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Module: Food Tech Transition - Summer School 2019 (4302-490)

Note: Last updated September 2019. Current module catalog in HohCampus.
Persons:
Degree Program:
Prerequisites for Attendance:

Acceptance into one of the above programs or basic knowledge and/or strong interest in social sciences and crop science. Interested students need to apply for participation via ILIAS. The application must include the curriculum attended so far and a one page motivation letter.

Sprache:
English
ECTS:
6 credits
Frequency:
every summer semester
Length of the Module:
blocked (by arrangement)
Final examination:
Scientific presentation with discussion of about 20 min (50%) and written report of 10 to 15 pages (50%)
Workload:

60 h presence + 100 h home work+ exam = 160 h workload

Professional competences:

This summer school has been designed to provide a comprehensive overview on food technology transitions and paradigmatic shifts within the agrifood branch. It will integrate knowledge about the production side with social sciences and a wider social perspective. It focuses on the impact of food technology implies, the disruption potential of production and consumption logics; nutrition patterns; agronomic practices; available raw materials and human as well as environmental and animal ethics associated. At the end of the summer school, students will have a thorough understanding of food technology transitions. The summer school sections provides for many competences development: in the introduction section, a socio-historical overview allows student to understand the factors that enhance or restraint transitions and what costs or benefits; in the sustainability section, a theory-based assessment of sustainability allows students to position the current socio-technical challenges in a wider context; in the crop-science section, a natural science perspective allows student to specify and understand issues related to the production side, what resources and materials are currently and will be in the future available that allows or constraint transitions, and trends in nutrition and food waste; in the management section, a practical perspective on everyday practice allows students to develop management perspectives on food technology and develop strategies for corporate responsibility and regulation; in the business section, an empirical approach allows students to develop business models that address impact and sustainability evaluation, and communication strategy with industry partners and tech investors.

Key competences:

At the end of the summer school, students will acquire multiple and interactive skills. Thanks to the summer school format, both oral and written skills are developed. During preparation for the written report and while preparing and following up on lectures, students practice critical thinking, self-reliance, time management, interpersonal communication and cooperation.

Comments:

Block (29.07.-09.08.2019) with a further period of home work from 09.08.2019 to 23.08.2019.

Because of limited space available, interested students must apply to this module by registering in the ILIAS course (https://openilias.uni-hohenheim.de/goto.php?target=cat_35230&client_id=UHOH2).

Registration is open from 15 April to 13 May 2019.

Students will be then selected based on the curriculum attended so far and the motivation letter. The written exam is a report.
The deadline for the submission of the report is 23.08.2019.
Only offered in summer 2019!
Any inquire should be addressed to Dr. Cinzia Piatti.

Courses

Code Title Type Bindingness Course catalogue
4302-491 Food Tech Transition - Summer School 2019 lecture with practicals and excursion compulsory

Current module catalog