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The PSC PhD Program in Plant Sciences also organizes courses in cooperation with:
Life Science Zurich Graduate School
URPP Evolution in Action (UZH)
Courses offered by the following organisations can be fully accredited:
• University of Zurich
PhD students at Uni Basel have to register first at UZH for Module Mobility
PhD students at ETHZ have to register first at UZH as:
Special student "University of Zurich (UZH)"
• Hochschuldidaktik at University of Zurich Didactica
Graduate Campus (GRC, UZH), first register for Module Mobility!
• ETH Zurich
PhD students at Uni Basel have to register first at ETHZ as:
Special student "University of Basel (UBa)"
PhD students at UZH have to register first at ETHZ as:
Special student "University of Zurich (UZH)"
• University of Basel GRACE
Excellent English language skills are a core requirement for a successful completion of the PSC PhD Program in Plant Sciences. University of Zurich and ETH Zurich offer language training.
Knowledge in farming systems is essential to understand why agriculture is a major driver for environmental pressures through land use change, loss of soil fertility, decrease in biodiversity and the dependence on external inputs in form of energy, fertilizers and pesticides. As an alternative, agroecological farming aims to reduce the environmental and also social pressures, as defined by 10 principles (FAO Agroecology Knowledge Hub). Organic Farming is a prominent certified example of agroecological farming, and it is considered a promising option to solve the current problems of intensive agriculture. The lecture is organised as a lecture series (“Ringvorlesung”) where experts in soil, plant, animal and food system sciences will outline the frame conditions, principles and practices of organic agriculture, illustrating the connection to the agroecological principles through case studies. In a group exercise, the students will develop their own thoughts on the application of agroecology principles and will present their reflections to the other participants. During a half-day excursion, the theoretical material is illustrated on a long-term system comparison experiment and a practical farm in the valley of Leimen. Another optional excursion presents research done at FiBL, the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, in Frick.
For more information please conntact Maura Ellenberger or visit the UNIBAS Course Catalogue.
3 ECTS
Annualy (Spring semester)
Lecturers: Dr. Else Bünemann-König and further experts of the respective disciplines at FiBL, actively involved in national and European research with a strong link to practical farmers.
Location: University of Basel