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EU GREEN WP3 - 3rd edition of the Research WeekMonday 9th of June to Friday 13th of June 2025 at the University of Parma (Italy)
Dear colleagues,
We are glad to welcome you to the 3rd edition of the EU GREEN Research Week, an event organized by WP3 (Structuring research-based learning trough Excellence Clusters) which will be held at the teaching hub on Via Kennedy, right across from one of Parma's most symbolic urban parks: Parco Ducale, in the heart of the city. This event is a core time in our always-busy academic calendar, with invaluable face to face meetings replacing the many virtual connections that take place during the year.
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Important You will find here a 2-min survey. It will allow registration to informal times, and grant authorization to pictures. All participants are required to fill it. |
Built around plenary sessions and various in-person meetings (between cluster members, the PhD Council, the European Task Force, and the Joint Research Commission), this Research Week will define the vision and roadmap for WP3 for the coming academic years — and offer a welcome opportunity to step back from daily routines and think differently.
If you have time before or after our meeting, we invite you to take some time to get acquainted with the city and its most iconic sites—these are not just squares, churches, monuments, and museums, but entire districts in the historic centre, made up of quaint streets, people, trades, stories, and small details you notice when walking slowly and observing. Parma is a European capital of gastronomy, where the local food culture intertwines ancient traditions with top-tier university research. Such food culture continues to produce something magical that must be experienced—sitting at the table is part of the Parma experience, as visiting the Palatina Library, the cathedral or the Farnese theatre. At the end of this program there are a few suggestions for your free time in Parma, for this or the next visit.
The Spirit of the Research Week
After the in-person meetings at the University of Angers, France (2023) and at the Atlantic Technological University, Sligo campus, Ireland (2024), this is the third edition of the EU GREEN Research Week, marking the halfway point of our project. We think of this time as an occasion to facilitate discussions and networking, to create new relationships. This year, two themes will guide our exchanges:
1. Rooting Research in Society, a multi-level stakeholder approach
Three open roundtables will be organised on transversal topics to allow for joint discussions across scientific topics. These sessions will have the goal of rooting the EU GREEN research world into the local regions, where public and private stakeholders operate. The aim is to connect the regional needs and demands for knowledge in sustainability with our EU GREEN university researchers, to develop external networks and to focus on sustainability solutions.
The roundtable discussions will focus on research activities involving stakeholders at different spatial scales:
- Research for sustainability at the university campus scale, involving students, associations, citizens, faculty, and administrative staff.
- Research for sustainability at the city scale, featuring examples of research collaborations with local authorities.
- Research for sustainability at the regional scale, discussing large-scale sustainable ecological transitions.
Each roundtable will consist of two phases: presentations of selected projects led by researchers from the University of Parama in partnership with stakeholders, followed by open discussion, with potential for integration into the alliance or synergy with activities in partner campuses, municipalities and regions.
2. To infinity and beyond: the future of EU GREEN research collaboration after 2026
Each edition of the Research Week aims to grow and add complexity to our work. In this edition, alongside traditional in-person meetings among active researchers working in clusters, members of the PhD Council and of the European Task Force and pro-rectors driving EU GREEN research via the Joint Research Commission, we have a diverse group of PhD students attending a Summer School we have co-designed and competing in the 3-minute fame contest. All those participants, all of you, are full actors of the EU GREEN project.
The current EU GREEN project runs from 2023 to 2026. In early 2026, the alliance will apply for continued funding from the European Commission: therefore, this 2025 Research week is the perfect opportunity to start reflecting on the next step we collectively would like to achieve.
Since 2023, we’ve generated new ideas, submitted projects, produced new joint research, and are mentoring young researchers, helping them acquire skills to become scholars, professionals, and entrepreneurs—problem-solvers in their regions and ambassadors of sustainability, the hallmark of EU GREEN.
In each instance, we’ve made progress through trials and errors, some disagreements and setbacks, moments of frustration, and renewed enthusiasm. This in person meeting is the occasion to set the basis for the next phase of EU GREEN, the next goals we want to set for ourselves.
We face complex challenges in a politically uncertain landscape, but we enthusiastically believe in deeper integration as universities, alignment of procedures, sharing expertise, research infrastructures, know-how and the territorial bonds we’ve built. We must think and act less like individual universities working locally and more like a shared European university, with patient, democratic and inclusive processes
Documents
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Research Week Program - Final version 27.05.2025.pdf |
EU GREEN 2025 Summer school
Registration and inf point Vicolo Santa Maria 5- Parma
All classes for the Summer school will take place in Room 13, first floor of the Educational Center
Documents
Please find here the program of the Summer school: EU GREEN Summer School 13.05.2025
Participants in the 2025 Research Week
For PhD students: to do before and during the Summer School “Pitch & Connect: Research Networking in Action”.
Before the in-presence meeting, check the the list of participants to the EU GREEN Research week (below). The objective is to facilitate networking between you, PhD students, and researchers attending the research week.
How to proceed:
- A list of participating researchers - including their names and research activities (keywords - will be provided.
- Each PhD student is asked to select two researchers they are interested in speaking with, potentially with a view to finding a postdoctoral position.
- Students will conduct an online bibliographical search to learn more about the research activities of these two researchers.
- Additionally, they will prepare a concise and effective pitch to introduce themselves, their research interests, and their motivation for wanting to work in the researcher’s lab.
- During informal times, PhD students will approach the selected researchers and deliver their pitches.
- At the end of the conversation, researchers are invited to provide constructive feedback, helping the PhD student refine their presentation skills, attract more attention, and become more impactful.
- A signature will be asked to prove that the pitch has been delivered.
PhD council
University of Parma, Italy
Dall'Asta Chiara: leader of the PhD council
Atlantic Technological University, Ireland
Onofrei George: Head of School of Business, at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology,
Burns Richéal Maria: Vice Chair of the ATU Research Committee
Gliga Gabriela: intersection of entrepreneurship and marketing. Small, resource-constrained firms are a particular area of interest.
McCann Michael: Senior Lecturer - Research Development, Department of Computing
Jamshidvand Mahrokh: Student representative
Otto von Guericke Magdeburg University, Germany
Witter Barbara: Managing director Graduate Academy
Hedtmann Christiane: Co-Managing director Graduate Academy
University of Angers, France
Leduc Nathalie: Plants, adaptation to abiotic factors, priming, plant memory to stress, drought, mechanical stimulation, light, epigenetics
University of Extremadura, Spain
Garcia-Alonso Jose
University of Oradea, Romania
Zaha Dana Carmen
Vesselenyi Tiberiu
Högskolan i Gävle, Sweden
Richter Hans : Professor, Director of Doctoral Studies, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Opalinski Sebastian: livestock prodution, animal welfare, odour reduction, feed additives, precision livestock farming
PhD Students
Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg , Germany
Ina Sauerland : Can the immune system sense how fast germs grow? A new approach to overcoming antibiotic resistances
Rebecca Höpfer: Innovative alloys for the reduction of inflammatory processes and biofilm formation on orthopedic implants
Warnakulasuriya Satanika Lowe : Coupling of stochastic fields into cables with nonlinear loads, tests of medical equipmentUniversity of Angers, France
Maria José ACOSTA MAYORGA : Economic analysis of water footprint in the food system
Jerome Monroe BERNARDINO : Aldaulactone, a toxin at the heart of the carrot-Alternaria dauci interaction: biosynthetic pathway, modes of action, and resistance mechanisms
Abhinandan NANDRAJOG : Prevent intimal hyperplasia with a localized, multi-therapeutic and post-surgery solution.Atlantic Technological University, Ireland
Patricia Canton Lobera : Considerations when modelling heterogeneous population and innovations in healthcare delivery to assess economic value and sustainability
Pranavsingh Dhunnoo: Artificial Intelligence Integration in Virtual Consultations: A Mixed-Methods Investigation
Chethaka Kankanam Gamage : International freight connectivity in the North-West of Ireland and its implications for regional competitivenessUniversity of Extremadura, Spain
Mohammadreza Jafari Jezeh Developing economically and environmentally sustainable high entropy alloys for hydrogen storage and compression
Soraia Danielle Marino Ferreira: Analyze the contribution of the internationalization processes of Business Schools in Uruguay for the business decision-making of Master's participants based on the professional and personal dimensions.
Michelle Carolina Rojas Romero: Epitopes discovery associated with alloreactive response in lung transplant recipients using immunopetidomicsUniversity of Oradea, Romania
Denisa Ianc : The aesthetics of the macabre reflected in classical musical works
Diana Cristian : Biochemical and genetic aspects of inflammatory mediators in colorectal cancer
Gabriela Antonovici : The district of Luncii monograph: from the first documentary mention to 1920University of Pama, Italy
Anna Agosti : Fertilizers from food waste: a sustainable way to improve vegetative and productive performance of different crops
Cristiana Mignogna : Aggregate metabolic phenotypes related to the bioavailability of dietary (poly)phenols and their association with cardiometabolic health
Lara Gazzoldi: Effects of hydraulic connectivity and nutrient availability on benthic metablism of periluvial areas in the po River BasinWroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Jayson Pasaol : What If Beating Cancer Didn’t Have to Break You?
Aleksandra Lubańska : Perception of complex urban systems by older people
Kamila Lewandowska: Mothers Do Their Best — Science Does the Rest. Supporting Multiple Pregnancies in Ewes Through Peripartum Supplementation
Katarzyna Olejnik Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences Livestock welfare in the age of technologyGävle University, Sweden
Frida Lindgren : Telenurses’ work environment, health, well-being, and perceptions of care quality in the context of new digital work practices.
Tea Korkeakunnas: The Impact of Telework on Well-Being and Productivity.University of Evora , Portugal
Daniela Guerreiro : The mind-body connection in breast cancer survivorship
Laura Melgão : Accent discrimination in Higher Education: Attitudes and perceptions of accents of Portuguese and English
Miguel Advinha : Assessing stakeholder strategies and perceptions for enhancing sustainability in the Montado and Dehesa agrosilvopastoral ecosystemCluster 1 - Emerging paradigms for health and wellbeing
Uzhhorod National University, Ukraine
Nadiya Boyko, Prof., D.Sc., Head of the Department of Medical and Biological Disciplines. P.i. at the RDE Centre of Molecular Microbiology and Mucosal Immunology
Atlantic Technological University, Ireland
- Ryan Lisa: Sport, Exercise & Nutrition
- O'Donovan Sarah: Food, Nutrition, Sports Performance.
- Daly Edward : concussion identification, concussion management and concussion reduction strategies, Brain health and aging, Sport-related concussion, the role of nutrition and functional ingredients in brain health and overall health
Högskolan i Gävle, Sweden
- Engström Maria: Nursing, elderly care, quality of working life, quality of care, mental ill-health
- Jackson Jennie: Occupational health, work environment, physical exposures, psychosocial factors, social and gender equality
University of Angers, France
- Descatha Alexis : work-related disorders; musculoskeletal and other chronic diseases. My interest is in exposure assessment using a job exposure matrix and long working hours (I was co-lead reviewer for the WHO/ILO joint burden of disease initiative), and translational epidemiology.Leader of the Poison Control Center of Western France. Systematic - scoping review
- Fadel Marc: work-related disorders; job exposure matrix ; epidemiology ; long working hours ; systematic review ; Occupational health doctor in the Occupational Disease unit of Angers University Hospital
University of Oradea, Romania
- Muresan Mariana : The influence of homocysteine and oxidative stress on pregnancy outcome, Metal nanoparticles and carbon-based nanomaterials for improved performances of electrochemical (Bio) sensors with biomedical applications
- Ciavoi Gabriela: Clinical researches on dental materials
University of Evora, Portugal
- Fernandes Orlando: Sports science
University of Parma, Italy
- Dei Cas Alessandra: Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
- Fantuzzi Federica: Endocrinology and Nutrition
Cluster 2 - Agriculture, food and environmental sustainability
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
- Raftowicz Magdalena: Economics of sustainable development, short food supply chains, circular economy, Agribusiness marketing, regional development
- Lewandowska Sylwia: organic farming, plant breeding, seed production and growing legumes, especially soybean in the aspect of increasing productivity and sustainability of European plant protein production by closing grain legume yield gap.
Högskolan i Gävle, Sweden
- Wright Sandra: Horticulture, plant pathology, biocontrol. microbial genetics, biodiversity
- Hillström Lars: Behavioral Ecology, Ornithology, Fisheries, camera-trapping
University of Oradea
- Socol Claudia : Behavioral Ecology, Ornithology, Fisheries, camera-trapping University of Evora
- CABRITA Maria João : Food, wine, olive oil, volatile compounds
University of Parma
- Righi Federico: Ruminant Nutrition, Feed Formulation, Animal Production, Animal Nutrition, Animal Science, Feeding, Dairy, Meat Quality, Dairy Science, Animal Physiology
- Maestri Elena: Environmental biotechnologies, sustainability, agriculture, biochar
Cluster 3 - Engineering and technology for sustainable development
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
- Burszta-Adamiak Ewa: stormwater management in urban area, retention, rainwater harvesting, outdoor water usage behaviour, rain gardens, Nature-based Solutions (NbS)
- Biniak-Pieróg Małgorzata: hydrometeorology, water management, Nature-based Solutions (NbS), rain gardens, agrometeorology
- Bawiec Aleksandra: wastewater management, urban water management, water quality, Nature-based Solutions (NbS), hydroponic wastewater treatment
Atlantic Technological University, Ireland
- Hume Marie Therese
- Conroy Luke : Population Health Informatics and Statistics
- Furey Eoghan : Machine Learning & AI, Internet of Things, Privacy & Trust and GRC.
- Kadivar Mohammadreza: Energy Storage and Converion, Heat transfer, Thermal Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Additive Manufacturing
Högskolan i Gävle, Sweden
- Etherden Nicholas : Energy systems, Renewable energy, power systems
- Gomes Joao: Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Production
University of Oradea, Romania
- Noje Dan : IoT signals processing, Fuzzy Logic, Soft Computing, Information Security, Optimization, Applied Artificial Intelligence
Otto von Guericke Magdeburg University, Germany
- Höpfer Rebecca: material science, biomaterials, medical engineering, orthopedic implants, surface modifications
- Hu Mirko: superstructure optimization, microalgae, biorefinery
- Krause Ulrich: renewable energy resilient infrastructure
- Lowe Warnakulasuriya Satanika : Electrical engineering, EMC, Field Coupling, transmission line, EM interference
University of Evora, Portugal
- RATO Luís : Machine Learning, AI
University of Parma, Italy
- Gambarotta Agostino: Mechanical Engineering, Renewable energy
- Pinalli Roberta : Industrial Chemistry, New materials
Otto von Guericke Magdeburg University, Germany
- Müller Daniel : Environmental technology, decontamination of water systems, developement of waste-derived sorbents, ressource potentials and recycling routes for wastes
- Reggelin Tobias : Simulation, Digital Twins, Management Games, Manufacturing, Logistics
- Krause Ulrich: renewable energy; resilient infrastructure
- Hu Mirko: superstructure optimization, microalgae, biorefinery
- Cecca Francesco Pio: EMC, Interference, Reverberation Chambers, Pulsed Excitation, Detectors
Cluster 4 - Sustainable tourism for cultural and natural heritage
Atlantic Technological University, Ireland
- Murphy Maria
Högskolan i Gävle, Sweden
- Virga Giuseppe: Tourism, Circularity, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Emobility
University of Angers, France
- François Hourmant : fashion ecology and sustainable fashion, political mobilizations and climate emergency, repression of activism, analysis of discourse and representations.
- Fougerouse Jean : one health ; health-environment ; legal personality of natural entities ; climate justice
University of Extremadura, Spain
- Rodriguez Cristina: Arts and Humanities
University of Oradea, Romania
- Badulescu Alina: Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Strategic Management; Business; Management; Finance; Business Development; Marketing Management; Strategic Planning; Leadership
- Simut Ramona: Her research and teaching activities concerning the development and application of statistical and computational methods to address problems in economics, finance, entrepreneurship and tourism.
University of Parma, Italy
- Morigi Alessia : Archeology
Otto von Guericke Magdeburg University, Germany
- Mukku Vasu Dev: Sustainable Tourism, Cultural Heritage, Modelling and Simulation, Sustainable Mobility, Industry 4.0
Cluster 5 - Education sciences for sustainable development
University of Evora, Portugal
- FOLQUE Maria Assunção: Her research interests include Quality in Early Childhood Education, Education for Sustainable Development, Pedagogy and learning in the early Years and teachers’ training. Her work grounds in a sociocultural and systemic perspective.
- ILHÉU Maria: Education for sustainability Ecology and environment, Reconciliation ecology Eco-artivism
Högskolan i Gävle, Sweden
- Farstad Britt Johanne : Interdisciplinary collaboration between literature and environmental studies. Enhanced student engagement in sustainability issues through imaginative and critical thinking. Develop a replicable model for integration into university curricula across partner institutions.
University of Parma, Italy
- Antonietti Maja : Didactics and pedagogy
- Bachiorri Antonella : Environmental education for sustainability
- Castracani Cristina : Biodiversity, Citizen Science
University of Oradea, Romania
- Lazar Adela: Philanthropy; Statistics; Qualitative Analysis; Counseling Psychology; Prosocial Behavior
- Drugas Marius: Organizational Psychology, Personality Psychology, Statistics and Video Game Psychology.
Atlantic Technological University, Ireland
- Scahill John: Education for Sustainability, ESD, SDGs, Project Management, Activity Theory, Change Laboratory.
Cluster 6 - Challenges in ecosystem biodiversity and function - a macroregional evaluation
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
- Urbaniak Jacek : biodiversity, plant biology, ecology, NBS, nature based solutions
- Gruss Iwona: biodiversity, soil mezofauna, ecotoxicology
Högskolan i Gävle, Sweden
- Jägerbrand Annika : ecological impact of LED lighting, strategies to mitigate negative ecological effects of light pollution, lighting design, sustainability, energy efficiency, and traffic safety. She is an experienced lecturer in ecology, environmental science, and lighting science.
University of Angers, France
- Pays Volard Olivier : Population ecology | Community ecology | Animal ecology | Behavioural ecology | Spatial ecology | Landscape ecology | Conservation biology | Biodiversity management | Social-ecological dynamics | Protected areas | Land use changes | Vertebrates
- Pagano Alain : Population ecology | Community ecology | Animal ecology | Behavioural ecology | Spatial ecology | Landscape ecology | Conservation biology | Biodiversity management | Social-ecological dynamics | Protected areas | Land use changes | Vertebrates
University of Extremadura, Spain
- Rolo Romero Victor : Agroforestry, Forest Restoration, Ecosystem Function, Plant-Soil components
University of Oradea, Romania
- Cupsa Diana : Water Quality; Conservation Biology ; Biodiversity; Ecology; Ecology and Evolution; Marine Ecology; Wildlife Conservation; Ecosystem Ecology; Conservation; Species Diversit;
- Petrus Adriana : in vitro culture; plant cloning ; plant tissue cultures
University of Evora, Portugal
- GODINHO Carlos : Cluster 6 & Taskforce
University of Parma, Italy
- Petraglia Alessandro: Botany, plant diversity, Greenhouse gas
- Bolpagni Rossano: Ecology, invasive species, funtional traits
Atlantic Technological University, Ireland
- Veronesi Emiliano : Aricultural resercher experienced in biological control as part of integrated pest management plans. My main area of expertise is applied entomology, and i strive to find cleaner, cheaper and more reliable ways to secure food production.
