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1 Scholarship for Bachelor´s Degree – NEXUS Project
1 Scholarship for Bachelor´s Degree within the scope of the project NEXUS Innovation Pact - Green and Digital Transition for Transport, Logistics and Mobility, Ref. C645112083-00000059, funded by the Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan program, trough the European...
CHANGE | International contest Assistant Researcher Energy & Climate
Opening of an international open competition for the recruitment of 1 Assistant Researcher for a scientific research career on a private law basis Is open, for a period of 15 working days from the day immediately following the publication of this Notice (extract) in...
MED Awards 2024 | Solange Oliveira Prize
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MED researcher was invited speaker at EGF 2024 & EGF2026 announcement in Évora
Helena Guimarães, MED researcher at the University of Évora, was one of the invited speakers at the latest edition of the General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, which took place in the Netherlands from 9 to 13 June. The invitation, which at first came...
HealthyW8 project met in Palma de Mallorca to train data collection protocols
On 3 and 4 June, the European project HealthyW8 - Empowering Healthy Lifestyle Behaviour held its second annual meeting. This time the meeting took place at the University of the Balearic Islands in Palma de Mallorca, followed by a training school on 5 and 6 June, to...
CHANGE: Challenges and priority activities discussed at the 1st Assembly of the Montado Living Lab
The 1st Assembly of the Montado Living Lab brought together 34 entities to discuss the challenges and priority activities of the Living Lab on June 3rd at Gandum Village, in Montemor-o-Novo, in an event organized in partnership with Consulai. The Living Lab for the...
OCT 7-9, 2024
Soil Health: Current Status and Future Needs Conference
The “Soil Health: Current Status and Future Needs” Conference will take place from October 7-9 in Crete, covering a wide range of topics related to the work MED is developing, mainly:
- Soil health: Knowledge Gaps and future challenges
- Soil monitoring and mapping
- Restoration of degraded soils
- Sustainable management of soils in a changing world
- Microbiota and soil health
- Biogeochemical cycles of nutrients
- Modelling soil processes and ecosystem services
- Soil carbon pricing and trading
- Science and Policy integration for Soil Heath
Under the RESCHEDULE project, Helena Guimarães (MED-UÉvora) integrates the scientific committee of the upcoming conference.
Abstract submissions are open until 31 July, 2024. For more information, visit https://healthsoil.org/
OUT 9-11, 2024
XIV FONCIMED Network International Seminar "Mediterranean farming systems and the climate crisis"
The next meeting of the FONCIMED network, of which MED is a partner, will take place in Baeza, Spain, from 9 to 11 October. The XIVth International Seminar of the FONCIMED Network will focus on “Mediterranean farming systems and the climate crisis: impacts, contradictions and adaptation challenges.” The deadline for submitting abstracts is 15 July (flexible until 22 July). [+ INFO]. All questions about submissions should be emailed to foncimed2024@gmail.com
