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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MicroMasters Economics and Policies for a Circular Bio-EconomyLearn more about the economics and policies of a circular economy and gain the skills to make the switch to biobased resources.
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Online Course Cold Storage of Apples and PearsDiscover the world of cold storage of apples and pears and learn more about physiological processes of fruit. Gain more insights into cooling systems and controlled atmosphere.
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Online Course Food Environments for Healthy Sustainable DietsThis course enables you to deliberate, calculate, and review the current and future product portfolio, on qualitative and quantitative aspects of sustainability and nutrition.
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Online Course Introduction to On Site AnalysisThis course is an introduction to on site analysis and aims to inspire you to explore how this type of analysis could change the landscape of analytical chemistry in the coming dec...
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Online Course Refrigerated Transport TechnologyLearn how to apply refrigerated transport technology to control temperature, humidity and gas atmosphere conditions during transportation in an energy efficient way.
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Online master's Nutritional Epidemiology and Public HealthExplore the link between dietary intake, nutritional status and health outcomes by studying the aetiology of diet related diseases, prevention and treatment.
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Online Programme: Food Security and SustainabilityGain the knowledge on how to produce sufficient food in an environmentally sustainable way to feed the increasing world population in the future.
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Online Programme: Sustainable and Inclusive LandscapesEnhance your transformative thinking and action to build sustainable integrated landscapes and contribute to our world’s SDGs.
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Online programme: Sustainable TourismTourism’s greatest challenge: becoming sustainable. In this award-winning 3 course programme explore tourism’s impact and help drive its transition.
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Online programme: Tourism in Transition: Exploring a Sustainable FutureTourism’s greatest challenge: becoming sustainable. In this award-winning 3 course programme explore tourism’s impact and help drive its transition.
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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.
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Online Winter School From Farm to Fork: New Technologies and TrendsExpand your knowledge and learn about new technologies and innovations in the Farm to Fork chain during this Winter School for students.
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Rural Entrepreneurship AfricaDevelop the skills and competences to break current deadlocks within agri-food value chains.
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Seminar EU Farm to Fork Food LawsThis seminar offers insights into EU Farm to Vork Food Law developments and provides you the opportunity to learn more about this topic and meet peers.
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Setting the Scene: Food & Agri Principles for FinancialsInvestors are aware of the risks to biodiversity, and they understand it has economic implications. Much of the world’s economy is critically dependent on healthy ecosystems and pe...
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Summer School Insects as Food & FeedLearn the basic principles behind the factors that affect all processes in the insect production and consumption chain during this Summer School.
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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!
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Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental AspectsAn all-round introduction to the industry, understand the scope next to the social and environmental impact of tourism and help drive its sustainability!
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Sustainable Urban Development: Discover Advanced Metropolitan SolutionsLearn why cities are key in resolving global urbanization and sustainability challenges and how you can engineer tomorrow’s cities today.
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Tourism and Climate ChangeLearn how tourism and climate change are inextricably connected and the key challenges related to mitigation/adaptation to better position yourself/organisation.