Call for Applications: for 2026 Summer School on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in the EU, 8–12 June 2026
🌱The 2026 Summer School on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in the EU: Legal and Policy Perspectives is officially out. 🌱
📍 Pisa – Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
📅 8–12 June 2026
📌 The detailed program will be available soon—stay tuned!
Our program is co-organized with the colleagues of the Law Group of Wageningen University (WUR). This year, we welcome the participation of lecturers from academia and international organizations such as the FAO to offer, once again, an advanced interdisciplinary program dedicated to the legal and governance dimensions of sustainable farming and food systems.
The school explores how EU law and governance frameworks are evolving in response to climate change, biodiversity loss, and food system transformation and, crucially, where they may be falling short.
Throughout the week, we will engage with a set of core questions:
🔶 Where does the transition promoted by the European Green Deal, and in particular, by the Farm to Fork Strategy, stand today?
🔶 Are we witnessing a process of deregulation of its original objectives, or rather a reconfiguration of priorities and policy instruments?
🔶 How can the sustainability of agri-food production be governed in light of the Commission’s renewed focus on competitiveness during its second mandate?
🔶 How can complex socio-ecological systems be regulated against the backdrop of today’s geopolitical challenges?
🚀 Participation in this year’s edition is free of charge. Thanks to funding from the “Merita—La rete per il talento” and the funds by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence SUSTAIN—“EU Actions for Sustainable Farming and Food Systems,” the costs of accommodation, meals, and teaching materials will be fully covered by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.
🚨 The program is open to a maximum of 20 participants, who will be selected through a competitive selection and ranking procedure. The Seasonal School is primarily addressed to Ph.D. candidates. Master’s students, post-doctoral researchers, and professionals may be admitted on a secondary basis, subject to the availability of places.
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