Thirty Arqus students participate in the BIP “Making the planet a healthier place”

The first phase of the Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) “Making the planet a healthier place” has started. This BIP is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme and the Arqus Alliance through the Arqus calls for Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs) and challenge-based-learning (CBL) programmes. It brings together the universities of Granada, Minho, Vilnius and Wrocław, with the University of Granada as the coordinating institution.

The first phase of the programme is entirely virtual. It is aimed at students from the four participating universities and involves not only lecturers from these universities, but also from Leipzig University and the University of Padua.

The programme consists of 11 lectures, running from 10 March to 28 April, with two lectures per week. Afterwards, the University of Granada will host the BIP’s second phase: its physical mobility.

The overall BIP “Making the planet a healthier place” content is multidisciplinary, covering different fields of knowledge and involving lecturers, Bachelor’s and Master’s students and administrative staff. 

On this basis, the programme examines not only the causes and impacts of climate change, but also how citizens can and must mobilise to address climate challenges and adopt climate resilience strategies. Rapid climate change is affecting both the social well-being of citizens and the balance of ecosystems, disrupting the life cycles of elements that are essential to the health and sustainability of our planet.

BIP’s lectures:

1. Past, present, and future of our climate – Lecturer: Professor Egidijus Rimkus, Vilnius University.
2. Interactions aerosols-clouds – Lecturer: Professor Mira Pöhlker, Leipzig University.
3. Environmental data analysis in R I –  Lecturers: Professor Maciej Kryza and Tetiana Vovk, University of Wrocław.
4. Environmental data analysis in R II – Lecturers: Professor Maciej Kryza and Tetiana Vovk, University of Wrocław.
5. Allergenic pollen in the atmosphere – Lecturers: Professor Małgorzata Werner and Szymon Tomczyk, University of Wrocław.
6. Aerobiological data analysis in R – Lecturers: Professor Małgorzata Werner and Szymon Tomczyk, University of Wrocław.
7. Climate change and agriculture: Challenges from local to global scales  – Lecturer: Professor Hernâni Varanda Gerós, University of Minho.
8. One health and fungal infections: a subject – Lecturer: Professor Ana Paula Sampaio, University of Minho.
9. Climate change and the agri-food geographical indications: between vulnerability and adaptation – Lecturer: Professor Francesco Pagliacci, University of Padua.
10. Addressing the legacy of mining contamination in the Iberian Peninsula: New challenges for environmental protection in the face of climate change – Lecturer: Professor Teresa Fernandes Valente, University of Minho. 
11. The dark side of AI: Exploring the energy consumption and sustainability in a new era – Lecturer: Dr Pablo García-Sánchez, University of Granada.

For further information, please contact Mª Gracia Bagur González (mgbagur@ugr.es) or Salvador Morales Ruano (smorales@ugr.es)