Summer school “Sustainable farming and food systems in the EU law and policy framework” - 2023
The interdisciplinary Summer School “Sustainable farming and food systems in the EU law and policy framework” will be held from 24th to 28th July 2023 in hybrid mode, for a total amount of 40 hours training. The Summer School is part of a three-year Jean Monnet Module SUSTAIN “EU Law on Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Agriculture after the European Green Deal”, co-funded under the EU Erasmus+ Programme and coordinated by Professor Mariagrazia Alabrese.
The Course will provide participants with an understanding of the European legal and policy framework of sustainable and climate-resilient agricultural and food systems within an interdisciplinary learning context. In particular, the political and legal implications of the transformative approach adopted by the EU (e.g., with the European Green Deal, the Farm to Fork strategy, the new CAP 2023-2027) will be thoroughly analyzed during the Summer School.
The course will also deal with the series of complex European and global challenges facing the European food system. These include climate change and environmental degradation, inequalities in the food supply chain, and food security concerns caused by the war in Ukraine.
The language of instruction is English, and a final assessment test is foreseen at the end of the course, in the form of a multiple-choice questionnaire.
TARGET GROUP
Undergraduates, post-graduate and PhD students (in Law, Politics, International Studies, Agricultural Sciences, amongst other fields), as well as professionals (such as lawyers, international/regional organisation officers, public servants working on agricultural and rural development, agricultural engineers), will find the course most suitable.
COURSE AIM
The Summer School aims to provide participants with the interdisciplinary knowledge and skills needed to understand the issues emerging from the development of the EU legal and policy framework on farming and food systems.
Specifically, by the end of the Summer School, participants will be able to: (a) handle the main EU legal aspects of the agri-food system and their impact on climate change adaptation and mitigation; (b) understand the landscape in which EU policies related to the food sector operate and of the role of EU Institutions in this framework; (c) manage the conceptual frameworks on the European model of Agriculture; (d) identify policy options based on the many challenges that impact on the EU agri-food system, such as climate change and food insecurity.
CREDITS INFO
2 ECTS will be awarded upon successful completion of the Summer School, which requires the attendance of at least 80% of classes and passing the final learning test.
The Summer School provides the option to acquire 1 additional ECTS by submitting a final paper that will be evaluated by the Teaching Staff. The final paper may follow the structure of case-studies analysis, critical essay, or review article. The topic of each paper will be discussed with the Teaching Staff. Selected papers, among those successfully evaluated, will be included in the Paper Series of the Jean Monnet Module SUSTAIN.