The Jean Monnet Chair PESTRI (Promoting Equitable Sustainability Through Responsible Innovation) aims at promoting education, strengthening knowledge and developing research on the interaction between regulation, innovation and sustainability.
Project in brief
Innovation is one of the most recurring theme in the Farm to Fork strategy published by the EU Commission in 2020 and constitutes a key variable in achieving the ambitious sustainability goals set in the strategy. The regulatory implications of the relation between innovation and sustainability are often downplayed. The main goal is to develop in students, professional operators and the public awareness about the crucial role that innovation and sustainability will play for the future of the agrifood sector, by highlighting the role that the law has in this regard. In addition, research activities conducted within the Chair will contribute to better understand the distributive effects that the regulation of innovation and sustainability have in the agrifood chain.
Project objectives
The Chair will conduct the following activities:
- three courses on agrifood law, with a focus on the relation between regulation, sustainability and innovation.
- three scientific conferences (one per year), with the goal to offer a in-depth analysis of three areas where the interaction between innovation and sustainability is prominent.
- periodic didactic seminars for professional operators having sustainability, innovation and regulation as their focus.
Impact
The Chair PESTRI aims at having both a quantitative impact and a qualitative one. As to the quantitative impact, it will increasing the range of courses offered on agrifood law, sustainability and innovation; further, it will also expand learning activities aimed at professionals, thanks to the periodic seminars organized in cooperation with professional associations. As to the qualitative impact, it will develop and strengthen knowledge about the crucial role that innovation and sustainability will play for the future of the agrifood sector, by highlighting the role that the law has in this regard.
Funding
This project has received funding from the Jean Monnet Program of the EU, PI: Matteo Ferrari.
Further information on the project and the activities can be found at: https://cjm.unitn.it/pestri/general-overview.
