UB researcher Amaranta Herrero, member of the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development in Catalonia
Amaranta Herrero, postdoctoral researcher at the UB’s Faculty of Economics and Business.
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Sustainability
(12/12/2023)
The Government has appointed Amaranta Herrero, researcher at the University of Barcelona, as a member of the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development of Catalonia (CADS). This body is made up of a minimum of ten and a maximum of fifteen members, appointed from among prestigious people or representatives of the different economic and social sectors.
Amaranta Herrero, postdoctoral researcher at the UB’s Faculty of Economics and Business.
News
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Sustainability
12/12/2023
The Government has appointed Amaranta Herrero, researcher at the University of Barcelona, as a member of the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development of Catalonia (CADS). This body is made up of a minimum of ten and a maximum of fifteen members, appointed from among prestigious people or representatives of the different economic and social sectors.
Amaranta Herrero is a postdoctoral researcher at the UB’s Faculty of Economics and Business. She carried out her research in the Cultivate project (Horizon Europe), focused on the governance of food-sharing initiatives. Her research is focused on the study of socio-ecological conflicts and environmental movements; the economic, social and cultural dimensions of food systems; urban food systems; and the governance of new and emerging technologies. Between 2019 and 2022 she was the strategic coordinator of the project “Barcelona, World Capital of Sustainable Food 2021”, at the office of the Barcelona Metropolitan Strategic Plan.
The main function of CADS, created in December 1998, is to advise the Government in the field of sustainable development. Specifically, it ensures the integration of sustainability in policies, territorial and sectoral planning instruments, in legislative and regulatory projects and strategic projects or initiatives promoted by the Government.
This body also promotes knowledge transfer and the dialogue between the government, the academic world, and civil society in the field of sustainable development, and advises the government on the design and implementation of actions aimed at promoting education for sustainability. In addition, it also promotes the involvement of the economic and social sectors in the process of sustainable development in Catalonia. Since 2017, it has supported the Government in the actions promoted to contribute to the achievement of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.
The main function of CADS, created in December 1998, is to advise the Government in the field of sustainable development. Specifically, it ensures the integration of sustainability in policies, territorial and sectoral planning instruments, in legislative and regulatory projects and strategic projects or initiatives promoted by the Government.
This body also promotes knowledge transfer and the dialogue between the government, the academic world, and civil society in the field of sustainable development, and advises the government on the design and implementation of actions aimed at promoting education for sustainability. In addition, it also promotes the involvement of the economic and social sectors in the process of sustainable development in Catalonia. Since 2017, it has supported the Government in the actions promoted to contribute to the achievement of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.