Workshop 8

Full Title:

Role of SNC-mt in understanding the context for and application of transdisciplinary approaches in the Caucasus region

Place:

Building IV, Small Library, Flour I, Akaki Tsereteli State University, Kutaisi

Scheduled:

Thursday 6 July 2023; 9:00 – 10:45

CO-CHAIRS:

Dr. Tamara Mitrofanenko

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU / UNEP Office in Vienna, Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention.

Nina Shatberashvili

Executive Director, Sustainable Caucasus; Coordination Unit of the Scientific Network for the Caucasus Mountain region (SNC-mt)

Tygran Keryan

Institute of Landscape Development; Recreation and Conservation Planning; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Austria

Prof. Dr. Joseph Salukvadze

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, department of Human Geography, Professor

DESCRIPTION:

Sustainable development is no small challenge for the Caucasus region. The academic institutions in the Caucasus countries can and should play an important role in facilitating knowledge co-production to address the sustainability challenges of the region. In the current societal and geopolitical reality of the region, the collaboration among scientists in different Caucasus countries, as well as between scientists, policymakers, and practitioners, initiated and supported by the Scientific Network for the Caucasus Mountain Region (SNC-mt), is crucial.

The workshop will open a discussion about understanding of Transdisciplinarity in the Caucasus Scientific Network – and its role in promoting integration of transdisciplinary approaches in the Caucasus countries.