Laboratory: Sustainability and Sustainable Development
A.Y. 2025/2026
Learning objectives
The Laboratory "Sustainability and Sustainable Development" is intended for students of this University, regardless of faculty of belonging. It is strictly multi- and inter-disciplinary and pivoted on case studies of incidence and global scope. It has a contextual incidence as well, in that the multi and inter-disciplinary teaching aims at enabling the student to individuate the competences in her/his same institution in terms of sustainability management, in order to better use the skills it is offering in order to better accomplish and disseminate sustainable behaviors
Expected learning outcomes
Via an ascertained attendance at the 75% of the lessons required for the selected credits, and with a final thesis proportionate in its length to the number of credits chosen, is expected to demonstrate the students' comprehension of the essential characteristics of sustainability and know how to apply means and measures of sustainability or evaluate their impact to a case study, even imagining strategies to be applied in the field of study they have undertaken
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Giudizio di approvazione
Assessment result: superato/non superato
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Course syllabus
[Theme 1] BRAINSTORMING SESSION
- CONCEPTUAL MAP OF THE INTERDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY
Cristiana Fiamingo (SHuS) GSPS-04/C
- THE CHALLENGE OF THE SDGS: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Patrizio Ponti (GSPS-05/A - General Sociology)
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
- DEFINITION AND IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Maurizio Maugeri (PHYS-05/B - Physics of the Earth System, Planets, Space and Climate)
- TREES, CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY: ELEMENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
Matteo Vizzarri (AGRI-03 - Science and Technology of Arboreal and Forest Systems)
- IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER
Guglielmina A. Diolaiuti (GEOS-03/A - Physical Geography and Geomorphology)
- SUSTAINABILITY OF URBAN TERRITORIES
Ruben Baiocco (CEAR-12/B - Urban Planning)
[Theme 2] RIGHTS
- PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Leonardo Salvemini (GIUR-06 - Administrative and Public Law)
- PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES AND ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS
Lucia Musselli (GIUR-06 - Administrative Law)
- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: CLIMATE POLICIES IN AFRICA
Valerio Bini (GEOG-01/A - Geography)
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY: CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES
Giorgia Pane (GIUR-09 - International Law)
[Theme 3] SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
- COMMUNICATING SUSTAINABILITY
Rossella Sobrero (CSR- Koinètica)
- THE (POLITICAL) SUSTAINABILITY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICA
Roberto Cammarata (GSPS-01 - Political Philosophy)
- MIGRATION AND DEMOGRAPHY IN AFRICA
Luca Ciabarri (SDEA-01 - Demo-ethno-anthropological sciences)
- COMBINING ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY: 'ECO-SOCIAL' POLICIES
Marcello Natili (GSPS-02 - Political Science)
- SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTH: COMBATING HEALTH AND DIGITAL POVERTY TO ACCESS THE NHS
Franca Maino (GSPS-02 - Political Science and Second Welfare Lab)
- ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
Jacopo Daniele Bonan (ECON-01/A - Political Economy)
[Theme 4] ENERGY IMPACT AND MOBILITY
- ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Riccardo Guidetti (AGRI-04 - Agricultural, Forestry and Biosystems Engineering)
- SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
Luca Studer (CEAR-03/B - Transport and Mobility and Transport Lab., PoliMI)
[Theme 5] RECYCLING AND BIO-ECONOMY
- CIRCULAR ECONOMY: THE EUROPEAN APPROACH TO WASTE
Carlo Masieri (GIUR-11/A - Comparative Private Law)
- THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF AGROECOLOGY
Pietro de Marinis (AGRI-02 - Agronomy and herbaceous and horticultural cropping systems)
- LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA)
Claudia Bianchi (CHEM-04 - Industrial Chemistry)
- BIO-ECONOMY AND RECYCLING CULTURE
Fabrizio Adani (AGRI-06/B - Agricultural Chemistry and Recycling Group)
[Theme 6] ACCESS TO FOOD, FOOD QUALITY & LIFESTYLES
- URBAN AND PERI-URBAN FARMING SYSTEMS FOR MILK PRODUCTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Silvana Mattiello (Agr/19 - Special Animal Husbandry)
- APPROPRIATE LIFESTYLES
Daniela Lucini MEDF-01/A - Methods and didactics of motor activities
- SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION: CHANGES IN CONSUMER CHOICES
Alessandro Banterle AGRI-01 - Agricultural and Food Economics and Rural Appraisal
- ECOLOGY OF NUTRITION
Paolo Tremolada (BIOS-05/A - Ecology) and Silvana Galassi (BIOS-07/A - Biochemistry)
- CONCEPTUAL MAP OF THE INTERDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY
Cristiana Fiamingo (SHuS) GSPS-04/C
- THE CHALLENGE OF THE SDGS: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Patrizio Ponti (GSPS-05/A - General Sociology)
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
- DEFINITION AND IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Maurizio Maugeri (PHYS-05/B - Physics of the Earth System, Planets, Space and Climate)
- TREES, CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY: ELEMENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
Matteo Vizzarri (AGRI-03 - Science and Technology of Arboreal and Forest Systems)
- IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER
Guglielmina A. Diolaiuti (GEOS-03/A - Physical Geography and Geomorphology)
- SUSTAINABILITY OF URBAN TERRITORIES
Ruben Baiocco (CEAR-12/B - Urban Planning)
[Theme 2] RIGHTS
- PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Leonardo Salvemini (GIUR-06 - Administrative and Public Law)
- PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES AND ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS
Lucia Musselli (GIUR-06 - Administrative Law)
- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: CLIMATE POLICIES IN AFRICA
Valerio Bini (GEOG-01/A - Geography)
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY: CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES
Giorgia Pane (GIUR-09 - International Law)
[Theme 3] SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
- COMMUNICATING SUSTAINABILITY
Rossella Sobrero (CSR- Koinètica)
- THE (POLITICAL) SUSTAINABILITY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICA
Roberto Cammarata (GSPS-01 - Political Philosophy)
- MIGRATION AND DEMOGRAPHY IN AFRICA
Luca Ciabarri (SDEA-01 - Demo-ethno-anthropological sciences)
- COMBINING ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY: 'ECO-SOCIAL' POLICIES
Marcello Natili (GSPS-02 - Political Science)
- SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTH: COMBATING HEALTH AND DIGITAL POVERTY TO ACCESS THE NHS
Franca Maino (GSPS-02 - Political Science and Second Welfare Lab)
- ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
Jacopo Daniele Bonan (ECON-01/A - Political Economy)
[Theme 4] ENERGY IMPACT AND MOBILITY
- ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Riccardo Guidetti (AGRI-04 - Agricultural, Forestry and Biosystems Engineering)
- SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
Luca Studer (CEAR-03/B - Transport and Mobility and Transport Lab., PoliMI)
[Theme 5] RECYCLING AND BIO-ECONOMY
- CIRCULAR ECONOMY: THE EUROPEAN APPROACH TO WASTE
Carlo Masieri (GIUR-11/A - Comparative Private Law)
- THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF AGROECOLOGY
Pietro de Marinis (AGRI-02 - Agronomy and herbaceous and horticultural cropping systems)
- LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA)
Claudia Bianchi (CHEM-04 - Industrial Chemistry)
- BIO-ECONOMY AND RECYCLING CULTURE
Fabrizio Adani (AGRI-06/B - Agricultural Chemistry and Recycling Group)
[Theme 6] ACCESS TO FOOD, FOOD QUALITY & LIFESTYLES
- URBAN AND PERI-URBAN FARMING SYSTEMS FOR MILK PRODUCTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Silvana Mattiello (Agr/19 - Special Animal Husbandry)
- APPROPRIATE LIFESTYLES
Daniela Lucini MEDF-01/A - Methods and didactics of motor activities
- SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION: CHANGES IN CONSUMER CHOICES
Alessandro Banterle AGRI-01 - Agricultural and Food Economics and Rural Appraisal
- ECOLOGY OF NUTRITION
Paolo Tremolada (BIOS-05/A - Ecology) and Silvana Galassi (BIOS-07/A - Biochemistry)
Prerequisites for admission
Only second- and third-year matriculated triennial students and master's students are eligible to attend the workshop.
Teaching methods
Online lectures about the six main themes on sustainability.
Teaching Resources
Presentations in PDF, granted by the lecturers.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Compulsory online attendance (Ms_Teams) at 75% of all 48 hours of lessons of the Laboratory, valid for the 6 cfu, diversified final test, and final essay in agreement with one of the laboratory teachers.
Modules or teaching units
Accesso al cibo; qualità del cibo; stili di vita
AGR/01 - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL APPRAISAL - University credits: 1
Seminars: 8 hours
Brainstorming session
- University credits: 1
Seminars: 8 hours
Professor:
Fiamingo Cristiana
Diritti
IUS/01 - PRIVATE LAW - University credits: 1
Seminars: 6 hours
Impatto energetico
SECS-P/01 - ECONOMICS - University credits: 1
Seminars: 8 hours
Riciclo e bioeconomia
AGR/13 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY - University credits: 1
Seminars: 6 hours
Sostenibilità sociale , politica ed economica
SPS/04 - POLITICAL SCIENCE - University credits: 1
Seminars: 12 hours
Professor(s)
Reception:
The professor receives students at the end of the lessons or by appointment e-mailing to cristiana.fiamingo@unimi.it to organize a Ms-Teams call or an in-presence meeting, if necessary.
Ist floor, room 10, via Conservatorio 7