As you know, the course touches on eight thematic areas. Here are the names of the coordinators and more information about them.
– Agriculture and Rural Development (AGR) – Paola Migliorini
– Sea and Fisheries (SEA) – Cinzia Scaffidi, Silvio Greco
– Health and Consumers (HEA) – Andrea Pezzana, Irene Biglino, Anthony Olmo
– Research and Innovation (RES) – Andrea Pieroni
– Climate Change (CLI) – Giacomo Trombi
– Sustainable Education (EDU) – Beatrice Morandina and Giacomo Festi
– Development and Cooperation (DEV) – Bruno Scaltriti
– Energy and Environment (ENE) – Franco Fassio
Each course will be supplemented by a short reading list.
A “cloud” of experts
When it comes to Food Policies, interdisciplinarity is a matter of fact. Each field of interest and action needs the contribution of experts from many different areas. This is why this course is no longer organized by “faculties”: instead, a “cloud” of experts will be at each area coordinator’s disposal for intervention in any subject area. Here are the names of the experts and more information about them (click on the names in bold).
– Augusta Albertini, nutritionist, University of Piacenza, Italy
– Marco Bindi, climatologist, University of Florence, Italy
– Marcello Buiatti, geneticist, University of Florence, Italy
– Paolo Caricato, EU, Directorate-General for Health and Consumers
– Angelo Consoli, president of TIRES (The Third Industrial Revolution European Society)
– Vincenzo Ferrara, climatologist, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Italy
– Michele Antonio Fino, jurist, University of Valle d’Aosta, Italy
– Monica Frassoni, president of the European Green Party
– Ugo Mattei, Professor of International and Comparative Law, U.C.Hastings and Professore Ordinario di Diritto Civile Università degli Studi di Torino
– Luca Mercalli, climatologist, Nimbus Web, Italy
– Gary Nabhan, Ethnobotanist, University of Arizona, USA
– Loretta Napoleoni, economist
– Cornelia Nauen, EU, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
– Antonio Onorati, International focal point IPC (International Planning Committee for food sovereignty)
– Valentino Piana, economist, Economic Web Institute, Italy
– Claudia Ranaboldo, Senior Researcher at Rimisp – Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural
– Stefano Vaccari, manager, MIPAAF (Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestries and Food)
– Jennifer Wilkins, nutritionist, Cornell University, USA
– John Wilkinson, associate professor in the Graduate Center for Development, Agriculture and Society, Rural Federal University, Rio de Janeiro.
Syllabus for the first four weeks
As explained on our website, the eight courses corresponding to the eight subject areas will be held during the first four weeks (hence two courses per week). Here is the syllabus:
17-21 October:
– Research and Innovation (RES)
– Climate Change (CLI)
24-28 October:
– Development and Cooperation (DEV)
– Health and Consumers (HEA)
31 October-4 November:
– Agriculture and Rural Development (AGR)
– Sustainable Education (EDU)
7-11 November:
– Energy and Environment (ENE)
– Sea and Fisheries (SEA)
° Lectures will be posted and left online so that students can consult them at any time.
° The coordinators will be frequently available online during the week of their course, and will provide a schedule of availability for the other weeks. A mail and message system will also be available on the platform.
° Each coordinator may set a final test for students at the end of their course.
The second four weeks
During the second four weeks (from 14 November -9 December), each student will be asked to investigate cases of good food policy in one EU country. During this time, the coordinators will be available when requested for consultation and discussion on single cases. They will also provide any help needed according to a schedule of online availability, including the possibility of communicating by email and messages.
From 12 December to 13 January
The course proper will conclude at the end of the eighth week. Students will then have time until 13 January to submit their final paper, an overall analysis of the Food Policy situation in the country of their choice. Whereas the investigation during the course must only be a description of good practices (cases) in Food Policy, in their final paper students will be expected to comment upon the general situation of policy in the country, its weak and strong points, how it has developed to date and what could be done to improve it. This paper will be evaluated and marked. The final mark will be composed of evaluation of the level of the student’s participation in the course, the results of tests set by the coordinators, the quality of the investigation during the second part of the course and the paper submitted by 13 January.
By the end of January, students will receive their mark and a certificate of participation, complete with assignment of ECTS credits.