Description

CU Beta delves into the intricate relationship between climate change and socio-economic systems, examining how these dynamics influence global stability and development. It explores the critical role of institutions and legal frameworks in shaping climate policies, while also addressing the ethical and philosophical questions that arise in climate discourse. By analyzing how language and neuro-cognitive processes shape climate narratives, CU Beta aims to enhance communication strategies that effectively convey the urgency of the environmental crisis. The program's activities are designed to assess societal risks and opportunities, providing insights that inform governance and policy-making to foster sustainable and inclusive societies.

Key topics

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Ecological transition

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Physical and transition risks

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Sustainable water resources management

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Responsible business, finance and consumption

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Sustainable mobility

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Theory of justice and transgenerationality

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Governance and policies for sustainability

Mission & Vision

The PhD in Sustainable Development and Climate Change combines the skills of the best Italian universities, creating an interuniversity and multidisciplinary educational roadmap.

An original PhD program that combines the experience and knowledge of professors from different fields of study with the skills of the students. The final aim is to define tools and methods to promote the ability of future generations to understand the evolution of the climate, as well as to design and implement new solutions for a sustainable society in all its aspects.

We want to instill knowledge and bring forth talents capable of contributing, with their own ideas, to the creation of a just and innovative society, in total harmony with the planet.

Courses

Agent Based, Stock Flow Consistent, and Input-Output models

Introduction to the approach and to social accounting matrices; The Transaction Flow Matrix, the Balance Sheet Matrix; comparison with standard models

Environmental Aesthetics

Introduce the contemporary debate on so-calledenvironmental aesthetics, analyzing it withreference to two distinct philosophical models ofthe relationships between subject and nature,humans and environment

Quantitative methods for data analysis and policy evaluation

(I) Data science and machine learning; (II) Statistical learning and multivariate data analysis; (III) Statistical Methods for Distributional Analysis

Migration and Innovation

Introduction to the literature of Migration and Innovation. The relationship between international migration and innovation is at the same time a classic field of investigation and a new one.

Impact investing in practice

Insights form a leading development finance institution. What is a development finance institution (DFI) and how does it create impact in developing countries?

Flood risk assessment: the engineers perspective

The risk concept as product of probability and consequences. The risk chain (hazard, vulnerability and exposure) with focus on the possible bridges and challenges between engineers & economists

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