Companies can establish joint research and training activities with our doctoral Programme, working on research topics of common interest.
A special programme is now available for enterprises in order to cofinancing PhD postions thanks to Italian Recovery Plan (PNRR).
Deadline for preliminary agreement: June 15th
Do you feel sincerely and passionately interested in agricultural and food sciences? If so, a third-cycle education might be for you. The PhD Programme in Agricultural, Environmental and Food Science and Technology (STAAA) offers specialization in ten broad fields of the Agricultural & Food Sciences that reflect the focus of the DISTAL which is one of Italy's foremost Department in this field. Call deadline: June 9th, 2022 at 12:00 PM
Go to pageWe are very proud to announce that at the 14th European PhD Workshop on Food Engineering and Technology, Jessica Genovese was awareded the EFCE Food Engineering Award to recognize her outstanding contributions in the area of food product and process engineering. Jessica defended her PhD thesis on last April 1st.
Go to pageCall for Marco Polo programme (promoted by DISTAL) is now open
Go to pageOur PhD candidates who did not opt for the extension will defend their thesis between June 15th and July 15th
Go to pageDevelop your international network and acquire skills for the development of your business idea. Deadline for application: 6 June 2022.
Go to pageCeleste Lazzarini and Mara Petruzzelli have been elected as new PhD Student representatives in the STAAA Academic Board for the next three years (2022-2025)
Go to pageThe new Italian Decree with rules concerning the organization of universities, academic staff and recruitment, and delegation to the Government to encourage quality and efficiency of university system have been published on last December 14th, 2021 (Ministerial Decree n.226). Because of that, UNIBO drafted a New Regulation which is now available.
Go to pageThe University of Bologna is involved in the process of developing an open, transparent, and shared science. It has included Open Science in its 2019-2021 strategical plan and has set out a University policy based on open access to research publications and data.
Go to pageAgri-food sector shown resilience, still Covid-19 recovery to have long-term impacts
Go to pagePrecision agriculture is the use of technology to improve the ratio between agricultural output (usually food) and agricultural input (land, energy, water, fertilisers, pesticides, etc.). Increased use of precision agriculture could have a considerable impact on the future of farming in Europe.
Go to pageParticipants with a diverse range of expertise and interests, both topical and methodological, are invited to consider how the digital (as broadly understood) intersects with, poses, and can potentially address some of the biggest challenges and ideas in cultural heritage today.
This event is part of both “Final Conference Dipartimenti di Eccellenza 2018-2022 – DISTAL” and “EU Green Week 2022” initiaves. PhD students working on “Water-Food-Energy-Sustainable Agriculture Nexus” research topic of the STAAA PhD programme will present their activities.
This Conference addresses the topic of design and planning of sustainable food supply chains from a multidisciplinary and systemic food ecosystem perspective involving all stages from growers to consumers.
Grants for PhD students are available. Deadline: February 20th, 2022
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PublishedThe final conference of the Department of Excellence will gather together scientists, policy makers and stakeholders to discuss and present views on the circularity of the nexus linking agriculture, food, energy and water for sustainable production systems.
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PublishedThe objective of the EAAE PhD Workshop is to give European PhD students from different countries the opportunity to present their research in a conference setting and to get feedback from peers and senior economists. Deadline for submitting paper: January 31, 2022.
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