in South Tyrol remains limited due to multiple barriers which are not technological, but related to production and consumption patterns, regulation, financing and governance, particularly in tracking progress towards a CE. For example, most available data focus on waste rather than broader resource flows and urban metabolism, making it difficult to track and assess the impact of circularity measures at local level.
The workshop “Towards a Circular Economy in South Tyrol: co-selecting transformation measures across sectors” aims to present the results of a study focused on urban metabolism in South Tyrol, and to provide an overview of the current initiatives and projects on CE in the Province of Bolzano. The workshop aims to actively engage local businesses, local administrators, NGOs and academic stakeholders in discussing and co-selecting measures in five key sectors (metal packing, concrete and other construction, fruits and wine, copper production, aluminium production, wood) that can be more effective in accelerating the transition towards a circular economy in South Tyrol.

Agenda:
8:45

Registration

9:00

Welcome and introduction
Wolfram Sparber, Eurac Research

9:10

How much materials circulate in South Tyrol? Results from a material flow analysis of the Province of Bolzano
Riccardo Fraboni, Eurac Research

9:30

Circular Economy in South Tyrol – what is happening, what is missing, what is possible
Ulrich Eberhard Prechls, IDM

9:50

What are others doing in Europe? Best practices and strategies from other cities and regions
Chiara Pellegrini, Eurac Research

10:10

The role of public procurement to promote a circular economy: the case of Parma
Barbara Usberti, Province of Parma (online)

10:30

Coffee break and networking

11:00

Interactive session
Working tables discussing and co-selecting one circular strategies for table in construction, agriculture, metal packing, alluminium production and wood
Moderators: Chiara Pellegrini, Martino Gubert, Riccardo Fraboni, Federico Voltolini

12:00

General discussion and conclusions
Presentations of the results from the working tables, general discussion and conclusion.
Moderators: Chiara Pellegrini, Martino Gubert, Riccardo Fraboni, Federico Voltolini

12:30

Closure
Registration (by 18th September): Anmeldung | Registrazione Survey
Language: Italian and German (simultaneous translation is not provided)
Event website: Towards a Circular Economy in South Tyrol – Eurac Research

Brixner Philosophietage
2025-09-26 14:00 - 2025-09-27 17:00 | PTH-STA, Seminarplatz 4, Piazza del Seminario 4, Brixen, Bressanone, Bozen, 39042, Italy
Die Brixner Philosophietage beleuchten ökologische, soziale und ökonomische Entwicklungen im alpinen Raum aus philosophischer und ethischer Perspektive.
Sie richten sich an ein breiteres Publikum und möchten die gesellschaftspolitische Diskussion bereichern.

Philosophie der Spiritualität
Denkanstöße für ein gelingendes Leben
ZUM THEMA
Menschen auf der Suche nach dem Sinn ihres Lebens verstehen sich oft als spirituell. Spiritualität bedeutet, die eigene Lebenspraxis auf Transzendenz hin zu öffnen. Sie ist die gelebte Seite von Religion, die nicht nur in verfassten Kirchenräumen stattfindet. Auch für viele Menschen, die sich nicht religiös gebunden fühlen, gehört Spiritualität zu einem guten und erfüllten Leben dazu. Es gibt aber auch Schattenseiten der Spiritualität. Sie kann zu gefährlichen Abhängigkeiten und geistlichem Missbrauch führen.

Die Brixner Philosophietage 2025 wollen über das Phänomen der Spiritualität nachdenken und darüber ins Gespräch kommen, wie es zum Gelingen des Lebens beitragen kann.
Programm: Programmfolder zum Download (Update am 26.06.2025)

Freitag, 26. September 2025
14.00 – 14.15 Begrüßung
14.15 – 15.30 Sehnsucht nach Spiritualität?
Einblicke in Glaubens-, Sinn- und Wertvorstellungen in Österreich
Mag. Dr. Patrick Rohs BSc (Universität Wien)
15.30 – 16.00 Kaffeepause
16.00 – 17.15 Spiritualität und Lebenspraxis in der antiken und spätantiken Philosophie
Prof. Dr. Christoph Helmig (Universität zu Köln)
17.15 – 18.30 Ignatianische Spiritualität philosophisch beleuchtet
Assoz. Prof. Dr. Bruno Niederbacher SJ (Universität Innsbruck)
19.00 Abendessen
Samstag, 27. September 2025
09.00 – 10.15 Selbstbestimmung in Gefahr: Wie sich spiritueller Missbrauch anbahnt und auswirkt
Dr. Barbara Haslbeck (Universität Regensburg)
10.15– 10.45 Kaffeepause
10.45– 12.00 Eine Kultur der Bewusstheit – mit oder ohne Gott? Überlegungen zu Thomas
Metzingers Studie „Der Elefant und die Blinden“
Mag. Raphael Weichlein (Universität Augsburg)
12.15 Mittagessen
14.00– 15.15 Frauen – Mystik – Vagabundierende Macht
Prof.in Dr. Hildegund Keul (Universität Würzburg)
15.15 – 15.45 Kaffeepause
15.45 – 17.00 Statements und Podiumsdiskussion
Moderation: Eberhard Daum
Podiumsgäste
– Patrick Rohs
– Hildegund Keul
– Christoph Helmig
– Bruno Niederbacher
– Veronika Weidner (Prof.in für Fundamentaltheologie, PTH Brixen)
Sprache: Deutsch
Event website: Brixner Philosophietage | PTH Brixen
Anmeldung (bis spätestens 7. September) und weitere Informationen: +39 0472 271120, sekretariat@pthsta.it
Kosten: Programmfolder zum Download (Update am 26.06.2025)

Circular Lunch
2025-10-01 10:30 - 15:00 | Condito, Via Crispi 37, Bolzano - Bozen
IT_Evento conclusivo del progetto CEFoodCycle
Il 24 gennaio 2024 ha preso il via il progetto di ricerca CEFoodCycle con l’obiettivo di promuovere l’economia circolare nel settore alimentare in ambito B2B. Da allora, numerosi sono i passi in avanti compiuti. Il 1° ottobre 2025, in occasione del Circular Lunch, vogliamo ripercorrere insieme a voi le tappe del progetto e condividere le conoscenze acquisite.
L’economia circolare nasce all’interno della comunità, grazie allo scambio e alla collaborazione tra le imprese, gli enti di ricerca e le associazioni di categoria altoatesine. L’obiettivo di questo evento conclusivo è promuovere l’economia circolare nel suo complesso, creando una rete tra i suoi principali attori.
Al termine del Circular Lunch daremo uno sguardo al futuro, presentando prospettive e piani per il 2026.
Destinatari
Stakeholder del progetto CEFoodCycle, imprese del settore alimentare, enti di ricerca, associazioni di categoria.

Lingua: Tedesco e Italiano senza traduzione simultanea
Programma: https://www.idm-suedtirol.com/fileadmin/user_upload/content/Termine/2025/Circular_Lunch/250910_Einladung_Circular_Lunch_corrPT.pptx_IT.pdf
Registrazione (entro il 22.09.2025): https://idm-suedtirol.typeform.com/to/J88UqmCI
Sito web dell’evento: https://www.idm-suedtirol.com/it/news-appuntamenti/news-appuntamenti/1/events/single-event/circular-lunch

Crisi climatica e ambiente fragile
2025-10-01 18:00 - 19:30 | Museum of Nature South Tyrol, Via Bottai, Bindergasse 1, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Una serata di proiezioni, parte del RAM film festival, a cui sarà presente il regista Michele Trentini, che dialogherà con Alessio Bertolli, botanico e vicedirettore della Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto.

Schianti (Italia, 2021, 15′) – Regia di Tobia Passigato, Produzione Indiana Production

Della notte di Vaia, il 29 ottobre 2018, Lucia, Elsa e Silvano ricordano solo il buio, il vento, e un rumore cupo e tremendo. Quello che nessuno di loro può dimenticare è la vista della mattina seguente: il bosco che per anni avevano vissuto, amato e curato, spazzato via.

Piante al limite (Italia, 2025, 17′) – Regia di Giacomo Del Sogno, una produzione Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto

Dalle conseguenze di Vaia ai ghiacciai che scompaiono, in vetta gli effetti del riscaldamento globale sono ancora più evidenti, e, tra nuove opportunità e rischi di estinzione, il film documenta la resilienza e le strategie di adattamento delle piante rispetto alle sfide di un mondo naturale in profonda trasformazione.

Paesaggio fragile (Italia, 2022, 22′) – Regia di Michele Trentini, Produzione Museo Etnografico della Provincia di Belluno e del Parco Nazionale Dolomiti Bellunesi

La Val Visdende nel Bellunese è rimasta profondamente segnata dalla tempesta “Vaia” dell’ottobre 2018. Oggi, la presenza discreta di alcuni abitanti e frequentatori ci racconta della graduale rinascita ma anche delle fragilità di questo affascinante territorio, che malgrado le difficoltà resiste e suggerisce il senso del limite.
Lingua: Italiano
Sito web dell’evento: Calendario eventi – Naturmuseum Südtirol

Upcycling Convention 2025
2025-10-04 10:00 - 22:00 | REX – Material und Dinge / materiali e cose, St.-Josef-Straße, Via S. Giuseppe 1, Brixen, Bressanone, Bolzano, 39055, Italy
Join us at this year’s Upcycling Convention with Inspiring Talks, Workshops, Market, Music, and Food
The Upcycling Convention (UpCon) is back for its fourth edition at REX – Material und Dinge in Bressanone, inviting the public to a day of talks, workshops, markets, music, and food. Running from 10 am to 10 pm. This unique event is free and open to everyone, and combines sustainability, creativity, and community engagement to inspire new ways of thinking and acting in our everyday lives.
Full Program
In the morning UpCon hosts Inspiring Talks from Material Mafia, Superlocal, Rotobaumarkt, showcasing best practices in upcycling, circular economy, and eco-design. In the afternoon, visitors can get involved in practical, walk-in workshops and browse the Upcycling Market featuring makers, designers, and craftspeople who give materials a second life. All afternoon and evening there will be Live Music, Fresh Food & Drinks until 10 pm.
Welcome Voucher
During the unibz Freshers Days students will be provided free vouchers allowing them to get themselves a few kitchen items (free cups, plates, cutlery, utensils – as long as stock lasts) at this year’s festival. This way we bring reuse into practice, rethink consumption, and hope to make the beginning of your student life more affordable and enjoyable.
Come Together
Beyond being a public festival, the UpCon is also a platform for networking. It brings together actors from business, crafts, art, and sustainability, connecting South Tyrol’s reuse community with international pioneers. By showcasing innovative products, services, and business models, the UpCon aims to give visibility to circular practices and encourage a cultural and economic shift towards ecological lifestyles.
Language: German and Italian
Flyer: UPCON 25_WEB.jpg
Event website:www.upcyclingconvention.eu

Digital and Sustainable Construction 2025
2025-10-09 08:30 - 16:30 | NOI Techpark, Sala seminario-Seminarraum 1, via Volta-Voltastrasse 13/A, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Digitalisation and sustainability are the challenges for the construction industry in this decade. Disruptive technologies present opportunities and risks, for small and medium-sized enterprises, but also for established large corporations.
This day will focus on innovation and exchange. Participants will learn about potentially disruptive technologies in the field of “Innovation & Sustainability in the Built Environment”, “Artificial Intelligence & Digital Environments” and “Automation & Robotics on Site”, presented by experts for experts.
– 1 whole content-rich event about the main challenges and key new technologies the construction industry is facing
– 9 speakers from all over Europe and with different profiles: research, industry and public institutions for a 360-degree view on this construction sector
– 3 main topics
– Theory and practice: concrete showcases to highlight the applications of new technologies developed.
– Simultaneous translation service Italian-German and German-Italian.
– All participants will be offered a coffee break, a business lunch and a networking aperitif.
3 THEMATIC SESSIONS

Session A – Innovation & Sustainability in the Built Environment
From renewable energy and smart resource management to eco-friendly practices: a journey through green design and digital efficiency.
Session B – Artificial Intelligence & Digital Environments
How AI, digital twins, and big data are reshaping the way we design, build, and manage buildings and cities—from predictive design to intelligent infrastructure.
Session C – Automation & Robotics on Site
Drones, bricklaying robots, autonomous vehicles, and smart sensors: real technologies already enhancing productivity, safety, and precision on construction sites.

Language: The event will be held primarily in Italian and German, with simultaneous interpretation provided between these two languages. This page is in English to ensure clarity for all audiences.
Registration (required within the 25.09.25): Digital and Sustainable Construction Tickets, Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite
Costs: €35.00 Early Bird – €50.00 Standard Ticket
Event website: Digital and Sustainable Construction 2025
For any further information please contact us at events@fraunhofer.it

Futuring the rural
2025-10-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Online on Teams
Public lecture with Edgar Vladimirenko, practicing architect and urbanist in Lithuania and UNESCO Chair Fellow

As tractors block capital boulevards and city ministries plan the countryside from afar, the line between rural and urban dissolves. If we were to acknowledge the “complete urbanisation of society”, rural territories become part of the urban system with functional and physical ties to the cities. Therefore rural Lithuania, and much of Europe, is neither the romantic periphery nor a museum piece; it is a palimpsest of political experiments whose unresolved governance now hinders ecological and social resilience.
This lecture aims to trace that dissolution. From Soviet agro-settlements to airport ghost‑villages, through several symbolic locations, the lecture seeks to reveal that rural areas are laboratories where traces of various “political seasons” have been inscribed. It further explores how tools of architecture and urbanism allow us to speculate the future of rural territories.
Join us on Teams!
Language: The lecture will be held in English and is open to everyone interested.
Registration: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/483ba585-1d43-441f-9fb0-f42d5430216d@92513267-03e3-401a-80d4-c58ed6674e3b
Event website: https://www.eurac.edu/en/institutes-centers/center-for-advanced-studies/news-events/futuring-the-rural-lecture-edgar-vladimirenko

Vom Klima der Erdzeit zum heutigen Klimawandel
2025-10-11 09:30 - 16:30 | GEOPARC Bletterbach, Lerch 40, Aldein, Bozen, 39040, Italy
Action for Climate im GEOPARC Bletterbach zeigt, wie Sedimente und Fossilien vergangene Klimaschwankungen enthüllen und was der heutige Klimawandel für die Alpen bedeutet.
Wir laden euch herzlich zur Exkursion Action For Climate zum Thema: Vom Klima der Erdzeit zum heutigen Klimawandel: Was verraten uns die Sedimente und Fossilien des Bletterbachs über frühere Klimaschwankungen – und was bedeutet der Klimawandel heute in den Alpen?
Die Exkursion findet im GEOPARC Bletterbach (Aldein/Radein, Südtirol) statt.
Die Initiative wird von der unibz und ihrem Kompetenzzentrum für wirtschaftliche, ökologische und soziale Nachhaltigkeit gemeinsam mit dem Netzwerk der Universitäten für nachhaltige Entwicklung (RUS) organisiert.
Programm
9:30 Treffpunkt GEOPRAC Bletterbach, Besucherzentrum
9:10 Begrüßung:
Elisabeth Gsottbauer – Kompetenzzentrum Nachhaltigkeit (unibz)
Camilla Wellstein, Delegierte RUS (Netzwerk der Universitäten für nachhaltige Entwicklung) und unibz
Peter Daldos & Hannah Pomella – GEOPARC Bletterbach, Präsident & Geschäftsführerin
10:00 Geoexkursion: „Spuren des Klimas in den Gesteinsschichten: Was uns die Erdgeschichte lehrt“ geführt von Evelyn Kustatscher (Tiroler Landesmuseen) & Hannah Pomella (GEOPARC Bletterbach) (Dauer ca. 3 Stunden, mit Lunchpaket)
13:00 GEOPARC Bletterbach, Besucherzentrum Kurzvorträge: Welche Spuren hinterlässt der Klimawandel heute in Südtirol – in Schnee, Wasser, und Wälder?
Andrea Andreoli (unibz): Klima & Wasser in den Bergen: Wie verändert der Klimawandel unsere Gebirgsbäche – heute?
Michael Matiu (Universität Trient): Klima & Winter in den Bergen: Wie verändert der Klimawandel den Winter in den Alpen – heute?
Camilla Wellstein (unibz): Klima & Wälder/Ökosysteme: Wie verändert der Klimawandel unsere Wälder und Ökosysteme – heute?Kurze Diskussion
13:30 Aufstieg Lahneralm
14:00 Marende Lahneralm
15:00 Diskussion: Elisabeth Gsottbauer im Gespräch mit Klaus Egger (Sonderbeauftragter für Nachhaltigkeit der Südtiroler Landesregierung) “Vom Wissen zum Handeln: „Klimastrategie Südtirol 2040: regionale Antworten auf globale Herausforderungen“
16:00 Ende des Events
Ausrüstung:
Bitte in Wanderausrüstung kommen; festes, rutschfestes Schuhwerk ist verpflichtend (Wettergerechte Kleidung und Wasser empfohlen)
Anreise:

Mit dem Auto: Von Bozen über Auer/Montan Richtung Aldein; Parkplätze stehen am Besucherzentrum des GEOPARCs zur Verfügung: Google Maps Link.
Mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln: Ab Bozen mit dem Zug bis Auer, weiter mit dem Bus Nr. 142 Richtung Aldein. Von der Haltestelle sind es ca. 15 Gehminuten bis zum Besucherzentrum.
Fahrgemeinschaften sind willkommen und können bei Bedarf organisiert werden.

Sprache: Deutsch
Registration: bitte melden Sie sich per E-Mail CompetenceCentreForSustainability@unibz.it – mit Ihrem Namen und der Anzahl der teilnehmenden Personen, damit wir die Kapazität planen können. Vielen Dank!
Event Webiste: https://www.unibz.it/de/events/vom-klima-der-erdzeit-zum-heutigen-klimawandel

Food Waste and Food Poverty: Links and Challenges
2025-10-14 17:00 - 19:00 | UNIBZ – Room BZ E4.22, Universitätsplatz 1 - Piazza dell'Università, 1, Bolzano, Bozen, South Tyrol, 39031, Italy
Fighting waste, fighting hunger – one solution for two challenges
The event aims to explore the connections between strategies to reduce food waste and those addressing food poverty, with the goal of identifying integrated solutions that can tackle both issues. Targeted at cooperative governance bodies, local policymakers, and non-profit organizations, the event seeks to foster dialogue, share best practices, and inspire collaborative action. The expected outcomes include the creation of new cross-sector connections and a heightened awareness of the interdependencies between food systems and social equity. UNIBZ – Room BZ E4.22
Event webiste: Food Waste and Food Poverty: Links and Challenges / Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Typology Approaches in Historical Building Renovation Webinar
2025-10-15 11:00 - 12:30 | online
From Case-by-Case to Scalable Solutions: Typology Approaches in Historical Building Renovation
The webinar will highlight challenges and opportunities in making building renovation scalable and replicable. It will also showcase how cultural heritage values are integrated into technical solutions for sustainable transformation.
This webinar is a side event to the European Week of Regions and Cities.
It will be the first webinar in the series “Future-proofing historic buildings for the clean energy transition. Dialogues with FuturHist and HeriTACE” organised in collaboration between FuturHist and HeriTACE.
Agenda

11.00 – 11.05

Introduction

11.05 – 11.15

Part 1: Future-proofing heritage buildings for the clean energy transition
Yann Grandgirard – Edinburgh World Heritage

11.15 – 11.20

Launching of interactive tool

11.20 – 11.40

Part 2: Towards replicable solutions for energy renovation of heritage buildings – a typology approach | Typology vision and typology approach
Elena Poma – Eurac Research

11.40 – 12.00

Part 2: Towards replicable solutions for energy renovation of heritage buildings – a typology approach | Heritage value
Alessia Buda – Polimi

12.00 – 12.15

Part 3: Innovative solutions for energy renovation of heritage buildings
Eline Himpe – Ghent University
Daniel Herrera – Eurac Research

12.15 – 12.30

Discussion
Language: English
Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4y7vBJuzTvOmtlZZKfFxVA#/registration
Event webiste: https://www.eurac.edu/en/institutes-centers/institute-for-renewable-energy/news-events/typology-approaches-in-historical-building-renovation-webinar

Overtourism in Barcelona: empirical evidence
2025-10-15 12:30 - 13:30 | NOI Techpark Brunico-Bruneck – Room BK B1 3.24 & Online, Europastraße 9 - via Europa, 9, Bruneck-Brunico, South Tyrol, 39031, Italy
Research seminar of the Cluster Tourism, Marketing and Regional Development
Speaker: Prof. Philipp Wassler – University of Bergamo
Overtourism has reemerged as a pressing issue in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, fuelling widespread public protests. Despite its growing relevance, the concept remains ambiguously defined in academic discussions. This study seeks to clarify the notion of overtourism by adopting a resident-centered perspective, emphasizing the economic, demographic, and socio-cultural factors that influence how the phenomenon is perceived. Focusing on Barcelona and employing a mixed-methods approach, the research reveals that residents primarily associate overtourism with excessive crowding, security concerns, pollution, and rising costs and gentrification. Through surveys of Barcelona residents and expert interviews, the study finds that millennials are the most critical of overtourism, a stance shaped by their lower economic reliance on tourism, political ideology, and higher education levels.
Language: English
Online participation: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/241ca70d-f588-4999-a349-86ed054d8558@92513267-03e3-401a-80d4-c58ed6674e3b
Event website: https://www.unibz.it/en/events/overtourism-in-barcelona-empirical-evidence

STARS Alliance Course "Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions" – Introductory Session
2025-10-15 17:00 - 19:00 | UNIBZ- BZ E 4.11, Piazza Università, Universitàtplatz 1, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Session Lectures:

Prof. Elisabeth Gsottbauer (Unibz CCEES President): Introduction to Sustainability: People, Planet and Profit
Prof. Camilla Wellstein (Unibz, STARS Alliance coordination): Environmental and Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research

Course OverviewThe interdisciplinary course “Nachhaltigkeit: Herausforderungen und Lösungen / Sostenibilità: sfide e soluzioni / Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions”, part of the Studium Generale program at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to sustainability. Coordinated by the Competence Centre for Sustainability (CCEES), it involves lecturers from all member institutions of the STARS Alliance, bringing together perspectives from science, economics, and social research.
The course explores key sustainability challenges and possible approaches across ecological, economic, and social dimensions, with particular attention to mountain regions.
Main Objectives

Offer a general overview on the topic of sustainability and on the current challenges and approaches to face its economic, ecological and social aspect
Focus on the context of mountain regions, including its society, economy, and natural resources
Enable the audience to analyze the discussed sustainability aspects and to apply them in areas of society such as politics, tourism, the economy, nature management and in companies and the education sector

The lecture series runs from 15 October 2025 to 14 January 2026, on Wednesdays from 17:00 to 19:00 at the Bozen-Bolzano campus.
Program:

Course language: German, Italian, English (according to participants)
Registration: participation is open to all, with no prior registration required
Event website: Nachhaltigkeit: Herausforderungen und Lösungen | Sostenibilità: sfide e soluzioni | Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions – S.T.A.R.S.

Efficient rolling bearings: current challenges, analysis methods, and use-cases from the industry
2025-10-15 17:30 - 18:30 | UNIBZ- NOI Techpark BZ; B1.0.14 (aula magna), Via Volta, Volta-Straße 13/A, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
From CFD to design: discover how Schaeffler reduces rolling-bearing losses with smart analysis and lubricant modeling for efficient, sustainable products.
Rolling bearings are machine elements that are used in a high number of industrial applications, enabling low-friction support for rotating components. Particularly due to the electrification of the automotive industry, requirements for further reduction of friction losses are increasing to meet the demands of sustainable and energy efficient products.
Schaeffler is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of rolling bearings and addresses these challenges through continuous product and analysis methods development.
This lecture will present practical solutions for friction reduction that are being developed and provided by Schaeffler. Insights will be given into how efficient and accurate analysis software can be used in the development process, with a particular focus on the underlying methods and numerical simulations.
A special emphasis will be placed on the analysis of lubricants used in rolling bearings, utilizing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The insights gained will be illustrated using examples from the industrial collaboration between unibz and Schaeffler.
Event website: Efficient rolling bearings: current challenges, analysis methods, and use-cases from the industry / Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Dies academicus unibz 2025
2025-10-17 10:30 - 12:30 | UNIBZ – Room BZ D0.01, Piazza Università, Universitätplatz 1, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
The Free University of Bolzano celebrates its ‘Academy Day’ with a special guest: Nobel Prize winner in Economics 2003 Robert F. Engle
Here is a brief summary of this year’s programme:
Welcome address
President Prof. Ulrike Tappeiner
Rector Prof. Alex Weissensteiner
Keynote speech
‘Can we stop climate change?’
Speaker: Prof. Robert F. Engle, 2003 Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Professor Emeritus of Finance and Co-Director of the Volatility and Risk Institute – NYU Stern School of Business, guest of honour at this year’s event.
Acknowledgements
Reception
This event is an opportunity to celebrate our academic community and recognise the achievements of our faculty. A reception will be held, providing an opportunity for informal networking and further discussion.
Language: The event will be simultaneously interpreted from English, Italian and German into the three languages.
Program: DA2025_Invitation.pdf
Registration: Participation is possible by sending an e-mail to: ceremonial-president@unibz.it.
Event website: Dies academicus unibz 2025 / Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

STARS Course "Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions" – Tra numeri e parole: misurare e comunicare la sostenibilità aziendale; Come sfruttare la normativa EU per migliorare il design di prodotto
2025-10-22 17:00 - 19:00 | UNIBZ -Room BZ E4.23, Piazza Università, Universitätsplatz 1, Bolzano - Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100
Session Lectures:

Prof. Nicola Dalla Via (Unibz): Tra numeri e parole: misurare e comunicare la sostenibilità aziendale
Dr Davide Don (Fraunhofer Italia): Come sfruttare la normativa EU per migliorare il design di prodotto

Course Overview
The interdisciplinary course “Nachhaltigkeit: Herausforderungen und Lösungen / Sostenibilità: sfide e soluzioni / Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions”, part of the Studium Generale program at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to sustainability. Coordinated by the Competence Centre for Sustainability (CCEES), it involves 19 lecturers from all member institutions of the STARS Alliance, bringing together perspectives from science, economics, and social research.
The course explores key sustainability challenges and possible approaches across ecological, economic, and social dimensions, with particular attention to mountain regions.
Main Objectives

Offer a general overview on the topic of sustainability and on the current challenges and approaches to face its economic, ecological and social aspect
Focus on the context of mountain regions, including its society, economy, and natural resources
Enable the audience to analyze the discussed sustainability aspects and to apply them in areas of society such as politics, tourism, the economy, nature management and in companies and the education sector

The lecture series runs from 15 October 2025 to 14 January 2026, on Wednesdays from 17:00 to 19:00 at the Bozen-Bolzano campus.
Program:

Language: German, Italian, English (according to participants)
Registration: participation is open to all, with no prior registration required
Event website: Nachhaltigkeit: Herausforderungen und Lösungen | Sostenibilità: sfide e soluzioni | Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions – S.T.A.R.S.

Social ladders: the weight of social mobility
2025-10-23 15:00 - 16:30 | Eurac Research – Seminar room 8, Viale Druso Drususallee, 1, Bolzano - Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Public lecture with Anthony Miro Born, sociologist at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse Global Fellow
Promoting social mobility has become a powerful concern in public, political, and academic debates. This talk, however, places the ideal of social mobility itself at the centre of analysis. Drawing on in-depth fieldwork in stigmatised neighbourhoods in Germany and Miro’s forthcoming book “Social Ladders” (Oxford University Press, 2026), it explores the contradictions between the lofty promises of social mobility, its ambivalent politics, and its complex manifestations in people’s lived experiences. The talk shows how the language of social mobility and “more meritocracy” is often used to ignore the primary needs and problems of disadvantaged communities. It also argues that to understand the divisive nature and hidden costs of social mobility, we must listen not only to the few who have ‘made it’ up the ladder to social and economic success. We must also include the voices of those commonly seen as having been ‘left behind.’
Language: The lecture will be held in English and is open to everyone interested.
Registration: No registration required.
Event website: https://www.eurac.edu/en/institutes-centers/center-for-advanced-studies/news-events/social-ladders-the-weight-of-social-mobility-anthony-miro-born

Qualità della vita e sicurezza ambientale in montagna
2025-10-24 08:30 - 17:30 | NOI B1.0.14 Aula Magna, via Volta-Voltastrasse 13/A, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
I risultati conseguiti nel progetto iNEST – spoke1
Incontro con gli stakeholders sui temi della qualità della vita e della sicurezza ambientale in montagna (Research Topic RT1A e RT1B).
Nel corso dell’incontro saranno presentati gli esiti delle attività di ricerca svolte nei progetti accademici, nei progetti promossi dalle imprese e da quelli promossi dai giovani ricercatori, all’interno dello spoke1 del progetto iNEST – interconnected Nordest – sui temi dei research topic indicati.
Registrazione: entro il 20.10.2025
Sito dell’evento: Qualità della vita e sicurezza ambientale in montagna / Libera Università di Bolzano

Rechtsstaat unter Druck? | Lo Stato di diritto in crisi?
2025-10-24 09:00 - 13:00 | Eurac Research, Conference hall, Drususallee 1/Viale Druso 1, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
DE_Demokratie und Gesellschaft in der (Klima-)Krise
Wie belastbar sind Demokratie und Rechtsstaat in Zeiten eskalierender Krisen? Die Klimakrise konfrontiert nicht nur unsere politischen Systeme mit enormem Handlungsdruck – sie stellt auch zentrale rechtsstaatliche Prinzipien auf die Probe.
Tatsächlich zeigen sich aktuell gegensätzliche Entwicklungen: Einerseits wird Klimaschutz immer häufiger vor Gericht erstritten – etwa durch strategische Klimaklagen. Andererseits übertreten einige Aktivistinnen und Aktivisten mit radikalen Protestformen bewusst gesetzliche Grenzen, um auf die Dringlichkeit der Krise aufmerksam zu machen. Beide Wege zielen auf dasselbe – mehr Klimaschutz –, stehen aber in einem grundverschiedenen Verhältnis zum Rechtsstaat. Gleichzeitig gewinnen autoritäre und rechtspopulistische Kräfte weltweit an Einfluss, die den wissenschaftlichen Konsens zum Klimawandel in Frage stellen und Transformationsprozessen in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit entgegenwirken – auch unter Berufung auf individuelle Freiheitsrechte.
Gemeinsam mit Expertinnen und Experten unterschiedlicher Disziplinen diskutieren wir die gesellschaftlichen Folgen dieser Entwicklungen und gehen der Frage nach, ob – und wenn ja, wie – sich der demokratische Rechtsstaat angesichts globaler Krisen behaupten und zukunftsfähig entwickeln kann – und welche Lehren sich daraus für Südtirol ziehen lassen.
Programm

09:00-09:15

Begrüßung
Roland Psenner, Präsident, Eurac Research
Harald Pechlaner, Leiter des Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research

09:15-10:00

Die Klimakrise als Belastungsprobe für Rechtsstaat und Demokratie
Svenja Behrendt, Juniorprofessorin für Öffentliches Recht an der Universität Mannheim und Senior Researcher am Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von Kriminalität, Sicherheit und Recht, Freiburg

10:00-10:45

Zwischen Demokratisierung und Entdemokratisierung: Ziviler Ungehorsam im Zeichen der Klimakrise (online)
Robin Celikates, Professor für Sozialphilosophie an der Freien Universität Berlin

10:45-11:15

Kaffeepause

11:15-12:00

Klimafrage, rechtspopulistische Krisenmobilisierung und die Gefährdung der Demokratie
Axel Salheiser, Wissenschaftlicher Leiter des Instituts für Demokratie und Zivilgesellschaft, Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt, Jena

12:00-13:00

Podiumsdiskussion mit lokalen Expertinnen und Experten
Federica Cittadino, Expertin für internationales Umweltrecht und Governance
Klaus Egger, Sonderbeauftragter des Landes Südtirol für Nachhaltigkeit
Michaela Krömer, Rechtsanwältin für Klima-, Umwelt- und Verfassungsrecht
Julia Unterberger, italienische Senatorin und Rechtsanwältin

13:00

Abschluss und Light Lunch
Sprache: Die Veranstaltung findet in deutscher Sprache mit Simultanübersetzung ins Italienische statt.

Anmeldung bis zum 22. Oktober: https://de.eu.surveymonkey.com/r/RuDRGK
Event Website: https://www.eurac.edu/de/institutes-centers/center-for-advanced-studies/news-events/rechtsstaat-unter-druck
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IT_Nuove sfide per la democrazia e la società nel contesto della crisi climatica
Quanto resilienti sono la democrazia e lo Stato di diritto in tempi di crisi costanti? La crisi climatica non solo mette sotto pressione i nostri sistemi politici, ma mette anche alla prova i principi fondamentali dello Stato di diritto. Attualmente si registrano azioni contrastanti: da un lato, la tutela del clima è sempre più spesso al centro di contenziosi legali, si pensi ad esempio a cause intentate per motivazioni ambientali e puramente strategiche. Dall’altro lato, alcune attiviste e alcuni attivisti violano consapevolmente la legalità con forme di protesta radicali nel tentativo di richiamare l’attenzione sulla crisi impellente. Entrambe le strategie mirano allo stesso obiettivo, una maggiore protezione del clima, ma si pongono in maniera profondamente diversa rispetto allo Stato di diritto.
Allo stesso tempo, forze autoritarie e populiste di destra stanno acquisendo sempre più influenza a livello globale, mettendo in discussione il consenso scientifico sul cambiamento climatico e ostacolando i processi di transizione verso la sostenibilità, spesso in nome dei diritti individuali di libertà.
Insieme a esperte ed esperti di diverse discipline discuteremo le implicazioni sociali di questi sviluppi e ci interrogheremo se – e, in tal caso, come – lo Stato di diritto democratico possa affermarsi e consolidarsi in modo sostenibile di fronte alle crisi globali. Infine, rifletteremo su quali insegnamenti possano essere tratti da tutto ciò per la realtà altoatesina.
Programma

09:00-09:15

Saluti istituzionali
Roland Psenner, presidente di Eurac Research
Harald Pechlaner, direttore del Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research

09:15-10:00

Come la crisi climatica mette alla prova lo Stato di diritto e la democrazia
Svenja Behrendt, professoressa di diritto pubblico presso l’Università di Mannheim e senior researcher presso il Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von Kriminalität, Sicherheit und Recht, Friburgo

10:00-10:45

Tra democratizzazione e de-democratizzazione: disobbedienza civile nell’era della crisi climatica (online)
Robin Celikates, professore di filosofia sociale presso la Freie Universität di Berlino

10:45-11:15

Pausa caffè

11:15-12:00

La questione climatica, la mobilitazione populista di destra in risposta alle crisi e la minaccia alla democrazia
Axel Salheiser, direttore scientifico dell’Istituto per la Democrazia e la Società Civile, Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt, Jena

12:00-13:00

Tavola rotonda
Federica Cittadino, esperta di diritto ambientale internazionale e governance
Klaus Egger, incaricato speciale della Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto-Adige per la sostenibilità
Michaela Krömer, avvocata specializzata in diritto e clima, diritto ambientale e costituzionale
Julia Unterberger, senatrice italiana e avvocata

13:00

Chiusura e light lunch

Lingua: L’evento si svolgerà in lingua tedesca con traduzione simultanea in italiano.
Registrazione entro il 22 ottobre: https://de.eu.surveymonkey.com/r/RuDRGK

Sito web dell’evento: https://www.eurac.edu/it/institutes-centers/center-for-advanced-studies/news-events/lo-stato-di-diritto-in-crisi

Environmental-Unfriendly Tax Avoidance
2025-10-29 12:00 - 13:00 | UNIBZ – Room BZ E3.20, Piazza Università, Universitätplatz 1, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Research Seminar with Martin Jacob: Learn how multinational firms use carbon allowances and tax havens to reduce tax burdens and how this affects emissions, innovation, and green investments

This paper shows how firms use carbon allowances to reduce corporate tax burdens by exploiting internal trading hubs in low-tax jurisdictions and fluctuations in carbon prices. Using a unique dataset on all carbon allowance transactions of the European Union Emission Trading System (EU ETS) over the period 2014-2020, we show that many multinational firms subject to the EU ETS use tax haven operations to substantially reduce corporate their tax burdens. These tax savings reduce tax avoidance firms’ net price for carbon allowances. In a subsequent step, we examine how tax haven operations for carbon allowance trading, i.e., tax avoidance with carbon allowances, are associated with firms’ emission reduction, innovation, and investment in abatement technologies.
Registration for online participation: Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams
Event website: Environmental-Unfriendly Tax Avoidance / Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

STARS Course "Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions" – Che plastica sei? Dal prodotto all'inquinamento invisibile
2025-10-29 17:00 - 18:00 | UNIBZ – Room BZ E4.11, Piazza Università, Universitätsplatz 1, Bolzano - Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Session Lecture:

Massimo Donegà – Francesco Iannone (Eco Research): Che plastica sei? Dal prodotto all’inquinamento invisibile

Course Overview
The interdisciplinary course “Nachhaltigkeit: Herausforderungen und Lösungen / Sostenibilità: sfide e soluzioni / Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions”, part of the Studium Generale program at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to sustainability. Coordinated by the Competence Centre for Sustainability (CCEES), it involves 19 lecturers from all member institutions of the STARS Alliance, bringing together perspectives from science, economics, and social research.
The course explores key sustainability challenges and possible approaches across ecological, economic, and social dimensions, with particular attention to mountain regions.
Main Objectives

Offer a general overview on the topic of sustainability and on the current challenges and approaches to face its economic, ecological and social aspect
Focus on the context of mountain regions, including its society, economy, and natural resources
Enable the audience to analyze the discussed sustainability aspects and to apply them in areas of society such as politics, tourism, the economy, nature management and in companies and the education sector

The lecture series runs from 15 October 2025 to 14 January 2026, on Wednesdays from 17:00 to 19:00 at the Bozen-Bolzano campus.
Program:

Language: German, Italian, English (according to participants)
Registration: participation is open to all, with no prior registration required
Event website: Nachhaltigkeit: Herausforderungen und Lösungen | Sostenibilità: sfide e soluzioni | Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions – S.T.A.R.S.

Echoed nature exhibition
2025-11-04 - 2026-01-06 | Museum of Nature South Tyrol, Via Bottai, Bindergasse 1, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
“Echoed nature” is an interactive exhibition about biodiversity loss and new encounters in South Tyrol.
“echoed nature” is an interactive exhibition about biodiversity loss and new encounters in South Tyrol. The exhibition invites visitors to explore what has been lost, what remains, and what is changing in the regional flora and fauna.
The installation is the result of a multidisciplinary collaboration between mischer’traxler studio, unibz, and the South Tyrol Museum of Nature, within the project Embodied Data Lab (EDALAB). EDALAB develops interactive, embodied experiences based on data, combining science, design, and engineering. It is funded by the PNRR iNEST project for young researchers – Spoke 6 – Tourism, Culture, and Creative Industries at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
Event website: Events / Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

STARS Course “Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions” - Turning Wood Waste into Value: Pathways for a Sustainable Future; Teil des Problems, Teil der Lösung: Landwirtschaft im (Klima-)Wandel
2025-11-05 17:00 - 19:00 | UNIBZ – Room BZ E4.11, Piazza Università, Universitätsplatz 1, Bolzano - Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Session Lectures:

Jasmina Jusic (Fraunhofer Italia): Turning Wood Waste into Value: Pathways for a Sustainable Future
Georg Niedrist (Eurac Research): Teil des Problems, Teil der Lösung: Landwirtschaft im (Klima-)Wandel

Course Overview
The interdisciplinary course “Nachhaltigkeit: Herausforderungen und Lösungen / Sostenibilità: sfide e soluzioni / Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions”, part of the Studium Generale program at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to sustainability. Coordinated by the Competence Centre for Sustainability (CCEES), it involves 19 lecturers from all member institutions of the STARS Alliance, bringing together perspectives from science, economics, and social research.
The course explores key sustainability challenges and possible approaches across ecological, economic, and social dimensions, with particular attention to mountain regions.
Main Objectives

Offer a general overview on the topic of sustainability and on the current challenges and approaches to face its economic, ecological and social aspect
Focus on the context of mountain regions, including its society, economy, and natural resources
Enable the audience to analyze the discussed sustainability aspects and to apply them in areas of society such as politics, tourism, the economy, nature management and in companies and the education sector

The lecture series runs from 15 October 2025 to 14 January 2026, on Wednesdays from 17:00 to 19:00 at the Bozen-Bolzano campus.
Program:

Language: German, Italian, English (according to participants)
Registration: participation is open to all, with no prior registration required
Event website: Nachhaltigkeit: Herausforderungen und Lösungen | Sostenibilità: sfide e soluzioni | Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions – S.T.A.R.S.

Strategie di decentramento delle infrastrutture energetiche e logistiche in montagna
2025-11-07 08:30 - 17:30 | NOI B1.0.14 Aula Magna, via Volta-Voltastrasse 13/A, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
I risultati conseguiti nel progetto iNEST – spoke1
Incontro con gli stakeholders sui temi della decentralizzazione delle strutture montane e delle infrastrutture, relativamente alle strategie energetiche e alle strategie logistiche (Research Topic RT3A e RT3B).
Nel corso dell’incontro saranno presentati gli esiti delle attività di ricerca svolte nei progetti accademici, nei progetti promossi dalle imprese e da quelli promossi dai giovani ricercatori, all’interno dello spoke1 del progetto iNEST – interconnected Nordest – sui temi dei research topic indicati.
Registrazione: entro il 03.11.2025
Sito dell’evento: Strategie di decentramento delle infrastrutture energetiche e logistiche in montagna / Libera Università di Bolzano

STARS Course “Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions” - Nachhaltigkeitszertifizierungen in Südtirol: Green Shootings & Green Events – Vorteile, Schwierigkeiten und Wahrnehmung von außen; Von der Theorie zur Umsetzung: Nachhaltiger Tourismus & Kreislaufwirtschaft im Alltag
2025-11-12 17:00 - 19:00 | UNIBZ -Room BZ E4.23, Piazza Università, Universitätsplatz 1, Bolzano - Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100
Session Lectures:

Jana Wagner (Ökoinstitut): Nachhaltigkeitszertifizierungen in Südtirol: Green Shootings & Green Events – Vorteile, Schwierigkeiten und Wahrnehmung von außen
Hannes Waldmüller/Ulrich Prechsl (IDM Südtirol): Von der Theorie zur Umsetzung: Nachhaltiger Tourismus & Kreislaufwirtschaft im Alltag

Course Overview
The interdisciplinary course “Nachhaltigkeit: Herausforderungen und Lösungen / Sostenibilità: sfide e soluzioni / Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions”, part of the Studium Generale program at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to sustainability. Coordinated by the Competence Centre for Sustainability (CCEES), it involves 19 lecturers from all member institutions of the STARS Alliance, bringing together perspectives from science, economics, and social research.
The course explores key sustainability challenges and possible approaches across ecological, economic, and social dimensions, with particular attention to mountain regions.
Main Objectives

Offer a general overview on the topic of sustainability and on the current challenges and approaches to face its economic, ecological and social aspect
Focus on the context of mountain regions, including its society, economy, and natural resources
Enable the audience to analyze the discussed sustainability aspects and to apply them in areas of society such as politics, tourism, the economy, nature management and in companies and the education sector

The lecture series runs from 15 October 2025 to 14 January 2026, on Wednesdays from 17:00 to 19:00 at the Bozen-Bolzano campus.
Program:

Language: German, Italian, English (according to participants)
Registration: participation is open to all, with no prior registration required
Event website: Nachhaltigkeit: Herausforderungen und Lösungen | Sostenibilità: sfide e soluzioni | Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions – S.T.A.R.S.

WEBINAR: Nachhaltige Lieferketten verstehen und umsetzen: Praxistipps für Handwerksbetriebe in Südtirol
2025-11-13 15:00 - 16:15 | Online via Zoom
Nachhaltigkeit in der Lieferkette – ein Begriff, der oft abstrakt klingt und viele Fragen aufwirft: Was genau ist damit gemeint? Welche Anforderungen werden an Betriebe gestellt? Und wie lässt sich das im Alltag umsetzen?
In diesem Webinar führen wir Sie Schritt für Schritt durch die Grundlagen des nachhaltigen Lieferkettenmanagements – speziell für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen in Südtirol. Sie lernen:
· was unter „Lieferkette“ und den wichtigsten Begrifflichkeiten zu verstehen ist,
· welche Anforderungen lokal und international auf Betriebe zukommen,
· wie Sie erkennen, welche Informationen von Ihnen abgefragt werden,
· und welche ersten Maßnahmen Ihnen den Einstieg erleichtern.
Warum es sich lohnt:
· Risiken und Abhängigkeiten innerhalb der Lieferkette erkennen und besser steuern
· Prozesse effizienter gestalten und Kosten kontrollieren
· Qualität der Produkte und Dienstleistungen nachvollziehbar sichern
· Rechtliche Anforderungen und Nachhaltigkeitsaspekte berücksichtigen
· Transparenz schaffen, die langfristig Wettbewerbsfähigkeit unterstützt
Dieses Webinar bietet Ihnen Orientierung, praxisnahe Tipps und sofort anwendbare Lösungen – damit Ihre Lieferkette nicht nur eine Pflicht, sondern ein echter Erfolgsfaktor für Ihr Unternehmen wird.
Sprache: Deutsch
Preis: Preis für lvh-Mitglieder: 49,00 € + MwSt; Preis für BKH-Mitglieder: 42,75 € + MwSt. (auf Mitgliederpreis); Preis für Nicht-Mitglieder: 57,65 € + MwSt.
Anmeldung bis zum: 11.11.2025
Veranstaltungswebsite: WEBINAR: Nachhaltige Lieferketten
