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PVS0173
SustAinimal Academy Summer School: Different perspectives on animal production in Sustainable Food Systems
The course will be given as the SustAinimal Academy summer school. To get the most out of the interactive discussions participation on-site in Uppsala is strongly encouraged. Online participation will be facilitated.
The Summer School will expose the students to different perspectives on sustainable food systems. The overall focus will be on primary food production and the role of animal production. Each day will have one perspective as a focus. The perspective of the day will be introduced by lectures from key scientists in that area. Each perspective will have a lecture focusing on the concepts and international perspective while another lecture aims to focus on the Swedish aspects. During the afternoon the course participants will discuss in groups and have the opportunity to meet the course lecturers for detailed questions. Every day the students will have time to reflect on their own research related to the day’s perspective.
On the last day, the participants will give a presentation where they relate the perspectives from each day to their own research. Other participants will moderate each presentation and ask questions.
The Summer School will expose the students to different perspectives on sustainable food systems. The overall focus will be on primary food production and the role of animal production. Each day will have one perspective as a focus. The perspective of the day will be introduced by lectures from key scientists in that area. Each perspective will have a lecture focusing on the concepts and international perspective while another lecture aims to focus on the Swedish aspects. During the afternoon the course participants will discuss in groups and have the opportunity to meet the course lecturers for detailed questions. Every day the students will have time to reflect on their own research related to the day’s perspective.
On the last day, the participants will give a presentation where they relate the perspectives from each day to their own research. Other participants will moderate each presentation and ask questions.
Syllabus and other information
Syllabus
PVS0173 SustAinimal Academy Summer School: Different perspectives on animal production in Sustainable Food Systems, 1.5 Credits
Subjects
Animal ScienceEducation cycle
Postgraduate levelGrading scale
Pass / Failed
Prior knowledge
Admitted to a postgraduate program that relates to primary food production or to a residency program related to food producing animals.Prior to the course the participants should complete the MOOC on "Sustainable Food Security: The value of systems thinking" in their own time. (https://www.wur.nl/en/show/Sustainable-Food-Security-Thevalue-of-systems-thinking-2.htm).
Objectives
On completion of the course, the student should be able to: • Identify goal conflicts within different food systems • Use systems thinking to assess different food systems • Explain and discuss the system boundaries of their own research • Assess the impact of their own research from different sustainability perspectivesContent
The course will be given as the SustAinimal Academy summer school. To get the most out of the interactive discussions participation on-site in Uppsala is strongly encouraged. Online participation will be facilitated. The Summer School will expose the students to different perspectives on sustainable food systems. The overall focus will be on primary food production and the role of animal production. Each day will have one perspective as a focus. The perspective of the day will be introduced by lectures from key scientists in that area. Each perspective will have a lecture focusing on the concepts and international perspective while another lecture aims to focus on the Swedish aspects. During the afternoon the course participants will discuss in groups and have the opportunity to meet the course lecturers for detailed questions. Every day the students will have time to reflect on their own research related to the day’s perspective. On the last day, the participants will give a presentation where they relate the perspectives from each day to their own research. Other participants will moderate each presentation and ask questions.Additional information
The course will be given as the SustAinimal Academy summer school during 22-26 of August, 2022.The faculty on this course will be composed of the Scientific Advisory board
of SustAinimal as well as expert researchers from within SustAinimal. Participation in the SustAinimal consortium meeting on 23rd of August 2022 is an important part of the course.
Responsible department
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics