1. Continuing the SAPIENS Policy Brief Series with a Focus on the Public Food Sector Governments worldwide procure food and catering services for public institutions such as schools, universities and hospitals. Public food procurement (PFP) involves food...
SAPIENS Network ESRs as MSCA Ambassadors On May 23, Chiara Falvo (ESR15) took on the role of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Ambassador as part of the SAPIENS Network project. Early-Stage Researchers (ESRs) are encouraged to visit local schools to present...
Overview of the Procura+ Conference Running for the past 25 years, the Procura+ Conference series (formerly EcoProcura) is one of ICLEI’s flagship events where public procurement policy meets practice. The Conference provides a unique forum to exchange and inform...
New SAPIENS Scientific Webinar on Sustainable Public Food Procurement in the European Union! Governments worldwide procure food and catering services for public institutions such as schools, universities and hospitals. Because of its economic relevance and its...
The SAPIENS Network is excited to announce its contribution to the book Sustainable Food Procurement. Legal, Social, and Organisational Challenges, co-edited by experts Mark Stein, Maurizio Mariani, Roberto Caranta and Yiannis Polychronakis and published on...
ESR 15 secondment with ISLE Association From the end of September to the end of December 2023, I, Chiara Falvo, ESR15 at the SAPIENS Network and Ph.D student in Law at the University of Turin, had the opportunity to do a three-month research visit to the School of...
As part of the ESR research project 15 “Bringing Sustainability to the Collective Table”, which investigates Sustainable Public Food Procurement in Europe, and thanks to the partner organization Eating City, ESR Chiara Falvo (University of Turin) had the...
From 21 to 27 July, the SAPIENS Network Partner Organization Eating City held its 8th Summer Campus “The future we want” at the beautiful Bergerie de Villarceaux, near Paris. Participants from 15 countries ranged in age and professional experience, but they all...
On 6-9 April, the University of Rome Tor Vergata, one of the Beneficiaries of the SAPIENS Network, hosted the third Advanced Training Course (ATC). The event was held at Villa Mondragone, in Frascati (Rome). The theme of the third ATC focused on Actors in...
The second day of the first SAPIENS Advanced Training Course continued with soft skills training for Early-Stage Researchers. The objective of this ATC was to introduce ESRs to skills such as research ethics, publishing and open science, interdisciplinary research,...
