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Transformation of business
Place Based Circular Society Innovations
In October of 2024, I was invited to join the Advisory Board and attend the launch of the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded project Place-based circular society innovations (CSI) in Manchester, UK. I was excited to join, not only because long term friend of the Bassetti Foundation Sally Randles is part of ... Place Based Circular Society Innovations
11/02
2025 3min
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2025 3min
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Follow the Food: Gouda Cheese
Follow the Food’s fourth and final seminar took place on January 22nd bringing us full circle and back to cheese, as Martijn Huysmans (Utrecht School of Economics) presented the case of Gouda to an audience from a diverse array of fields, including social impact, political ecology, geography, and responsible innovation. Huysmans began by highlighting the ... Follow the Food: Gouda Cheese
07/02
2025 4min
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2025 4min
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Looking Back on 2024
IN MEMORY OF ANDREINA BASSETTI Through her profound civic spirit, Andreina Rocca Bassetti gained esteem and affection from all of those who had the pleasure to meet her. The work of the Bassetti Foundation (which she co-founded with her brother Piero Bassetti) is both a reflection and result of her dedication, and we endeavor to ... Looking Back on 2024
22/01
2025 5min
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2025 5min
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Opportunities in digital transformation, organizing and STS at the IT University of Copenhagen
IT University of Copenhagen invite applicants who can contribute to strengthening the IT University’s research and teaching in how digital technologies affect organising and organisational transformations, for instance how AI or new data management practices engender changes in public institutions, NGOs or private companies. The candidates need to have a background in qualitative humanities or social ... Opportunities in digital transformation, organizing and STS at the IT University of Copenhagen
10/01
2025 1min
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2025 1min
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Follow the Food: The Power of Place – Apricots between Heritage and the Market in Central Asia
Future Food presents: Follow the Food 2nd Seminar: The Power of Place – Apricots between Heritage and the Market in Central Asia On Monday, November 18th, environmental historian Flora Roberts and rural sociologist Irna Hofman explored the topic of apricots in Tajikistan during the second Follow the Food seminar. The seminar, hosted by Future Food ... Follow the Food: The Power of Place – Apricots between Heritage and the Market in Central Asia
26/11
2024 8min
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2024 8min
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Circular Economy for Social Transformation: Multiple Paths to Achieve Circularity – a book review
The e-book Circular Economy for Social Transformation: Multiple Paths to Achieve Circularity is one of the outcomes of A Just Transition to the Circular Economy (JUST2CE). This European Union Horizon 2020 funded project concluded this summer (2024), its aim being to understand the implications of the transition to a circular economy on the environment, economy ... Circular Economy for Social Transformation: Multiple Paths to Achieve Circularity – a book review
08/11
2024 7min
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2024 7min
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Future Food: Cristina Grasseni Kicks Off the Follow the Food Seminar Series
Thanks to an Incubator grant, Utrecht University (NL) is hosting the Follow the Food seminar series. The project is led by Martijn Huysmans (Utrecht School of Economics) and aims to trace the workings of the global food system by following several products with a so-called Geographical Indication (GI). In Follow the Cheese, the first of ... Future Food: Cristina Grasseni Kicks Off the Follow the Food Seminar Series
29/10
2024 8min
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2024 8min
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Responsible Innovation Networks and Local Food Provisioning
On 14 May 2024 I had the pleasure of showing Tiago Sá Gomes and Bárbara Arita from the Lisbon-based NGO Upfarming, and Jean-marc Louvin of ICLEI around the Utrecht city garden Food For Good. Upfarming promotes food literacy, community development, participatory ecology and well-being in cities through implementing holistic urban agriculture projects. Their approach combines ... Responsible Innovation Networks and Local Food Provisioning
06/06
2024 5min
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2024 5min
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Looking back on 2023
2023 was our busiest and most exciting year to date. It saw the launch of the new Fondazione Bassetti website, the development of a host of new and long-established collaborations, the culmination of our participation in one major EU funded project and the start of a new and exciting research and innovation support project, and ... Looking back on 2023
19/01
2024 7min
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2024 7min
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La realizzazione dell’improbabile – 4/4
Event: La realizzazione dell’improbabile – Trent’anni di Fondazione Giannino Bassetti Date: 2023 12 18 Time: 45:35 min. Place: MEET Digital Culture Center – Milano. Language: Italiano. Part: 4/4 url Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/897412948 Photos: Album in Flickr. Podcast: la singola parte 4 di 4, la versione integrale e la playlist (in Spotify) Post: La realizzazione dell’improbabile. Contents: ... La realizzazione dell’improbabile – 4/4
18/12
2023 2min
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2023 2min
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La realizzazione dell’improbabile – 3/4
Event: La realizzazione dell’improbabile – Trent’anni di Fondazione Giannino Bassetti Date: 2023 12 18 Time: 35:11 min. Place: MEET Digital Culture Center – Milano. Language: Italiano. Part: 3/4 url Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/897411968 Photos: Album in Flickr. Podcast: la singola parte 3 di 4, la versione integrale e la playlist (in Spotify) Post: La realizzazione dell’improbabile. Contents: ... La realizzazione dell’improbabile – 3/4
18/12
2023 1min
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2023 1min
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La realizzazione dell’improbabile – 2/4
Event: La realizzazione dell’improbabile – Trent’anni di Fondazione Giannino Bassetti Date: 2023 12 18 Time: 27:44 min. Place: MEET Digital Culture Center – Milano. Language: Italiano. Part: 2/4 url Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/897411298 Photos: Album in Flickr. Podcast: la singola parte 2 di 4, la versione integrale e la playlist (in Spotify) Post: La realizzazione dell’improbabile. Contents: ... La realizzazione dell’improbabile – 2/4
18/12
2023 1min
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2023 1min
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