Forthcoming 2016 Edition of the LIPHE4 Summer School at ICTA-UAB
The 2016 edition of the LIPHE4 Summer School will take place from 11-15 July 2016, at ICTA-UAB, in Bellaterra campus, Barcelona. The Summer School, entitled “The Nexus between Food, Energy, Water and Land-use: Quantitative Storytelling with MuSIASEM”, is organized in collaboration with the IASTE research group of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB).
The LIPHE4 Summer School is a reference point for young researchers and students who are eager to learn about innovative approaches in the field of Sustainability Studies. The Summer School offers a critical picture, both theoretical and practical, of recently developed analytical approaches towards sustainable development. It shows how to integrate quantitative methodologies that analyze and characterize complex systems and their evolution with qualitative methodologies that help structure the decision process in a social context. With these purposes in mind, both lectures and hands-on case studies form an integral part of the program.
The purpose of the Summer School is to familiarize the participants with the theory and possible applications of the MuSIASEM approach (Multi-Scale Integrated Assessment of Society and Ecosystem Metabolism). More specifically this edition of the summer school will deal with the application of the MuSIASEM approach to the analysis of the nexus between land, water, food, and energy. The course will cover:
The basics of MuSIASEM. Introduction of basic theoretical concepts, such as hierarchy theory, Georgescu-Roegen’s fund-flow model, and multi-purpose grammars, which form the building blocks of the MuSIASEM approach.
The use of multi-purpose grammars: Learning how to develop quantitative descriptions of the metabolic pattern of water, food, and energy in face of a given availability of primary resources, land, and population, and in relation to a desirable expression of functions in modern economies.
Application of MuSIASEM to analyze the nexus between land, water, food, energy across scales: Step-wise demonstration of the use of the MuSIASEM approach in order to arrive at a quantitative storytelling of the complex metabolic pattern of modern society.
More information in the LIPHE4 website
For registration or more information, please contact Sandra Bukkens: bukkens@liphe4.org