BESIDE
lnstitutional, behavioural, critical and adaptative economics
towards sustainable development, management of natural capital and circular economy
BESIDE is framed in four pillars
Institutional economics
How do institutions shape and constrain sustainable resources management
Behavioural economics
What is needed to provide sustainable resources management
Critical economics
Drawbacks and limits to as well as going beyond the ecosystem services approach
Adaptative economics
Model competitive advantage for existing and new businesses and jos
About BESIDE
Know more about the research Platform
Vision
To be an Environmental Economics and Natural Resources (ocean, forest and mineral) sustainable management world class platform in University of Aveiro/CESAM
Mission
Build and boost from within: by exploring our core team strengths, searching for multidisciplinarity links and fostering out of the box collaborations we will develop new projects, new knowledge and new cpacity building in EENR.
Focus Areas
Implement insitutional changes aligned with ERA. Increase atractiveness for Internationally excellent researchers. Increase Research excelence in EENR.
Improve capacity to compete internationaly for funding and partnerships.
Projects contributing to BESIDE
A-AAGORA
Blueprint For Atlantic-Arctic Agora On Cross-Sectoral Cooperation For Restoration Of Marine And Coastal Ecosystems And Increased Climate Resilience Through Transformative Innovation
RESTORE4Cs
Modelling restoration of wetlands for carbon pathways, climate change mitigation and adaptation, ecosystem services, and biodiversity co-benefits
FireProd
Prescribed burning, fire risk and eucalypts productivity: from research to practice.
Win-Big
Women in blue economy intelligence gathering and capacity boosting.
Meet our team
Led by passionate experts, we have a multidisciplinary team of researchers and PhD Students, from biology, biochemistry, ecology, economics, health ans social sciences.
Scientific Coordinator
Ana Lillebø
Responsible for overall scientific vision and project management and coordination.
ERA Chair Holder
Helena Vieira
Responsible for the development of the platform BESIDE, the competitive research agenda and strategy plan.
Contact Us
BESIDE is based at the University of Aveiro and involves members of CESAM, GOVCOPP, UACoopera and the Rectory. Its team is located at the Department of Environment and Planning, the Department of Biology, the Department of Social Sciences and the Rectory.
- Campus Universitário de Santiago
- Timing: 9am -6pm (WEST)