About the autumn webinar series
The Eurasian continent is unique not only in terms of its geographical extent and size of population, but also the diversity of biophysical, socio-political, economic and cultural contexts. This results in an equally unique diversity of sustainability challenges, as well as practices, tools and instruments addressing them. The INTENSE webinar series ENTER! will walk you through this world of knowledge, and with a help of lecturers with in-hand experience of research and praxis, it will help you to get a grasp on trends and lessons learned, and to understand how science can be converted to management and policies.
Most of the ENTER! contributors are staff of partner institutions involved to the Erasmus+ project INTENSE (intense.network/) from Austria, Estonia, Latvia, Mongolia, Ukraine and Vietnam. However, they are also joined by the lecturers from other institutions and countries, so the geographical and thematic scope of the webinars will be even beyond this project.
The language of the webinars is English. They are free to join. Active webinar participants will be awarded by e-certificates.
Webinar faculty and topics
The webinar will run from September 29, 2021 (the inaugural lecture by prof. Kalev Sepp of Estonian University of Life Science) till early December – the schedule for December is still in making.
Topic wise, the lectures will belong to one of the four topics following up and highlighting the MOOCs developed under the INTENSE project (http://mooc.intense.network/):
- Water Management and Policies under the Growing Uncertainties in Biophysical and Socioeconomic Systems
- The Precautionary Principle and Sustainability Transition
- Nature-Based Solutions and Green-Blue Urban Infrastructure
- Integrative solutions for Sustainable Energy Development.
How to join and contacts
The organising team includes:
- Anton Shkaruba, Estonian University of Life Sciences (Tartu, Estonia)
- Bayarhuu Baku, Khovd State University (Khovd, Mongolia)
- Kateryna Husieva, Odessa State Environmental University (Odessa, Ukraine)
- Kateryna Utkina, Kharkiv V.N.Karazin National University (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
- Ly Bich Thuy, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Hanoi, Vietnam)
- Ochir Altansukh, National University of Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
- Oleg Shabliy, Odessa State Environmental University (Odessa, Ukraine)
- Thị Vân Hà Nguyễn, Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Resources and Environment (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
- Viktar Kireyeu, Erda RTE (Rotterdam, the Netherlands).
The webinar can be joined by ZOOM, and also will be webcast through the YouTube channel of INTENSE; the lectures will be recorded and available till the end of the academic year 2021/22.
In order to access the ZOOM link you would need to fill in a short application form.
Webinar schedule for 2021:
Kalev Sepp, Estonian University of Life Sciences
IUCN Congress in Marseille – setting the nature conservation agenda for the next decade and beyond
September 29, 2021, 10.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours) / 11.00 EEST (UTC/GMT +3 hours) / 15.00 ICT (UTC/GMT +7 hours) / 16.00 ULAT (UTC/GMT +8 hours)
Nikolai Bobylev, St.-Petersburg State University (St.-Petersburg, Russia)
Advancing urban sustainability via the Voluntary Local Review
October 6, 2021, 10.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Pro-environmental behavior from theories to practice in Latvia: research and governance instruments
October 13, 2021, 10.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Nguyen Lu Phuong, Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Resources and Environment (Hochiminh City, Vietnam)
Apply Particle Image Velocimetry and Computational Fluid Dynamics methods to study the transportation of airflow and air pollutants in human airways
October 20, 2021, 10.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Rob Jongman, Wageningen University and Research Center and JongmanEcology (Wageningen, the Netherlands)
Lessons learned on ecological connectivity conservation
October 27, 2021, 10.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Hans-Peter Nachtnebel, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (Vienna, Austria)
Climate Change and water resources: the outcome of cosmic cycles, tectonic shocks, and industrial development
November 3, 2021, 10.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Thuy Hoang, University of Natural Resources and Environment (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
Kaolin as natural sorbent for decontamination of heavy metals contaminated groundwater: case study of South Vietnam
November 10, 2021, 10.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
David Stanners, European Environmental Agency (retired) (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Strategic knowledge for sustainability transitions
November 17, 2021, 10.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Sumeet Saksena, The East-West Center (Honolulu,USA)
Peri-urbanization: What it is and its influence on energy, environment and health in Viet Nam
November 24, 2021, 10.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Anatolii Kucher, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine)
Sustainable soil management in the context of climate change
December 1, 2021, 10.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Khac-Uan Do, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Hanoi, Vietnam)
Potential of reusing treated wastewater in Vietnam – A brief overview
December 8, 2021, 10.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Van Thi Thanh Ho, University of Natural Resources and Environment (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
Novel nanostructure TixM1-xO2 (M=Ir, W, Ru) supports for Platinum for high performance and low-cost fuel cell applications
December 22, 2021, 10.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Anton Shkaruba, Estonian University of Life Sciences (Tartu, Estonia)
Sustainability and sustainability indicators – what, why and how?
December 29, 2021, 10.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
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Valeria Ovcharuk, Odessa State Environmental University (Odessa, Ukraine)
River catastrophic floods in the past and under the current climate change
TBC, 10.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)
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