S.T.A.R.S.

Typology Approaches in Historical Building Renovation Webinar
2025-10-15 11:00 - 12:30 (Europe/Rome) | 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.

Colloquium Plattform Biodiversität Südtirol – Piattaforma biodiversità Alto Adige
2025-11-12 18:00 - 19:00 | 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

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

Food, Waste, and Sustainability: Synergizing Ontology Efforts
2025-11-14 16:00 - 19:00 | online
About the Workshop
Description and Aims
Nowadays, waste, especially that of food and plastics deriving from human consumption and activities along food supply chains, poses serious concerns both in terms of human health and resilience and sustainability of food systems. While being a source of possible disease outbreaks and attracting wild animals to urban settlements, food waste is correlated with reduced efficiency in water and energy usage and an increase in CO2 gas emissions. Contamination of agricultural soils and environments by plastics and microplastics is threatening the life of numerous species. As micro- and nanoplastics have also been detected in human tissues, they raise questions regarding human well-being. These are just a few examples.
By fostering data annotation, organization, and interoperation, ontologies ensure that datasets, systems, and people can be interconnected. This is a critical step to effectively deal with complex and widespread health and sustainability issues, such as food and plastic waste.
In the last decades, efforts in ontology development mainly focused on health and related features, as witnessed by many of the resources provided by the Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology (OBO) Foundry. Recently, attention has also been given to modeling sustainability issues, which resulted in ontologies like Sustainability Core Ontology (SCO), Sustainable Development Goals Interface Ontology (SDGIO), Sustainable Met Systems Ontology (SuMSO), and Sustainable Development and Climate (SDC) Ontology. It is imperative to enhance interconnectedness among these ontologies and related applications. In particular, it will be important to communicate across different ontology communities to adequately capture the intrinsic connections between health and sustainability.
The Food, Waste, and Sustainability: Synergizing Ontology Efforts 2025 Workshop, held as part of the 16th International Conference on Biological and Biomedical Ontology (ICBO 2025), aims at promoting discussions in this direction, focusing on waste as a starting use case. We plan three main sessions. In the first session, we will explore present conceptualizations of waste within food systems, with a particular emphasis on food and plastic waste. Attention will be primarily placed on deriving challenges and opportunities concerning human health, resilience, and sustainability of those systems. The second session will be dedicated to existing and work-in-progress ontologies. We will conversate on how such conceptualizations of the realm of food and plastic waste are implemented in computable ontological models, knowledge graphs, and related applications, tracking down similarities and discrepancies. In the third session, we will engage in an open discussion with experts in the field. Conversations will concentrate on how to synergize sustainability and health ontologies across ontology communities, for harmonizing and interconnecting existing conceptualizations and representations of food systems waste. The ultimate goal of this workshop is to foster dialogues in support of human health and food systems resilience and sustainability.
Language: English
Registration: ICBO2025 schedule
Event website: Home page

Future lost? Warum der Kampf gegen den Klimawandel zu scheitern droht
2025-11-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Eurac Research, Conference hall, Drususallee 1/Viale Druso 1, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Ein Diskussionsabend mit dem Soziologen und Bestseller-Autor Jens Beckert über das Versagen im Abwenden der Klimakrise
Wir verkaufen unsere Zukunft. Nicht anders lässt sich erklären, weshalb Klimaschutz immer wieder aufgeschoben wird, obwohl wir seit Jahrzehnten um die Klimaerwärmung und ihre gefährlichen Folgen wissen. In Wirtschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft des Globalen Nordens liegt der Fokus weiterhin stark auf Quartalsgewinnen, Wählerstimmen und Konsumtrends, während sich die Welt auf einen deutlichen Anstieg der Durchschnittstemperatur einstellen muss. Probleme werden in eine unbestimmte Zukunft verschoben. Eine Zukunft, die nicht mehr offen und planbar erscheint, und gerade deshalb umso bedrohlicher wirkt.
Weshalb scheitert die kapitalistische Moderne so eklatant an ihren eigenen Strukturen? Wie kann die Unterstützung für Klimaschutz in der Gesellschaft gestärkt werden, auch wenn es bedeutet, bestehende Lebensweisen aufzugeben? Wie können wir eine soziale Widerstandsfähigkeit aufbauen, die auf uns zukommenden Auseinandersetzungen standhalten kann? Diese Fragen sind Forschungsschwerpunkt von Jens Beckert, Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung und Professor für Soziologie an der Universität zu Köln. In seinem Bestseller „Verkaufte Zukunft. Warum der Kampf gegen den Klimawandel zu scheitern droht“ geht er dem Zögern moderner Gesellschaften in der Klimakrise auf den Grund und formuliert Aufgaben für eine realistische Klimapolitik – so auch im Vortrag am Forschungszentrum Eurac Research in Bozen.
Im Anschluss an den Vortrag findet eine Podiumsdiskussion mit lokalen Akteurinnen und Akteuren statt. Dabei wird erörtert, warum Klimapolitik auch in Südtirol trotz breitem Problembewusstsein nur zögerlich umgesetzt wird.

Zum Vortragenden
Jens Beckert ist Direktor des Max‑Planck‑Instituts für Gesellschaftsforschung in Köln und Professor für Soziologie an der Universität zu Köln. Nach Studium und Promotion in Berlin und New York habilitierte er sich 2003 an der Freien Universität Berlin. Lehr- und Forschungsaufenthalte führten ihn unter anderem nach Princeton, Harvard und Paris. Für seine Arbeiten zur Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftssoziologie erhielt er zahlreiche Auszeichnungen, darunter 2018 den Gottfried‑Wilhelm‑Leibniz‑Preis. Sein aktuelles Buch „Verkaufte Zukunft“ (Suhrkamp, 2024) analysiert, warum der Kampf gegen den Klimawandel an kurzsichtigen Interessen und Strukturen zu scheitern droht.
Sprache: Deutsch (Es ist keine Simultanübersetzung vorgesehen)
Anmeldung (bis zum 10. November): https://de.eu.surveymonkey.com/r/FutureLost
Event webiste: Future lost? Warum der Kampf gegen den Klimawandel zu scheitern droht

Naturschutz vor der Haustür
2025-11-15 09:00 - 15:00 | PTH-STA, Seminarplatz 4, Piazza del Seminario 4, Brixen, Bressanone, Bozen, 39042, Italy
Schöpfung bewahren – Vielfalt schaffen

Dieses praxisnahe Angebot richtet sich an die Pfarrgemeinderatsmitglieder. Eingeladen sind aber genauso die Nachhaltigkeitsbeauftragten und all jene, denen Naturschutz ein Anliegen ist – allen voran Jugendliche.
Es geht um …
… das Verständnis der Schöpfung als Gabe, Erbe und Auftrag
… konkrete Anregungen für den Naturschutz vor Ort
… Biodiversität, Artenvielfalt
… das Bewusstsein, warum beim Thema „Lichtverschmutzung“ weniger mehr ist
Programm: Naturschutz_Mail.pdf
Event website: Naturschutz vor der Haustür

STARS Course “Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions” - Wildtierethik und Landschaftsnutzung
2025-11-19 17:00 - 19:00 | UNIBZ – Room BZ E4.11, Piazza Università, Universitätsplatz 1, Bolzano - Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Session Lecture:

Markus Moling (Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Brixen): Wildtierethik und Landschaftsnutzung

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.

Resilienza dei sistemi produttivi in contesti montani
2025-11-21 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 dell’economia nei contesti montani.
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 del research topic indicato.
Lingua: italiano
Registrazione: entro il 17.11.2025
Sito dell’evento: Resilienza dei sistemi produttivi in contesti montani / Libera Università di Bolzano

STARS Course “Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions” - Wilde Bienchen - Vielfalt, Bedeutung und Herausforderungen bei Wildbienen; Cambiamenti climatici in montagna: i torrenti alpini tra fragilità e resistenza
2025-11-26 17:00 - 19:00 | UNIBZ – Room BZ E4.11, Piazza Università, Universitätsplatz 1, Bolzano - Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Session Lectures:

Petra Kranebitter (Naturamuseum): Wilde Bienchen – Vielfalt, Bedeutung und Herausforderungen bei Wildbienen
Stefano Brighenti (Eco Research): Cambiamenti climatici in montagna: i torrenti alpini tra fragilità e resistenza

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.

Konsumstrategien: Lebensmittelverschwendung, Ressourcenmanagement und die Verbindung von innerer und äußerer Ökologie | Strategie del consumo - Tra spreco alimentare e gestione delle risorse: coltivare un’ecologia dentro e fuori di noi
2025-11-27 09:00 - 17:00 | Innenhof des Palais Widmann | Cortile interno di Palazzo Widmann, Piazza Silvius Magnago Platz, 1, Bolzano-Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Unser Lebensstil hat Auswirkungen auf die Umwelt. Was können wir konkret tun, um diese Auswirkungen zu verringern und einen nachhaltigen ökologischen Fußabdruck zu hinterlassen?
Fachleute diskutieren zu den Themen: Konsum, Lebensmittelverschwendung, Ressourcenmanagement, Kreislaufwirtschaft und Streben nach Nachhaltigkeit während der Podiumsdiskussion, die am Donnerstag, den 27. November 2025, von 9:00 bis 17:00 Uhr im Innenhof des Palais Widmann, Silvius-Magnago-Platz 1, Bozen, stattfindet.
Es sind zwei Einheiten der Podiumsdiskussion vorgesehen:

von 9:00 bis 12:00 Uhr mit Schwerpunkt auf der Lebensmittelverschwendung
von 14:00 bis 17:00 Uhr mit Schwerpunkt auf der Ökologie der Wiederverwendung.

Es ist möglich, nur an einer oder beiden Einheiten teilzunehmen.
Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsreferent:innen der Gemeinden, Kommunalpolitiker:innen, Mitglieder des Tisches gegen Lebensmittelverschwendung, soziale und Umweltorganisationen, Studierende sowie interessierte Bürger und Bürgerinnen.
Der Eintritt ist frei, solange Plätze verfügbar sind.
Im Saal steht eine Simultanübersetzung zur Verfügung.
Programm der Veranstaltung
Vormittag, von 9:00 bis 12:00 Uhr: Lebensmittelverschwendung

9:00 – 9:10 Uhr: Begrüßung von Rosmarie Pamer (Landesrätin für sozialen Zusammenhalt, Familie, Senioren, Genossenschaften und Ehrenamt, Autonome Provinz Bozen)
9:10 – 9:30 Uhr: Einführung – Oswin Maurer (Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Freie Universität Bozen)
9:30 – 11:00 Uhr: Podiumsdiskussion mit: Gudrun Obersteiner (BOKU, Universität Wien), Elisa Poznanski (Amt für Abfallwirtschaft, Autonome Provinz Bozen), Giovanni Vultaggio (Direktor Banco Alimentare), Sabine Eccel (Leiterin VinziMarkt, Vinzenzgemeinschaft), Silke Raffeiner (Verbraucherzentrale Südtirol, Bozen), Maria Teresa Cecarelli (Amt für Kinder- und Jugendschutz und soziale Inklusion, Autonome Provinz Bozen)
11:00 – 12:00 Uhr: Fragen aus dem Publikum und Diskussion

Moderation: Evi Keifl
Nachmittag, von 14:00 bis 17:00 Uhr: Ökologie der Wiederverwendung

14:00 – 14:10 Uhr: Begrüßung von Peter Brunner (Landesrat für Umwelt-, Natur- und Klimaschutz, Energie, Raumentwicklung und Sport, Autonome Provinz Bozen)
14:10 – 14:30 Uhr: Einführung – Giulio Angelucci (Direktor Amt für Abfallwirtschaft, Autonome Provinz Bozen)
14:30 – 16:00 Uhr: Podiumsdiskussion mit Silvana Bragante (Autorin des Buches: „Lasciamoli respirare”), Carmen Raffa (Psycologists for Future South Tyrol), Sonja Abrate (Direktorin Ökoinstitut Südtirol/Alto Adige), Susanne Barta (Journalistin), Argante Brancalion (Repair Café bei Spazio 77, Bozen), Marcello Barison (Fakultät für Design und Künste, Freie Universität Bozen), Aart van Bezooijen (Fakultät für Design und Künste, Freie Universität Bozen)
16:00 –17:00 Uhr: Fragen aus dem Publikum und Diskussion

Moderation: Evi Keifl
Veranstaltung organisiert vom Amt für Abfallwirtschaft der Landesagentur für Umwelt und Klimaschutz.
Veranstaltungswebsite: https://umwelt.provinz.bz.it/de/news/system.id=9408e3ba-69b6-4ac9-8e07-37c5d07e69ab

Il nostro stile di vita ha impatti sull’ambiente. Cosa possiamo mettere in atto concretamente per ridurre tali impatti e avere un’impronta ecologica e sostenibile sull’ambiente?
Esperte ed esperti si confronteranno sui temi: consumo, spreco alimentare, gestione delle risorse, economia circolare e aspirazione alla sostenibilità durante la tavola rotonda che si svolgerà giovedì 27 novembre 2025, dalle 9:00 alle 17:00 nel Cortile interno di Palazzo Widmann, piazza Silvius Magnago 1, Bolzano.
Sono previste due sessioni della tavola rotonda:

dalle 9:00 alle 12:00 con focus sullo spreco alimentare
dalle 14:00 alle 17:00, con focus sull’ecologia del riuso.

È possibile partecipare ad una sola oppure a entrambe le sessioni.
L’evento è rivolto a referenti all’ambiente e per la sostenibilità dei Comuni, amministratori comunali, componenti del tavolo per la lotta allo spreco alimentare, associazioni sociali e ambientali, studenti, cittadinanza.
L’ingresso è libero fino ad esaurimento posti. Disponibile in sala la traduzione simultanea.
Programma dell’evento
Mattina, dalle 9:00 alle 12:00: spreco alimentare

9:00 – 9:10: Saluti di Rosmarie Pamer (Assessora alla coesione sociale, famiglia, anziani, cooperative e volontariato, Provincia autonoma di Bolzano)
9:10 – 9:30: Introduzione – Oswin Maurer (Facoltà di Economia, Università di Bolzano)
9:30 – 11:00: Tavola rotonda con Gudrun Obersteiner (BOKU, Università di Vienna), Elisa Poznanski (Ufficio Gestione rifiuti, Provincia autonoma di Bolzano), Giovanni Vultaggio (Direttore Banco Alimentare), Sabine Eccel (Coordinatrice VinziMarkt, San Vincenzo), Silke Raffeiner (Centro tutela consumatori e utenti, Bolzano), Maria Teresa Cecarelli (Ufficio per la Tutela dei minori e l’inclusione sociale, Provincia autonoma di Bolzano)
11:00 – 12:00: Domande dal pubblico e dibattito

Modera: Evi Keifl
Pomeriggio, dalle 14:00 alle 17:00: ecologia del riuso

14:00 – 14:10: Saluti di Peter Brunner (Assessore alla protezione dell’ambiente, della natura e del clima, energia, sviluppo del territorio e sport, Provincia autonoma di Bolzano)
14:10 – 14:30: Introduzione – Giulio Angelucci (Direttore Ufficio Gestione rifiuti, Provincia autonoma di Bolzano)
14:30 – 16:00: Tavola rotonda con Silvana Bragante (Autrice del libro: “Lasciamoli respirare”), Carmen Raffa (Psycologists for Future South Tyrol), Sonja Abrate (Direttrice Ökoinstitut Südtirol/Alto Adige), Susanne Barta (Giornalista), Argante Brancalion (Repair Café presso Spazio 77, Bolzano), Marcello Barison (Facoltà di Design e Arti, Libera Università di Bolzano), Aart van Bezooijen (Facoltà di Design e Arti, Libera Università di Bolzano)
16:00 –17:00: Domande dal pubblico e dibattito

Modera: Evi Keifl
Evento organizzato dall’Ufficio Gestione rifiuti dell’Agenzia provinciale per l’ambiente e la tutela del clima.
Sito dell’evento: https://ambiente.provincia.bz.it/it/news/evento-strategie-del-consumo-27-11-2025-a-bolzano

Educazione Territori Natura 2025
2025-11-27 10:00 - 2025-11-29 13:30 | unibz – Aula BX A0.50, Viale Ratisbona, 16, Bressanone, Alto Adige, Italy
Il convegno promuove lo studio di percorsi educativi interdisciplinari e una sensibilità e intelligenza ecologica che sia parte dell’esperienza di vita.
Il Convegno Internazionale Educazione Territori Natura, alla sua decima edizione, porta a sistema il lavoro avviato con il Convegno del 2016 attraverso i gruppi di lavoro interdisciplinare.
La finalità del convegno è quella di

lavorare per una costruttiva collaborazione tra Scuola, Università, mondo della vita e del lavoro nella prospettiva di un Sistema Formativo inteso come infrastruttura educativa, culturale e sociale;
riflettere sul rapporto tra epistemologia e prassi dell’educazione quando al centro si pongono problemi globali e controversi come ambiente, biodiversità, vivibilità, sostenibilità, cittadinanza locale e globale;
individuare piste di attività didattica e di gioco che sperimentino la consonanza di corpo-mente-natura e la consapevolezza di Sé come corpo, racconto, emozioni, tra natura e cultura;
riconoscere e coltivale le potenzialità dei processi emozionali che stanno alla base del cambiamento di idee e comportamenti a partire dalle prime età della vita e per tutta la vita.

Il Convegno si rivolge a differenti pubblici: sia a ricercatori universitari (Call for Papers) sia a insegnanti di ogni ordine e grado e a educatori impegnati nella scuola e nelle opportunità intenzionalmente formative del fuori-scuola.
Lingua: italiano
Programma: ETN-TEN-Programma.pdf
Registrazione: Educazione Territori Natura 2025 – ConfTool Pro – Login
Sito web dell’evento: sito della conferenza

Sustainable Community Movement Organisations and their policy impact
2025-11-28 09:00 - 10:00 | unibz – Room BZ C2.01, Universitätsplatz 1 - piazza Università, 1, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Explore how Sustainable Community Movement Organisations are transforming political participation — a research seminar by Prof. Paolo Graziano on grassroots activism and democratic impact.
This seminar explores the growing importance of political consumerism and the emergence of Sustainable Community Movement Organisations (SCMOs) as a collective form of grassroots participation. Moving beyond individualised activism, it examines how these organisations are structured, how they pursue sustainability and social change, and the ways in which they contribute to shaping public policy and democratic practices in contemporary societies.
Language: English
Event website: Sustainable Community Movement Organisations and their policy impact / Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Exaptive Pathways to Circular Innovation
2025-12-01 15:30 - 2025-12-02 18:20 | unibz – 01.12.2025 at BITZ unibz fablab, Via A. Rosmini 9; 02.12.2025 in room BZ A5.18, Piazza Universita,1, Universitätsplatz 1 - piazza Università, 1, Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
This workshop aims to bring together a small group of scholars to collectively reflect on the concept of exaptation and related modes of innovation.
The event will focus on its implications, intersections, and extensions, with particular attention to how these innovation processes might connect with sustainability and circular innovation. The workshop will provide a space for in-depth discussion, exchange of perspectives, and collaborative reflection. The workshop is designed as a space for both presentations and shared reflections, fostering dialogue across disciplines and approaches.
Language: English
Program: 2025-12-01_Workshop-Exaptive-Pathways-to-Circular-Innovation_programme.pdf
Event Website: Exaptive Pathways to Circular Innovation / Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

STARS Course “Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions” - Lichtverschmtzung; Quali sono le prospettive per la produzione di idrogeno in Alto Adige? Potenzialità e criticità per una filiera sostenibile a partire dalle risorse locali
2025-12-03 17:00 - 19:00 | UNIBZ – Room BZ E4.11, Piazza Università, Universitätsplatz 1, Bolzano - Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Session Lectures:

Sabrina Bernhard (Naturamuseum): Lichtverschmutzung
Massimiliano Renzi (Unibz): Quali sono le prospettive per la produzione di idrogeno in Alto Adige? Potenzialità e criticità per una filiera sostenibile a partire dalle risorse locali.

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.

Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2025
2025-12-09 - 2025-12-12 | NOI Techpark, Via Volta - Voltastrasse 13A, Bolzano - Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
10 years shaping the future of urban and regional development. This year’s focus is on resilience, equity, and environmental responsibility.
Climate change, digital transformation, resource scarcity, and social inequalities are all pose significant challenges to urban areas.
Since its first edition, the Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions (SSPCR 2025) conference has been a key platform for promoting sustainable development at the urban and regional level.
The 2025 edition focuses on solutions that promote resilience, equity, and environmental responsibility. The conference is ready to bring together leading researchers, policymakers, to discuss, exchange ideas and bridge the gap between research and action to ensure a smarter, greener, and more liveable future for all.
SSPCR 2025 welcomes contributions from various research fields: urban and regional planning, environmental and social sciences, economics, transportation, engineering and energy-related studies, computer science and geomantic as well as from the professional community.
SSPCR 2025 highlights:

7 thematic tracks, ranging from strategies for adaptive regeneration to circularity, allow you to propose a specific topic and become organizer and moderator of a dedicated special session.
Reflect on a decade of progress and help shaping the future of sustainable and smart urban planning.
Urban planning, environmental sciences, mobility, energy, AI, and smart technologies: you can engage with multidisciplinary perspectives.
Discover how academic insights, pilot projects, and bottom-up initiatives are bridging the gap from pure research and action.
From Christmas markets to innovative urban solutions, explore Bolzano in this magical season.

Language: English
Event website, Program and registration: link

STARS Course “Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions” - Rethinking materials for more sustainable futures
2025-12-10 17:00 - 19:00 | UNIBZ – Room BZ E4.11, Piazza Università, Universitätsplatz 1, Bolzano - Bozen, South Tyrol, 39100, Italy
Session Lectures:

Prof Aart van Bezooijen (Unibz): Rethinking materials for more sustainable futures

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.
