RISULTATI RICERCA

Il presente studio approfondisce le pratiche organizzative adottate dai gestori degli spazi collaborativi per coinvolgere gli attori locali nelle attività offerte dai propri spazi. Grazie a tali pratiche organizzative, gli spazi collaborativi emergono come attori di “intermediazione” che ricoprono un ruolo semi-pubblico e facilitano le relazioni tra attori locali e policy maker, supportando in tal modo lo sviluppo di un approccio place-based alle politiche pubbliche, in particolare nelle aree interne. I risultati emersi dallo studio qualitativo condotto su uno spazio collaborativo gestito da un’associazione attiva in un comune italiano di area interna (“Start Working Pontremoli”) hanno evidenziato tre specifiche pratiche organizzative finalizzate, rispettivamente, all’attivazione di una comunità di professionisti sul territorio, all’ancoraggio delle iniziative dello spazio alla più ampia comunità locale e all’abilitazione del territorio a progettare e ospitare nuove attività e servizi. Tali pratiche organizzative illustrano i diversi modi in cui i gestori degli spazi collaborativi possono facilitare le relazioni sia all’interno sia all’esterno dei propri spazi, sviluppare nuove iniziative capaci di coinvolgere i diversi attori locali e accrescere il patrimonio di conoscenze presente sul territorio. Attraverso queste pratiche organizzative, dunque, l’azione degli spazi collaborativi si pone in coerenza con gli obiettivi delle politiche place-based volte a mitigare i trend negativi delle aree interne.

This paper draws on the “generative dance” metaphor to propose a methodological perspective to study the more-than-human world, where human beings and non-humans (artefacts, animals, matter) are entangled. This metaphor builds upon two well-known methods in interpretive organization studies literature: organisational ethnography and the study of talk. The main argument of this article is that ethnography and the study of talk, often considered two distinct methods, can instead entangle in a generative dance that shapes a new perspective on researching (encompassing research design, data collection and analysis, along with ethical issues). In line with a posthuman understanding of the world, and given current developments in ethnographic research, this article posits that researchers are active participants in this dance and there is a process of mutual constitution between researcher and the world which is researched. Using practice theory as a metatheoretical frame of reference, the paper presents four scaffolds which support the following movements: where to dance, learning to dance, mastering the dance, and experimenting with new moves. Thus, the paper encourages researchers to engage with the field so to produce accounts which are able to unveil unnoticed features of the more-than-human. The paper also calls for an ethical engagement with the field, which requires researchers to enhance awareness of their own position and impact in the more-than-human world.

This study assesses the efficiency of agricultural residue production across regions within the framework of a circular economy. The objective is to identify the key factors driving performance and to provide insights for optimising resource use in line with the European Green Deal and the Common Agricultural Policy (2023-2030). We have integrated Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) with Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA-DEA), developing a composite efficiency indicator that enables the design of targeted policies based on the main determinants of regional performance. This indicator was applied to the Poland’s NUTS-2 regions and incorporates variables such as irrigation, agricultural land, employment, machinery, and crop type, allowing for a more refined evaluation of efficiency. Our approach offers a robust tool to support evidence-based policymaking. The findings underscore Poland’s potential to capitalise on significant agricultural residue surpluses for bioenergy and bio-based products, and advocate for tailored policy interventions, integrated evaluation methodologies, and enhanced support to address economic, environmental, and logistical challenges – thereby fostering a resilient circular economy.

We (the humans) live in a terrestrial environment, where we find and use air, water, food and all the necessary resources for our survival and activity needs. Everyone engages in a daily and intimate relationship with the environment, where one should consider that we are not owners but guests, in a reciprocal, natural and responsible interaction with all other forms of life. One World view (in the sense that we all live on the same unique planet) and One Health view (in the sense that all live beings on the planet share many health and disease mechanisms) are the basic philosophical, biomedical and logical paradigms of ecology on Earth: the common house for all live beings, including us, on this planet (the only one available for the known ecosystems so far). We received terrestrial resources from our ancestors (and their ecological cohabitants), through our parents, and we leave what remains as a basic heritage to our children and descendants, who should hopefully be able to live on Earth in future times with the same chances and quality of life that was offered to each one of us. The environment however accumulates the consequences of all the preceding insults caused by us and by our human predecessors, who started centuries and centuries ago to extract, construct, modify, pollute every part of the planet, which now carries all the human modifications evident in the present times (Anthropocene). Since the industrial revolution (started less than three centuries ago) humans potentiated enormously their capacity to modify the environment, often for improving human life, but almost always by destroying ecosystems and depauperating the natural resources in many aspects. The PNEI paradigm that inspires us, a group of physicians and health professionals of the 21st century, and also human beings intellectually able to recognize and appreciate the mindbody relationships within each individual, may be very useful to interpret the complex interplay network equilibria existing in the ecological systems between different forms of life and regulating health and disease in every living organism. Such a network-based PNEI paradigm can be, at present, the best basic knowledge to appreciate and correct the environmental causes of disease, before it is too late, for humans and for other forms of life. Climate changes on Earth in the current decades show us that it may be already too late to revert the situation to previous sustainable equilibria. We shall discuss here some peculiar aspects of these complex but fundamental issues regulating ecosystems, in a One Health perspective and with the PNEI paradigm well in focus.