Agro-Food System

►Compulsory courses for all PhD students

• Research Ethics and Epistemology - Prof. Mariachiara Tallacchini (8 hours) - 1st year
• Business planning: principles and tools - Dr. Ilaria Galavotti (8 hours) - 1st year
• Public speaking - Prof. Federica Missaglia (15 hours) - 1st year
• Writing research project and scientific papers - Prof. John Williams (8 hours)- 1st year
• Sustainable Animal Production - Prof. Paolo Ajmone Marsan - Dr. Luca Cattaneo (8 hours) - 2nd year
• Sustainable Crop Production - Dr. Andrea Fiorini (8 hours) - 2nd year

• Food Technologies and Sustainability - Dr. Gianluca Giuberti (8 hours) - 2nd year

• European Food Law and policy -  Dr. Beatrice La Porta (8 hours) - 2nd year

• Environmental ethics and the Christian proposal - Prof. Don Roberto Maier (8 hours) - 3rd year
• Three minutes thesis - Prof. John Laurence Dennis (9 hours) - 3rd year

• Sustainability Management - Dr. Riccardo Torelli (8 hours) - 3rd year

 

ENGLISH SKILLS

• Basic English course - Dr. Francesca O' Kane (45 hours)
• Academic English course  - Dr. Francesca O' Kane (30 hours)

 

ELECTIVE LINE-UP

To complete the training, each PhD student, in agreement with the tutors, must prepare an ad hoc training plan that includes at least 32 hours chosen from the courses proposed below. The courses will be activated with a minimum of 4 participants.

Topics  "statistics and big-data"

• Applied statistics  - Prof. Riccardo Negrini (16 hours)
• Advanced methods for agri-food data analysis - Prof. Riccardo Negrini (Dr. Mario Barbato - 2 hours pratical on R statistic platform) - (8 hours)
• Towards Big Data. Informatics tools for data manipulation (course I) - Dr. Alessandra Stella (8 hours)
• Towards Big Data.

Informatics tools for data manipulation (course II) - Dr. Alessandra Stella (8 hours)

Theme "Advanced biotechnologies"

• Genetic modification and assisted evolution technologies in plant breeding - Prof. Matteo Busconi (8 hours) COURSE NOT ACTIVATED
• Introduction to epigenetics and epigenomics - Prof. Paolo Ajmone Marsan (8 hours) COURSE NOT ACTIVATED
• Methods to analyse molecular data on agricultural biodiversity - Dr. Licia Colli (8 hours) COURSE NOT ACTIVATED
• Proteomics and metabolomics in the agro-food chain - Dr. Gabriele Rocchetti (8 hours)

Theme "Environmental issues"

• Bees, beekeeping and pollination -Dr. Ilaria Blacks (8 hours)
• Carbon farming & agricultural carbon credits - Dr. Andrea Ferrarini (8 hours) COURSE NOT ACTIVATED
• Climate Change: focus on perennial crops - Prof. Sergio Tombesi (8 hours) COURSE NOT ACTIVATED
• One Health: Ecosystems humans health and food -  Prof. Daniele Generali (16 hours)

Theme "The micro word"

• Beneficial microorganisms in the agri-food system - Prof. Edoardo Puglisi (8 hours) COURSE NOT ACTIVATED
• Microbes in the agri-food chain: emerging risk - Dr.  Claudia Cortimiglia (8 hours) COURSE NOT ACTIVATED 
• Microbial applications in modern food biotechnology - Prof. Vania Patrone (8 hours) COURSE NOT ACTIVATED
• Traditional and Next Generation Microbiology together as a tool for industrial problem-solving: case studies - Dr. Paolo Bellassi (8 hours) COURSE NOT ACTIVATED

Theme "Data driven modelling in agriculture"

• Development of Decision Support Systems (DSSs) for sustainable agriculture - Prof. Tito Caffi (8 hours)
• Digitalization, rural development and innovation in agriculture - Prof.

Matteo Gatti (8 hours) 

• Introduction to application of SYSTEM DYNAMICS modeling approach in biological Science - Prof. Antonio Gallo (8 hours)
• Theory, formulation and practical examples of system thinking applied in modeling of complex biological and environmental system - Prof. Antonio Gallo (8 hours)

• Theme "Management"

  • Business organisation and human resource management - Prof. Francesco Virili (8 hours) COURSE NOT ACTIVATED
  • Introduction to the Italian tax system in agriculture - Dr. Andrea Purpura (8 hours) COURSE NOT ACTIVATED

  Theme "Research-aid tools"

  • Understandig and practicing bibliometric analysis with bibliometrix and biblioshiny - Prof. Michele Cipriano (8 hours) COURSE NOT ACTIVATED
  • Use of Artificial Intelligence in Research - Dr. Fabrizio Capocasale (12 hours)

  Topic "Strategic Communication"

  • Communication for PhD students - Dr. Marco Ferrari (8 hours) COURSE NOT ACTIVATED
  • Food Consumer Psychology  - Prof. Guendalina Gaffigna (8 hours)