Bioeconomia

Basic knowledge in English language. 

The methodology prioritizes the interactive and participative teaching of students, with the implementation of the Creative Problem Solving methodology, to achieve the following objectives.

Learning outcomes:

1. Comprehension on the basic concepts and principles of Bioeconomy and the highlighting potential for Portugal.

2. Capacity to develop bioeconomics systems, processes and concepts.

Evaluation knowledge:

1. Evaluation by a frequency comprising: one written individual test + two works;

2. Evaluation by examination.

Students must have earned a minimum score of 9,5 points.

At the end of the Bioeconomy UC, students are expected to be able to:

– Conduct a conscious and reasoned assessment of national and international bioeconomy reality;

– Learn concepts related to the bioeconomy and relate them with development policies and make practical applications;

– Understand the concepts and methodologies used in bioeconomy;

– Problem-solving capacity related to bioeconomy from a practical perspective, individually or integrated in multidisciplinary teams;

– Analyze information and having the ability to transmit clearly bioeconomy concepts (written or oral); – Ability to develop research activities independently and know how to integrate scientific data;

– Ability to recognize and value, on the slope of citizenship, the role of bioeconomy on society and environment;

– Have own initiative, creativity, versatility and communication skills, both oral and written.

1. Bioeconomy:

a)            History, principles and applications

b)           Introduction to the social sciences

c)            Bioconomia growth and development

d)           Applied Bioecomy

e)           Environmental Bioconomy

f)            Industrial Organization

g)            Environmental policy

h)           Ethics and environmental responsibility

2. BioEconomy and Research in Biosciences and Biophysics:

a)            BioEconomy and Sustainable Development

b)           Biological Processes and bioresources

c)            Technologies on Bioeconomy

d)           Production and consumption cycles

e) Flows and material balances and energy

3. Financial Management and Calculations:

a)            Bioeconomy models

b)           Practical applications

NAO

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·              Binmore, K. & Davies, J. (2007). Calculus : concepts and methods. Cambridge University Press

·              Carlton, W. & Perloff, M. (2005) Modern industrial organization. 4th ed.. Boston: Pearson/Addison Wesley – Conca, K. & Dabelko, G. (2004). Green Planet Blues: Environmental Politics from Stockholm to Johannesburg. Boulder, Oxford: Westview Press

– Gylfason, T. (1999). Principles of economic growth. Oxford: Oxford University Press

·              Karen T. (1998). The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: The MIT Press

– Lomborg, B. (2001). The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World. Cambridge: CUP

– Tientenberg, T. & Lewis, L. (2012). Environmental and natural resource economics. 9th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall

– Artigos do Journal of Bioeconomics (Springer)