AMBER Launch Event: Let it flow
River habitat fragmentation is one of the main threats to the functioning of river ecosystems. But river barriers also perform essential functions for society and pose several management issues.
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The NMRGroup is one of the finalists for the EFARRI award
The NRMGroup has been selected as one of the finalists of the EFARRI award by the European Foundations Award for Responsible Research & Innovation. EFARRI aims to identify research groups that have successfully incorporated methods to align research with the needs of society and contributed towards the development of a smart, inclusive and sustainable society. The award is a joint initiative of the King Baudouin Foundation (Belgium), “la Caixa” Foundation (Spain), Fondazione Cariplo (Italy), the Lundbeck Foundation (Denmark), the Robert Bosch Stiftung (GermanTy) and the European Foundation Centre Research Forum. Rodolfo Soncini, Andrea Castelletti and Enrico Weber will at the award cerimony in Bruxelles, Nov 21-22.
Summer School on Smart Systems for Water Management
The Summer School on Smart Systems for Water Management is about to start at Monte Verità (CH). The SmartH2O project, ETH Zurich, Politecnico di Milano and Supsi co-organized the school and an associated symposium to make the point on current and future urban water demand modelling challenges. More info here
HIL seminars – Policy modeling for sustainable water management in agriculture: Challenges of spatial scales
On Wednesday, June 8th 2016, Dr. Tingju Zhu from International Food Policy Research Institute (Washington, DC) will give a talk about Policy modeling for sustainable water management in agriculture: Challenges of spatial scales at Politecnico di Milano – DEIB conference room, 11.00 am.