About the Event
The AmICUS PhD Symposium was organized back-to-back with the 10th International Workshop on Advances in Cleaner Production (IWACP) by Advances of Cleaner Production Network (ACPN) and the inno4sd Academy of Innovation for Sustainable Development Network. The event was hosted by the University of Ferrara on 9th and 10th November, 2021.
The PhD programmes: “Environmental Sustainability and Wellbeing” (ESW, University of Ferrara, Italy); “Sustainability in Production Systems” (Graduation Program on Production Engineering, Paulista University, Brazil); “Ecological Environment Protection and Management” (School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, China) fully supported the event.
The common theme of the PhD symposium and 10th IWACP is: “A Resilient and Sustainable World: Contributions to Cleaner Production, Circular Economy and Eco Innovation”.
Objectives
The general objective was to allow discussions about the progress on sustainability research through interdisciplinary perspectives. The specific objectives were:
- To provide space for knowledge sharing among young scholars interested in topics related to sustainable development and wellbeing, circular economy, and eco innovation.
- To provide opportunities for PhD candidates & early career researchers to present and discuss about their work.
- To develop a network of information exchange for PhD candidates and early career researchers.
- To provide opportunities for PhD candidates and early career researchers in submitting their work to members of the ESW Scientific Board, inno4sd network, and the ACPN network, and to receive scientific advices as feedback.
- To offer the possibility to prepare and submit full manuscripts for publication in the Special Issues edited by the 10th IWACP organizing committee.
Highlighted Presentations
The authors of best presentations were invited to record their presentation. The presentations are below:
November 9th, 2021
Room #1 - Chairmen: Fábio Sevegnani (Host; Paulista University), Francesco Nicolli (University of Ferrara), Gengyuan Liu (Beijing Normal University) |
Yu Chen (Beijing Normal University) Pricing the Regulating Service Value of Urban Ecosystems Based on Changes in Housing Prices |
Sheenam Ayyub (Jamia Hamdard) Exploring Sustainability In Consumer Behavior: An Empirical Study |
Room #2 - Chairmen: Cecília M. V. B. Almeida (Host; Paulista University), José Hugo de Oliveira (IFSULDEMINAS), Fernándo Díaz López (Stellenbosch University) |
Adrielle Frimaio (Paulista University) Sustainability Assessment of Nations using Emergy Accounting and Ternary Diagram |
Yuan Gao (Beijing Normal University) A Critical Review of Urban Carbon Dioxide Equivalent Accounting Approaches |
Marco Quatrosi (University of Ferrara) Clustering Environmental Performances, Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Patterns: A Comparative Static Approach across EU Countries |
Room #3 - Chairmen: Feni Agostinho (Host; Paulista University), Filippo Magni (Universitá IUAV di Venezia) |
Mariana Manfroi da Silva Bonotto (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) Sustainability and Institutional Complexity: The Logics of Brazilian School Feeding Program |
Ningyu Yan (Beijing Normal University) A New Non-Monetary Accounting Method for Credit of Wetland Mitigation Banking |
Elisa Chioatto (University of Ferrara) Which innovations for Circular Business Models? A Product Life-Cycle Approach |
November, 10th, 2021
Room #4 - Chairmen: Fábio Sevegnani (Host; Paulista University), Francesco Nicolli (University of Ferrara), Gengyuan Liu (Beijing Normal University) |
Tess MacMillan (University of Ottawa) Motivations and Perceptions towards the Adoption of Organic, Biodynamic, and Sustainable Agricultural Productions: The Case of Niagara Vineyards |
Yeguignafere Diarrassouba (UCLouvain) Dynamics of the West African Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Sustainable Development |
William Gustavo Sganzerla (University of Campinas) Integration between Subcritical Water Pretreatment and Anaerobic Digestion of Brewer’s Spent Grains to Recovery Bio-Products and Bioenergy |
Room #5 - Chairmen: Cecília M. V. B. Almeida (Host; Paulista University), Giancarlo Medeiros Pereira (UNISINOS), Fernándo Díaz López (Stellenbosch University) |
Thiago Felippe Ribeiro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) The Formation of Sustainable Ecosystems: A Brazilian Green Hydrogen Case |
Anne Thérèse Méno Tamno (UCLouvain) Sustainability Implementation in the Informal Sector: Processes, Challenges and Outcomes |
Sara D'Addario (University of Ferrara) Hospitality in Rural Italian Heritages post COVID: Sustainable Renaissance or Redemption |
Gabriel Alberto Rosas Sánchez (Metropolitan Autonomous University of Mexico) Climate Change, Economic and Entropy: A Proposal Socio-Ecological Integration for the Energy Transit of Mexico's Electricity Sector |
Room #6 - Chairmen: Feni Agostinho (Host; Paulista University), José Hugo de Oliveira (IFSULDEMINAS), Marianna Gilli (University of Ferrara) |
Federico Sulis (Paulista University) Circular Economy Applied on Organic By-Products Management In Food Distribution Centers: Exploring New Scenarios Under the Waste Hierarchy Concept |
Duo Xu (Beijing Normal University) Critical Transmission Paths of Aggregate Embodied Carbon Emission Influencing Factors in China |
Daniel Manyabe (Kyngpook National University) Entreprepreurship Ecosytem Dynamics: Focus on DRC Agribusiness |
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Organizing Committee - International Workshop on Advances in Cleaner Production