2025

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a transformative force in our society, entering industries like robotic, financial service, agriculture, medicine, transportation, defense. In the context of human well-being, AI also entered the field of healthcare, lifestyle, and elite sport with the target of prevention, diagnosis, monitoring, and prescription. With this BIP, we aim at disseminating current knowledge and future directions regarding the application of AI for the maintenance of a healthy lifestyle in general population, and for performance optimization and injury prevention in athletes. The competences acquired in the BIP will be divided into 4 modules. The module Introduction to Artificial Intelligence consists of a historical trajectory of AI, basic knowledge of data analysis and AI models, and generative AI. The module Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges addresses keys issues related to ethics, regulation, education, digital transformation, and future directions of AI.

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Project management toolkit for sustainability is a highly interdisciplinary program focused mainly to bachelor students in all fields of study interested in project management as a tool to address sustainability challenges in their regions. This BiP aims to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively develop projects that address sustainability challenges in the EU Green Alliance regions.

Throughout the program, students will engage with English for specific purposes—learning specialized vocabulary and communication strategies for industries such as business, technology, healthcare, and law. Recognizing that English functions as a versatile tool across a wide range of fields, the course covers essential elements unique to each sector, helping students navigate the complex and nuanced language demands of different industries.

The BIP aims to examine food as a vehicle for cultural identity formation, exploring how food heritage is negotiated between past and present identities and how it supports the integration of social groups into the global economy. This is important because it highlights food as a dynamic and multifaceted element of cultural identity that bridges history, tradition, and modernity. By exploring how food heritage is negotiated between past and present identities, the BIP sheds light on the ways communities maintain their cultural distinctiveness while adapting to contemporary challenges. Furthermore, understanding how food supports the integration of social groups into the global economy underscores its role in fostering economic inclusion and global interconnectedness, making it a key factor in addressing issues of cultural preservation, social cohesion, and economic development in an increasingly globalized world.

This 6ECTS BIP will give an introduction to mathematical and computational modelling techniques for application in developing understanding and supporting sustainable decision making in health, environmental, societal, and industrial systems. The program is designed for students at the Masters or Doctoral level who wish to develop these skills for application in research projects

Demonstrate an understanding of the cultural and natural context of Mérida as a World Heritage site. Students will be able to analyze and apply design principles considering the cultural and historical significance of Mérida as a UNESCO World Heritage site, integrating this context into their projects

During this BIP, it is planned to visit the most interesting botanical sites in the Alentejo region, Portugal, to get to know the extraordinary flora of this area. In this way, researchers will expand their scientific and teaching competences. This BIP is primarily aimed at botanists conducting research and/or teaching activities related to plant morphology, systematic botany, biodiversity of plants and plant communities, and plant invasions. On this occasion, participants will also be able to familiarise themselves with and test the techniques of taking phytosociological relevés in the context of distinct types of biocenoses and plant communities, compared to Central European vegetation, with a particular emphasis on forest ecosystems, as the Alentejo region has the most extensive forest area in Portugal.

During the BIPs we are planning to visit the selected Natura 2000 sites in the EU, especially those experiencing problems with implementation of the nature conservation law, to discuss the problems in place with local communities and authorities and try to find the solutions. The aim of this BIP is also to set up the future activities within the BIP “Stop Biodiversity Loss”.

The main objective of this course is to contribute with approaches, techniques, and methods that support the decision-making process in management and economics. More specifically, it is intended that students obtain basic and robust training in descriptive and inferential statistics, file and data processing, preliminary analyses, and graphical representations, using appropriate software, in order to promote a more complete and coherent research in the area of Management. More than presenting and exploring techniques and methods, it is intended that students understand their usefulness and how they can provide answers to management and research questions. In this sense, since the very first classes, students are encouraged to put into practice theoretical knowledge, defining research problems and concrete objectives, as well as selecting variables and methods that allow them to respond to the problem and achieve the objectives set. The learning of concepts and techniques is stimulated through the project learning method.

The course is divided into 5 days with field visits and classroom classes whose learning outcomes are described as follows : The Energy Communities (EC) programme is interdisciplinary, encompassing both social and natural sciences, whereas the Photovoltaics (PV) programme has a stronger focus on technical subjects. Therefore, the PV&EC Winter School is particularly well suited for students from technical disciplines.

The objective of the course is to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate the complex landscape of drug resistance and environmental management in a One Health perspective. The approach will be multidisciplinary, ranging from pharmacology to ecology, from medicine to veterinary science and public health.

This BIP (Blended Intensive Programme) course was designed for students who want to learn or deepen their knowledge about invasive alien species and their impact on biological diversity and ecosystem services.

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The program brings together transdisciplinary teams of architecture, landscape architecture, conservation, and sociology students to collaborate directly with rural communities. The goal is to co-create sustainable, ecologically responsible designs for rural architectural commons—such as schools, community centers and public spaces—tailored to local needs, resources and environmental priorities.

The aim of the course is to equip participants with the necessary tools, knowledge and understanding to develop sustainable and resilient agro-forestry systems, through a multidisciplinary approach. Participants will be awarded 3 CFU/ECTS credits.

Anthropogenic and natural environmental changes, exacerbated by climate change, induce disturbances to ecosystem structure and functioning. Ecological restoration aims to recreate, initiate, and accelerate ecosystem recovery after being altered by disturbances. Ecological restoration is a relevant science and a main practical tool in biodiversity conservation. The timeliness of ecological restoration is clearly mainframed within the SDGs and recent developments of the nature restoration law of the European Green Deal, which urges EU Member States to restore at least 30% of degraded habitats by 2030.

This BIP proposes the use of immersive and transformative experiences in the landscape and in the hardscape, as hubs for research and learning. Applying different research-based learning methods (both online and in person), students will be empowered to working collaboratively across disciplines. Through theoretical backgrounds, immersive experiences, analysis and discussions of Real World case studies, taken from a local context during a joint activity, participants will develop their perception of the need, and capacity, to embrace sustainability in their daily lives as global citizens, regardless of their diverse roles in society. This transnational and interdisciplinary BIP will promote creative and collaborative approaches that will inspire students to innovate their own studies and research topics, and to create stimulating healthy lifestyles and deep relationships with natural and socio-cultural ecosystems. In this way it not only empowers students at a personal level but also brings together a set of experts to develop exciting and innovative approaches to teaching and learning in the outdoors, in direct connection with the social, cultural and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.