Scientific dissemination

Journal articles

  • Sanyé-Mengual, E., Specht, K., Vávra, J., Artmann, M., Orsini, F., & Gianquinto, G. (2020). Ecosystem services of urban agriculture: perceptions of project leaders, stakeholders and the general public. Sustainability 12(24), 10446. - link
  • Sanyé-Mengual, E., Specht, K., Grapsa, E., Orsini, F., & Gianquinto, G. (2019). How Can Innovation in Urban Agriculture Contribute to Sustainability? A Characterization and Evaluation Study from Five Western European Cities. Sustainability, 11(15), 4221. – link
  • Pennisi G, Sanyé-Mengual E, Orsini F, Crepaldi A, Nicola S, Ochoa J, Fernandez JA, Gianquinto G (2019). Modelling Environmental Burdens of Indoor-Grown Vegetables and Herbs as Affected by Red and Blue LED Lighting. Sustainability, 11(15), 4063. –  link
  • Sanyé-Mengual, E., Gasperi, D., Michelon, N., Orsini, F., Ponchia, G., & Gianquinto, G. (2018). Eco-Efficiency Assessment and Food Security Potential of Home Gardening: A Case Study in Padua, Italy. Sustainability, 10(7), 2124. –  link
  • Sanyé-Mengual, E., Orsini, F., & Gianquinto, G. (2018). Revisiting the Sustainability Concept of Urban Food Production from a Stakeholders’ Perspective. Sustainability, 10(7), 2175 – link
  • Sanyé-Mengual et al. (2018) Social Acceptance and Perceived Ecosystem Services of Urban Agriculture in Southern Europe: The Case of Bologna, Italy. PLoS ONE. – link

Conferences

  • The SustUrbanFoods project: challenges in accounting for the sustainability of complex urban food systems. The 6th World Sustainability Forum, 27-28th January 2017, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Quantifying the global sustainability of urban food systems. AESOP Sustainable Food Planning Workshop “Making, measuring, rethinking sustainable food systems” 23-24th March 2017, Berlin, Germany
  • Forms and products of urban agriculture in Bologna: A survey on demands, preferences, and social acceptability. GREENCITIES2017: International Symposium on greener cities for more efficient ecosystem services in a climate changing world, 12-15th September 2017, Bologna, Italy
  • Employing participatory research design in accounting for the sustainability of urban food systems: the experience of the SustUrbanFoods project. GREENCITIES2017: International Symposium on greener cities for more efficient ecosystem services in a climate changing world, 12-15th September 2017, Bologna, Italy
  • Integrating the stakeholders’ perspective in the design of sustainability accounting methods: the experience of the SustUrbanFoods project. 9th biennial conference of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), Chicago, United States, 25-29 June 2017.
  • Assessing the environmental footprint and the water-energy-food nexus of aquaponics system. 9th biennial conference of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), Chicago, United States, 25-29 June 2017.
  • The SustUrbanFoods project: Challenges in accounting for the sustainability of complex productive landscapes. 9th biennial conference of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), Chicago, United States, 25-29 June 2017. [POSTER]
  • The use of vacant spaces for urban horticulture in the city of Bologna (Italy). AESOP sustainable food planning conference, 14-15 November 2017, Coventry (United Kingdom)
  • Eco-efficiency assessment of LED lighting solutions for urban farming. XII Giornate Scientifiche Società di Ortoflorofrutticoltura Italiana (SOI), 19-22 June 2018, Bologna (Italy) [POSTER]

Seminars

  • Dec 2016: Seminar at the Department of Agricultural Sciences (Dipsa), Università di Bologna – Presentation of the Project 
  • May 2017: Seminar at the Fachhochschule Südwestfalen
  • Jan 2018: Seminar at AgroParisTech, INRA, Paris, France
  • Feb 2018: Seminar at the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology within an internal debate on Rooftop Agriculture.

Engagement in scientific events

  • Chair, session “Quantifying sustainability of urban agriculture”, Final conference of the COST Action “Urban allotments Europe” – International conference GROWING IN CITIES – Interdisciplinary perspectives on urban gardening9-10th September 2016, Basel, Switzerland 
  • Organizing comittee, GREENCITIES2017: International Symposium on greener cities for more efficient ecosystem services in a climate changing world, 12-15th September 2017, Bologna, Italy
  • Scientific comittee, GREENCITIES2017: International Symposium on greener cities for more efficient ecosystem services in a climate changing world, 12-15th September 2017, Bologna, Italy
  • Chair, session “UrbanAg. Networking higher education initiatives on Entrepreneurial Urban Agriculture”. GREENCITIES2017: International Symposium on greener cities for more efficient ecosystem services in a climate changing world, 12-15th September 2017, Bologna, Italy
  • Chair, session “Urban sustainability”. GREENCITIES2017: International Symposium on greener cities for more efficient ecosystem services in a climate changing world, 12-15th September 2017, Bologna, Italy
  • Organizing comittee, XII Giornate Scientifiche della Società Ortoflorofrutticoltura Italiana, 19-22 June 2018, Bologna, Italy