Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope"

The course aims to provide students with the necessary tools to examine the economic, social and environmental impacts of current food production and consumption models and analyse the future development paths of sustainability-oriented food systems. In particular, the student will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the analysis and understanding of the links between sustainability, food production and consumption and will acquire specific skills to better guide both private and public strategies for the promotion of sustainable food production and consumption models.
The learning objectives of the course can be detailed as follows:
Knowledge and understanding:
The student must be able to understand the main theoretical and methodological tools necessary for the analysis and evaluation of the links between production, food consumption and sustainability; identify and understand the opportunities and challenges related to sustainability in the food sector and recognize the most appropriate strategies for promoting sustainable production and consumption models.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
The student will have the ability to apply in a practical way the competences acquired in concrete cases, inside the organizations operating in the agri-food system and in their institutional reference environment.
Autonomy of judgment:
The student will have the critical ability to be able to re-elaborate the issues related to the sustainability of food production and consumption models addressed during the course, also through the elaboration of project work in an autonomous way aimed at deepening specific contemporary issues.
Communication skills:
The student will have to demonstrate the ability to convey the acquired knowledge in a clear and complete way, also by participating in collective discussions on in-depth topics that will take place during the lessons, as well as by presenting the project works assigned during the course. The student will have to demonstrate to know how to expose the issues addressed in a clear and effective manner.
Learning ability:
The student will have to demonstrate a good learning ability and application of the different contents addressed during the course.