Luogo:
Roma
Da: 20/11/2025
A: 21/11/2025
Scadenza iscrizioni: 16/11/2025
Winter School
Funded through PNRR Mission 4 Component 1 – Investment 3.4 – Sub-investment “Transnational Educational Initiatives”, financed by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, within the project “Academic Collaboration through Higher International Education for a Viable and Equitable Africa with Italy (ACHIEVE-IT)” – CUP: D91I23001030006.
Description of the Course
The aim of the School is to provide PhD candidates and researchers with an integrated, evidence-based understanding of micro and nanoplastics in agrifood systems, connecting environment, food safety, and One Health. Through an interdisciplinary program that combines chemistry, ecotoxicology, toxicology, microbiology, modeling, and risk assessment, participants will follow the pathway from farm to fork, including sources, transport, and persistence in soils and crops, hazards from agroplastics for food safety, interactions with soil microbiota and earthworms, and the role of microplastics as vectors of pollutants.
The School delivers a program focused on advanced concepts and policy perspectives, supported by published case studies that bridge terrestrial and marine environments, the global policy landscape for plastic use in agriculture, and One Health risks for people, including fertility and noncommunicable diseases. Some of the best experts in the world will participate, ensuring state-of-the-art content and international perspectives.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to critically appraise evidence, quantify risks, and design monitoring and mitigation strategies across agrifood chains.
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OBJECTIVE:
The course is designed for PhD students and young researchers, it aims to provide a clear foundation on microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment within a One Health perspective. Aligned with the lecture program, participants study plastic pollution, microplastics in soils and crops, food safety risks, interactions with soil microbiota and earthworms, sustainable use in agriculture, farm to fork pathways, toxicological effects, and the global policy landscape. The School fosters direct interaction with leading international experts, building skills in interpretation, exposure analysis, and risk assessment.
MAIN PROGRAM:
The Winter School is organized in Rome (Italy) at TH Roma Carpegna Palace Hotel from november 20 to november 21, 2025, for a total of 15 hours.
Participants will be guided by a team of expert tutors, including:
Richard Thompson (University of Plymouth), Luca Nizzetto (NIVA, Norwegian Institute for Water Research), Violette Geissen (Wageningen University & Research), Dimitrios Karpouzas (University of Thessaly), Tony Walker (Dalhousie University, Faculty of Management, Halifax, Canada), Joana Prata (IUCS-CESPU, and the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto), Fang Wang (Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, and China State Laboratory on Soil), Mohamed Banni (University of Sousse), Lev Nevertin (FAO), Joe Yates and Megan Deeney (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Margherita Ferrante (University of Catania), Iteb Boughattas (Agronomic Institute of Chott-Mariem), Obadiah Sing’Oei (The Donkey Sanctuary, Kenya), and Agnes Muthumbi (University of Nairobi).
The course will be delivered in English.
The detailed program will be available soon by clicking on the ‘SCARICA IL PROGRAMMA’ button.
HOW TO REGISTER:
Participants will be admitted in order of enrollment, within the limit of 80 participants. If the minimum number is not reached, the school will be cancelled and the fee refunded.
To register, it is necessary to complete the ON LINE FORM within november 16, 2025 and finalize payment at the time of registration.
Payment can be made by:
The fee includes:
ACCOMODATION
For more information and reservation please email to: Ms Roberta Pattaro rpattaro@duomoviaggi.it , please write in email
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Financing Opportunity Achive-It Project – Deadline: 04/11/2025
Researchers and lecturers from the following universities:
are eligible for funding under the Achieve-it project (Academic Collaboration through Higher International Education for a Viable and Equitable Africa with Italy). The funding covers travel, accommodation, and participation costs for the summer school.
Please refer to the Downloads section of this page to access the official call and the application form to be submitted.
REGISTRATION FEE:
For further information
Dott.ssa Claudia Vacchelli
Formazione Permanente Piacenza- Cremona
Tel. 0523 599393
claudia.vacchelli@unicatt.it
