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6th Edition 2025-2026 26 February – 14 May 2026 Where: University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, Room 2R, Trento Italy, and online everywhere via Zoom link. In the midst of profound global geopolitical tensions and escalating environmental crises, the UNESCO Chair in Engineering for Human and […]
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION SEMINARS Over the last decades, the rapid effects of global change, mostly related to population growth, hectic production systems, and environmental and climate variations, have shown the paramount importance of environmental sustainability for the livelihoods of Earth population and should be […]
Where to begin? This is the question the University of Trento (UNITN) asked itself when it started working on the second pillar of the MUDAR project: the implementation of a pilot project. Macuti, an informal neighbourhood along the coast of Beira, reported by the municipality as […]
“Towards sustainable river management of water and sediment in Albania. Integrating the hydro-morpho-eco paradigm from research to river management.” This was the theme of the workshop organized by the UNESCO chair in within NaturAlbania project, funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Tirana. Several Albanian […]
Over the last decades, the rapid effects of global change, mostly related with population growth, hectic production systems, and environmental and climate variations, have shown the paramount importance of environmental sustainability for the livelihoods of Earth population and should be managed as a cross-cutting priority. Particular […]
In the south-east part of the Europe is still possible to find some environments with a high value of naturalness. Our student Emanuele Ingrassia spent three months in Albania, conducting a study for his master thesis focusing on the Vjosa river delta. Here, he estimated the […]
Mozambique ranks 181st out of 189 for the Human Development Index and registers a GDP of 14.93 billion dollars, currently down by 1.3%. Our student Ada Castellucci spent three months in the city of Beira, where it was possible to get in touch with the main […]
Our student Nicola D’Alberton spent three months in Lebanon for his thesis research working with Istituto Oikos for the project Saving Water Growing Crops. The project takes place in a rural mountain area of Lebanon and is focused on promoting a new efficient smart irrigation technology […]
Update 10/03/2021 Over the last decades, the rapid effects of global change, mostly related with population growth, hectic production systems, and environmental and climate variations, have shown the paramount importance of environmental sustainability for the livelihoods of Earth population and should be managed as a cross-cutting […]
In addition to teaching, the UNESCO Chair is also engaged in scientific research for the achievement of sustainable development goals. Since 2018, it has been a partner in the project “Sustainable Development and Fight against Climate Change in the Upper Huallaga Valley” promoted by Mandacarù ONLUS […]
The sanitary emergency did not stop the 2020 SeeD edition. This year the students of the University of Trento developed a development cooperation project with the technicians of the Natural Reserve of Tarsia Lake, in the region of Calabria, Italy. The Tarsia lake is an artificial […]
Prof. Guido Zolezzi, the Chair-holder of our UNESCO Chair in Engineering for Human and Sustainable Development, recently presented the Master School track in “Sustainability and International Cooperation”. The MSc is held in the DICAM- Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Trento. […]
Our student Francesca Fontanella spent three months as as a visiting student at the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where she worked as a part of a team exploring the population impacts of the severe 1976 drought […]
In August 2019, SeeD project took place in Kerala, India, thanks to the collaboration between University of Trento and Amrita University. The team, composed by professors and students of both universities, spent the first days in Amritapuri Campus. This center was founded by the world-renowned humanitarian […]
One of our student, Gianluca Preziosi, spent four months in La Paz, Bolivia, working on his master thesis research project. Gianluca developed his research under the supervision of Prof. Marco Ragazzi (DICAM-UniTrento) and Phd student Navarro Ferronato (Insubria University) and the support of the University UMSA […]
The 6th conference of CUCS network (University Coordination for Development Cooperation, a network of 30 Italian universities) is organised by the University of Trento together with the Centre for International Cooperation of Trento The CUCS Conference was conceived by the academic community, with special attention to […]
In the vast and diversified world of river shapes and environments, bifurcations and confluences represent two typical morphological features, characteristic of multi-thread systems such as braided rivers and fluvial delta. Bifurcations and confluences are often not isolated but rather part of a complex river system. Understanding […]
Francesco Del Greco, one of our master students supervised by Prof. Marco Ciolli and Researcher Clara Tattoni, is spending 3 months in the Bow Valley (Canada) for his master degree thesis project. In the Trentino Alto Adige region (Northern Italy) the human-wildlife conflict is very common; […]
Trento, 27th May 2019 The SeeD (Summer Course in Environmental Engineering for Development) is a training program for engineering students focused on environmental management which promotes a human and sustainable development. It gives to young engineers the opportunity to learn how technical and engineering solutions have environmental, […]
Giacomo Laghetto is spending 3 months in Albania for his thesis research about the HyMo (Hydro-Morphological) characterization of the Vjosa river. At the beginning of his experience, he spent a month in in Tirana, the capital city of Albania, collecting data and information about the river […]
This year we want to repeat the experience of the training course on water purification in emergency contexts organised yearly by the Italian Red Cross for the Master on management of water resources in international of Milano Bicocca and for our students opening it to external […]
One of our student, Guglielmo Mazzà, is spending four months inside Al Awda’s Refugee Camp, Bar Elias, his goal will be proposing a strategy to prevent open dumping and burning waste, without a huge investment and with the goal of minimizing landfilled materials. Through the support […]
Guido Zolezzi has recently visited Amrita University (https://www.amrita.edu/), the first ranked private University of India, for one week. Amrita has been founded by its present Chancellor, Amma, Mata Amritanandamayi, a worldwide known humanitarian leader and spiritual teacher (https://www.amrita.edu/amma), who has guided the impressive development of such unique institution. […]
We are pleased to share another good piece of news. Another former MSc student, Nicola Tamanini, won the master-thesis related prize regarding “Methodologies and appropriate technologies for the environmental management in low-income countries”, issued by CeTAmb LAB, University of Brescia. Along with Nicola, other two former […]
We are very proud to announce that one of our former student, Francesco Pavani, won the “Mario Falciai” award. He realized his research in Myanmar in 2015, deepening the rural water supply issue. The title of his thesis is: “Analisi e proposte progettuali per l’approvvigionamento idrico […]
On Saturday 1st December, we organized a great event for all the students and professors who have joined the MSc “Integrated Environment and Landscape design in the context of international cooperation”, the MSc provided by the Unesco Chair in Engineering for Human and Sustainable Development. We […]
We are very proud to share the news that a delegation of three students from the course “Methods of development cooperation and participatory project management” and Prof. Massimo Zortea is taking part in COP14. The event is taking place in Sharm El-Sheikh and is titled “Investing in […]
We were invitated to take part to an interesting workshop entitled “Democratic Infrastructure”. Other several speaker from different Universities and associations (POLIMI, la City College of New York, UniBas, Cooperativa 19 e CampoMarzio) attended with us this event. Even in this field, the multidisciplinary approach permits us […]
As we continue to talk about Kosovo: even the students of SEED (Summer course of Environmental Engineering for Development) of this year, in collaboration with Trentino con i Balcani Onlus, Universiteti i Prishtinëse Universiteti Haxhi Zeka, deepened the fluvial ecology issue. The whole Balkan area is the core […]
We want to talk about a water-filled zone where water need to be protected: we mean Kosovo and their enjoyable rivers. Can the river quality enhance the perception of Nature surrounding us? What ecosystem and environmental services can it offer? Drini i Bardhe Radac is a […]
Meckhé is a village located in one of the most arid zones of Senegal. In rural areas surrounding the settlement, the water scarcity conditions for most of the year makes farming difficult, forcing the inhabitants to abandon their home looking for other sources of revenue. It […]
On April 4th 2018 Cecilia Pradella started to work for her thesis research in Dominican Republic. The aim of the thesis is to analyse the landfills of territory and their impact on environment. Particularly, the work consisted on the core activity of data collection within three […]
