Living labs, university vegetable gardens, permaculture, composting, ecotoxicology
Enhancing the genetic diversity and variability of crops and livestock for the agroecological transition
Hi!
At the University of Aveiro (Portugal) we have a vegetable garden working in a permaculture system that can be usefull as a living lab for educational and research purposes. I'd love to be involved in a project exploring this component of University/schools/community gardens working as living labs for scientific, social, educational and community experiments. I also have a background on ecotoxicity that can be usefull for projects needing to assess toxic effects of compounds on soils or waters.
The University of Aveiro is a public university, in addition to providing polytechnic education, located in the Portuguese city of Aveiro. Founded in 1973, it has a student population of approximately 12,500, distributed among 58 graduate, 40 Masters of Science and 25 PhD programs, distributed by departments and autonomous sections, with specialized faculties. It is a Research & Development university, with research departments developing programmes in fundamental and applied mathematics, physics, chemistry, telecommunications, robotics, bioinformatics, biology, sea sciences, materials, design, business administration and industrial engineering.