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Exam link:https://test.ec.unipi.it/login/index.php
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Zoom Link:https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/2284025837
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Readings Link:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Md6aHjLkcMldqjOFfwqEBslOac7wouXn?usp=sharing
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July 2026
Leveraging Ecological Economics to advance the Sustainability Transition
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8:30-9:10Monday 06Registration
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9:15Opening
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09:30-10:45Public water fountains in Piazza dei Miracoli to cut plastic bottles (Andrea Maestrelli and Roberto Cela)Recording of lecture
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COFFEE BREAK
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11:15-12:45Keynote lecture - Giulia Romano: Stuck at the Bottom? Enabling Factors and Bottlenecks in Climbing the Waste Hierarchy. Recording of lecture
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LUNCH
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15:30Bus to L'Alba Big Fish (beach) 15:32 from the bus stop in Pisa Sesta Porta
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18:00-19:30Kick-off meeting: introductions and students' expectations
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20:00SOCIAL DINNER
(included in the summer school fee)
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21:37 or 22:07Bus to Pisa from the bus stop "Bigattiera due" : 21:14, 21:39, 22:04, 22:39
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08:50Tuesday 07Students in the classroom
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9:00-9:15EXAM (Multiple choices quiz)
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9:15-10:45Basics tenets in Ecological Economics (Tommaso Luzzati)Recording of lecture
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COFFEE BREAK
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11:15-12:45Complexity and system thinking (Tiziano Distefano)Recording of lecture
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LUNCH
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14:30 -Community Wealth Building (Ralph Hall)Recording of lecture
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 - 17:00Place-based Community Development (Mario Biggeri)
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PAUSE
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17:15 - 17:45PhD Poster Session (Lightning) (7 minutes in class presentation)Recording of presentations
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17:45 - 18:15PhD Poster Session (discussion at the posters)
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08:50Wednesday 08 link to the day programStudents in the classroom
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9:00-9:15EXAM (Multiple choices quiz)
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9:15-10:45From Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) to the EUROGREEN Framework: Ten Lessons for Sustainability Modelling (Simone D'Alessandro)Recording of lecture
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COFFEE BREAK
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11:15-11:45What is Ecological Macroeconomics? A new paradigm for a new era (Tiziano Distefano)
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11:45-12:45Round Table: New challenges for a new era: Ecological Macroeconomics and Beyond. Tiziano, J.Christopher, Simone
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LUNCH
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14:30-16:00Hands-on Lab: From System Dynamics to Ecological Macroeconomic Modelling 1) An introduction to system dynamics using Stella (J. Christopher Proctor)
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16:00-18:302) Building and using a simple ecological macroeconomics model in Vensim (David Cano)
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20:00Dinner at l'Alba, via delle belle torri 8, LINK. (about 25€, not included in the fee)
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08:50Thursday 09Students in the classroom
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9:00-9:15EXAM (Multiple choices quiz)
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9:15-10:45Theoretical Ecology and its Implications for Ecological Economics (Igor Matutinovic)Recording of lecture
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COFFEE BREAK
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11:15-13:15Theoretical Ecology and its Implications for Ecological Economics (Igor Matutinovic) Circular Economy (Tommaso Luzzati)Recording of lecture
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LUNCHRecording of lecture - Circular Economy
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14:30-15:15Regenerative Institutionalism (Ralph Hall)Recording of lecture
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15:15-16:15Growth ... of what? (Tommaso Luzzati)Recording Lecture
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Can Growth Become Uneconomic? (Tommaso Luzzati)
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The Logical Consequence (Tommaso Luzzati)
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16:15-16:30PhD Poster Session (discussion at the poster)
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17:30-19:00Hunger, Water, and Conflict (Marcela Villarreal)Recording of lecture
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08:50Friday 10Students in the classroom
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9:00-9:15EXAM (Multiple choices quiz)
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9:15-10:45Multiple Use Water Services (MUS) / Blockchain (Ralph Hall)Recording of lecture
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COFFEE BREAKVideo: Can Experts Solve Poverty?
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11:15-12:45Global Carbon Pricing (Emilio Padilla)Recording of lecture
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LUNCH
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14:15-16:00Georgescu-Roegen and KW Kapp (Tommaso Luzzati)Recording of lecture
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16:00-18:00Individual study
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09:00Saturday 11Students in the classroom
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9:15-10:30Final EXAM
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COFFEE BREAK
Potential presenatations/group discussions (Ralph Hall)
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11:00-12:30Feedback and general discussionData center impacts in Virginia USA
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12:30LUNCHTheory of Binary Economics (theory behind ESOPs)
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Select readings on Binary Economics
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