The paper presents the four-year European Marie Curie-funded educational programme EPISCON (European PhD in Science for Conservation) during which 16 international students with a master’s degree in one of the natural sciences will develop their PhDs in the field of science for conservation. The history and development leading to the EPISCON project is outlined, starting with the international seminar at Bologna University in 1999, where a group of international experts met and discussed conservation science and came forward with a definition of a conservation scientist. This meeting in turn led to the three-year CURRIC project funded by the European Leonardo da Vinci programme, during which a curriculum for conservation scientists was developed and published in the form of a CD in eight languages. When the EPISCON project ends in 2009 it will mark a 10-year-long European process towards the development of a formalised education for conservation scientists. The status of the EPISCON project as of November 2007 is described, as well as perspectives for the future within education of conservation scientists. Information about the programme – including the 10 European institutions involved – can be found at www.episcon.scienze.unibo.it.
Education of conservation scientists: the EPISCON project - European PhD in science for conservation / R. Mazzeo; B. Eshoj. - STAMPA. - 1:(2008), pp. 116-121. (Intervento presentato al convegno Diversity in Heritage conservation: tradition, innovation and participation tenutosi a New Delhi nel 22-26 September 2008).
Education of conservation scientists: the EPISCON project - European PhD in science for conservation
MAZZEO, ROCCO;
2008
Abstract
The paper presents the four-year European Marie Curie-funded educational programme EPISCON (European PhD in Science for Conservation) during which 16 international students with a master’s degree in one of the natural sciences will develop their PhDs in the field of science for conservation. The history and development leading to the EPISCON project is outlined, starting with the international seminar at Bologna University in 1999, where a group of international experts met and discussed conservation science and came forward with a definition of a conservation scientist. This meeting in turn led to the three-year CURRIC project funded by the European Leonardo da Vinci programme, during which a curriculum for conservation scientists was developed and published in the form of a CD in eight languages. When the EPISCON project ends in 2009 it will mark a 10-year-long European process towards the development of a formalised education for conservation scientists. The status of the EPISCON project as of November 2007 is described, as well as perspectives for the future within education of conservation scientists. Information about the programme – including the 10 European institutions involved – can be found at www.episcon.scienze.unibo.it.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
