Business, Economics and Policies
The transition towards a circular economy is one of the bigger challenges to creating a more sustainable society. To reinvent not just supply chains, but entire systems requires a long-term, interdisciplinary approach, combining socio-technical, managerial, and governmental perspectives. Whether you’re looking into EU agricultural legislature, an MBA in the Food & Agribusiness or to optimise refrigerated transport, join us in our effort to leverage entrepreneurship for a positive impact!
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Business and Operations
Courses supporting your company's switch to a sustainable, circular and profitable business model.
Entrepreneurship and Markets
Courses about the transition of entrepreneurship to long-term sustainability.
Partnerships, Impacts and Governance
Courses applying a trans-disciplinary lens to food production & consumption for a growing world population
Policies and Legislation
Courses on the transition to circularity and sustainability of firms and government on all levels.
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Sustainable Tourism: Rethinking the futureEngage in interdisciplinary debates to explore and co-create future responsible travel and tourism initiatives in your personal/professional context. Join us! -
Rural Entrepreneurship AfricaDevelop the skills and competences to break current deadlocks within agri-food value chains. -
Farmer Agency for Rural Economies [French]Join the course and take home many practical tools and approaches for promoting farmer entrepreneurship and strengthening farmers’ organizations. -
Online Summer School From Farm to Fork: New Technologies and TrendsExpand your knowledge and learn about new technologies and innovations in the farm to vork chain during this summer school. -
Farmer Agency: a Practical Approach for Farmer-Inclusive Food System TransformationThis course provides you practical facilitation tools and options for action to make agriculture and food systems more farmer-inclusive. Join the course. -
Global One Health: towards Human, Animal and Plant HealthThis course is about the interconnectedness of the health of people, animals, plants and their environments. -
Local Economic Development: towards Local Agribusiness Cluster DevelopmentIn this course you will learn to analyse local sub-sectors for boosting urban and rural wealth through agribusiness cluster development. -
Youth Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Changing Food SystemsLearn not just how to support the young women and men that want to improve the food system in your country, but how it feels to be an entrepreneur. This course introduces participa... -
Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration for Food, Agriculture and NatureThe highly interactive Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (MSP) course helps you to get the tools and methodologies to design, plan and facilitate a Multi-Stakeholder Partnership. -
Market Access for Food and Nutrition SecurityThis international course shows participants to which extent and in which manner markets can be used to induce and prolong positive change. -
Evaluating and Managing for Sustainable Development ImpactStrengthen your competency to manage for impact and play a more effective role in helping your organisation manage for sustainable development impact. -
Agricultural Water Management: Water, Society and Technology InteractionsJoin us as we explore how we can meet the increasing food demands around the world by contributing to optimisation of agricultural water governance and technologies. -
Biorefinery: From Biomass to Building Blocks of Biobased ProductsLearn how to design an effective biorefinery to obtain valuable components from various biobased feedstocks such as plants, organisms and waste streams. -
Business Strategy and Operations in a Biobased EconomyLead your company in dealing the the strategic and operational challenges facing a company in the biobased economy and build a profitable sustainable business. -
Capstone Business and Operations for a Circular Bio-EconomyUse this Capstone project to integrate the technological processes with the business and operations aspects to develop a sustainable biobased practice. -
Capstone Chemistry and Technology for SustainabilityUse this Capstone project to design a sustainable biobased process from biomass to finished product and help your company switch from fossil to renewable resources. -
Capstone Economics and Policies for a Circular Bio-EconomyInterdisciplinarity is central in this part, linking the various sections in this MicroMasters® programme. -
Circular Economy: An Interdisciplinary ApproachJoin the transition towards a circular economy, taking into consideration economic, supply chain, social, technical, managerial and environmental aspects. -
Circular Fashion: Design, Science and Value in a Sustainable Clothing IndustryUnravel the fundamentals of the circular fashion value chain, from new compostable, re- or upcirculed textile materials and design all the way to business modelling. -
Climate Action in Biodiverse LandscapesLearn to mobilize collaboration among landscape actors to enhance biodiversity by applying nature-based climate solutions as we adapt to and mitigate climate change.
