From 25 to 29 July 2022, the Workshop on Quantitative Human Ecology will gather scientists in disciplines ranging from economics to climatology to foster a science-based consensus on challenges that are central to sustainability, such as rising inequality, demographic crises, migrations, biodiversity loss, and the impacts of climate change.
The international meeting, organised by ICTP, Fondazione Internazionale Trieste, SISSA and Santa Fe Institute, is co-sponsored by the US Mission in Italy and is part of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD).
The highly multidisciplinary workshop will include the participation of international academics such as Daniel P. Schrag, director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment; Sandra Diaz, professor of ecology at the National University of Córdoba; and economist Partha Dasgupta of the University of Cambridge.
Recognising the importance of sustainability to all, workshop organisers have planned two activities targeted at the general public:
- On 25 July, immediately following the workshop's opening ceremony, a special colloquium will be held under the auspices of the IYBSSD. Titled "Quantitative Human Ecology: Untangling the Determinants of Sustainability". The event will be livestreamed on ICTP's YouTube channel starting at 10:30.
- On 27 July, physicists Guido Sanguinetti of SISSA and Elisa Omodei of Central European University will be the protagonists of a public event about how Big Data is impacting our lives and how it could be used to achieve the UN sustainable development goals. The event will start with a brief introduction by Alessandro Vespignani of Northeastern University. The event (in Italian) takes place at Trieste's Sartorio Museum starting at 20:30 and is open to all.
Full programme here.