Seminars

Students are invited to attend some seminars chosen from the list of seminars herewith for at least 15 hours (hours can be gained only if offered as extra hours compared to regular lessons). 

Attendance will be checked through identification and signature for seminars in presence and through identification and screenshots to be provided by the students themselves for seminars online. 

3 credits will be assigned to students ​upon delivery of a short essay (about 2500 characters - 2 pages) on one of the topics covered in the seminars and a list of all seminars attended. The documents need to be sent to Professor Anna Montini, Programme Director, and also to cdlm.resd@unibo.it 

The evaluation will be on a pass/fail basis.

No application or registration is required for seminars organized by RESD.

For seminars held by external bodies refer to the relative websites.

All interested students are welcome.

The page will be updated during the year with new seminars.

Seminars 2024/2025

SEMINARS ORGANIZED BY RESD

"Advances in Environmental Economics: Climate change impact on economic growth, regulation and spatial heterogeneity”

(In presence event: credits provided for RESD1 in the afternoon only, for RESD2 in both morning and afternoon sessions)

19 November 2024, 10 am - 6 pm, Palazzo Buonadrata, Corso d'Augusto, 64 - Rimini 

10.15/10.45 AM | Welcome Address
• Paolo Pasini, President of Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Rimini
• Luca Lambertini, Head of Alma Mater Research Institute on Global Challenges and Climate Change (Alma Climate), University of Bologna
• Elettra Agliardi, University of Bologna
• Anna Montini, University of Bologna and Comune di Rimini
10.45 AM/1.00 PM | Plenary session
10.45/11.30 AM
Climate tipping points: precaution and regulation
Aart De Zeeuw, Tilburg University
11.30 AM /12.00 PM
Group decision theory under model uncertainty
Athanassios Yannacopoulos, Athens University of Economics and Business
12.00/12.45 PM
Climate Coalitions and their persistent ineffectiveness
Efikios Serzetakis, University of Macedonia

2.15/5.00 PM
Talks by BEEG members
Marco Casari, Nikko Jaakkola, Anna Montini, Emanuele Campiglio, Elettra Agliardi, Maria Arvaniti
Bologna Environmental Economics Group (BEEG), University of Bologna
5.00 PM
William Brock, University of Wisconsin, (online)
5.30/5.45 PM | Closing Address
Conclusions and further research avenues
Anastasios Xepapadeas, University of Bologna,

"Sustainable cities, sustainable destinations" (credits assigned for RESD1 and RESD2)

9 October 2024, 3-6 pm Alberti 7

Regeneration of the urban territory: the case of Bologna; Raffaele Laudani (Assessore all’Urbanistica, Bologna)

Urban tourism transitions and doughnut economics; Shirley Nieuwland (Paradisefound.nl)

Nothing is thrown away; Chiara Notarangelo (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa)

Solar Communities and Future Challenges; Leonardo Setti (University of Bologna)

SEMINARS ORGANIZED BY OTHER BODIES

"Urban Air Pollution and Sick Leaves: Evidence from Social Security Data " (credits for RESD1 and RESD2)

10 December 2024, 12 pm (Room Auditorium, Piazza Scaravilli 1 Bologna, 1st floor + Teams) 

Departmente of Economics

Ulrich J Wahner

"Migration and development" (no credits provided)

7th AFD-WORLD BANK INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe - University of Bologna

9-10 December 2024 

See leaflet on the right box for more information and registration

Workshop & Roundtable: "Raw Materials for the Energy Transition"

18 November 2024, 9 am -6.30 pm 

• 9:30 – 10:15 am
  Critical Raw Materials: Data Issues and Solutions
  Ilenia Gaia Romani, Researcher, RAMET - Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
• 10:15 – 11:00
  Critical Raw Materials and MNE Strategies under Paradigm Shift
  Andrea Ascani, Professor of Applied Economics, Gran Sasso Science Institute
• 13:30 – 14:15
  Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2024: Progress towards Reliable and Sustainable Critical Mineral Supplies
  Éric Buisson, Critical Minerals Analyst, International Energy Agency (IEA)
• 14:15 – 15:00 
  The Potential Macroeconomic Relevance of Critical Materials: Some Preliminary Evidence
  Marco Taboga, Director, Head International Finance & Commodity Markets, Bank of Italy 
• 15:00 – 15:45
  Copper and Aluminium: From Short-Term Challenges Towards a Promising Future
  Saida Litosh, Lead Metal Analyst, London Stock Exchange Group

Registration for remote attendance

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Seminars 2023/2024

Seminars organized by RESD

"Climate, energy trends and jobs"

Marco Gervasi (IRENA I-ACT Peer2Peer educator)

29 May 2024, 2 - 4 pm

Online only. Join Teams 

"How to improve your negotiation skills: from fundamentals to excellence in a role play on environment"

Pietro Parmeggiani - SPICA

3 May 2024, 1 - 4 pm, Angherà 3

6 May 2024, 1 - 4 pm, Alberti 11

"Workshop Mediterranean "ECORISE-SDG" - "Cooperazione Ambientale, Ricerca & Innovazione per Ecosistemi Sostenibili e Obiettivi Strategici di Eco-Sviluppo" for World Water Day 2024

21 March 2024, 9 am - 5.30 pm, Aula Magna

22 March 2024, 9 am - 1 pm, Aula Magna

(Credits provided to RESD1 and RESD2 for attending either morning or afternoon session on 21 March.)

"Interconnections between financial and sustainability reporting in light of the Directive DIRECTIVE 2022/2464 - CSRD"

Professor Alessandro Lai - University of Verona

15 March 2024, 1 - 4 pm, room Alberti 13

(Credits provided to RESD2 students only)

"Voluntary sustainability reporting by New Zealand companies"

Professor Umesh Sharma, University of Waikato (New Zealand)

(Online seminar. Credits provided to RESD2 students only for 1 hour seminar. Click here to join the Teams room)

6 March 2024, 9.30-10.30 am, room Alberti 10

"Plastic World Wide Web: ecological system crises"

Franco Borgogno, President of Ocean Literacy Italy

27 February 2024, 4-7 pm, room Teatini 1 (in presence and online)

(Credits provided if both seminars on plastic are attended by RESD 1 students and RESD2 students not following the course  Planning and Management of Marine and Coastal Areas with Climate Change Effects)

"Plastic World Wide Web: sistemic changes to seek solutions"

Enzo Favoino, Researcher and Scientific Coordinator of Zero Waste Europe

27 February 2024, 4-7 pm, room Teatini 1 (in presence and online)

(Credits provided to RESD1 students only by following both seminars on plastic)

"Accessibility, transportation, labor markets and resilience"

Matìas Mayor Fernandez, University of Oviedo (Spain)

Credits provided to non attending "Regional and transport economics" students only.

11 December 2023, 4-7 pm, room Alberti 11

"Climate change, trade, supply chains"

Sandy Dall'Erba (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), with Hyungsun Yim and Taejun Mo

Credits provided.

6 December 2023, 4-6 pm, room Alberti 3

"Companies meet students: opportunities in resource economics and sustainable tourism"

Credits provided.

30 November 2023, 9 am - 1 pm, rom Alberti 7, Alberti 9, Alberti 10

Alberto Ceccacci (Unibo PhD)

Carlotta Santolini (Blueat-Mariscadoras)

Giuseppe Salomi (Booking)

Marco Zavatta (Diemme Hospitality Group)

Emanuele Nardin (Hotel Performance)

Michele Volpe (Mundys)

Andrea Bascucci (Newster)

Vincenzo Tantaro (Promozione Alberghiera)

Pietro Parmeggiani (Spica)

Monica Vandi (Start Romagna)

Stefania Zadra (Trentino Marketing)

Coralie Delabubert (Visit Rimini)

"Road to COP28"

29 November 2023, 5-7 pm, Departmente of Economics in Bologna.

Professors Anna Montini, Leonardo Setti et al.

Credits not provided. The seminar will be held in Italian (see the flyer on the right box).

"The hidden dimension of sustainability: inclusion, empowerment, access to fundamental rights"

Credits provided.

Erika Moranduzzo (Italian Climate Network)

Andrea Saayman (North-West University)

Leonardo Setti (University of Bologna)

Anastasios Xepapadeas (University of Bologna)

10 October 2023, 2-6 pm, Alberti 10 (in presence only)

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SEMINARS ORGANIZED BY OTHER BODIES

"Transporting nudges to the poor: An RCT on energy efficiency investments among low-income households"

Credits provided.

Timo Goeschl  

13th June, 12 pm

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"The price cap on Russian oil: a theoretical and quantitative analysis" 

Credits provided.

Daniel Spiro (Uppsala)

7 May 2024, 12 - 2 pm 

Online

"Global Coordination Challenges in the Transition to Clean Technology: Lessons from Automotive Innovation"

Marion Dumas (LSE)

18 April 2024, 2.30 - 3.30 pm 

Online

"Climate Minsky Moments and Endogenous Financial Crises"

Matthias Kaldorf (Bundesbank)

18 April 2024, 11.30 am - 1 pm

Online

"Stability of Behavioral (and other) Measures"

Jonathan Chapman

17 April 2024, 1- 2 pm 

Online 

Meeting ID: 363 477 232 183

Passcode: bZUjwd  

"Female Labour Force Participation - A VoxDevLit Launch - An experiment on ecological restoration"

28 February 2024, 4 GMT (online)

No credits provided.

Professor Pietro Guarnieri - University of Pisa 

4 December, 2 pm, room Teatini 1 (organized by the Department of Statistics) 

"How Important is Tourism for Growth" 

No credits provided.

Professor Panagiotidis - University of Macedonia

29 November, 4 pm room Teatini 1