The Green Scene: Urban Farmers, Sustainable Communities in Pittsburgh and Berlin

Subtitle: 
Sustainable Cities & Communities: A Transatlantic Dialogue
Activity Type: 
Lecture
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Presenter: 
Dr. Jesko Hirschfeld, Humboldt University of Berlin
Date: 
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Ingrid Gomez-O'Toole
Contact Phone: 
4126488517
Contact Email: 
ing7@pitt.edu
Cost: 
Free

This event is part of a two-day series focusing on sustainability in Europe and Pittsburgh.

About the Keynote Speaker:
Jesko Hirschfeld studied economics at the universities of Bonn, Frankfurt am Main, and the Free University of Berlin. From 1996 to 1998, he worked as a scientific staff member for the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag), and from 1998 to 2002, he worked on his doctorate with a scholarship by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the Research Training Group “Agriculture and Environment” at the University of Göttingen. Since 2002, he has been a research associate and later subject area manager for water and land management at the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) in Berlin in the research field “Environmental Economics and Policy.” From 2017 to 2020, in addition to his work at the IÖW, he was a visiting professor for landscape economics at the Technical University of Berlin. From 2022 to 2024, he taught as a visiting professor of environmental economics at Humboldt University in Berlin. He has worked on numerous inter- and transdisciplinary projects on natural climate protection, nature-based adaptation to climate change, land and water use, and integrated coastal zone management, focusing primarily on economic aspects and ecological-economic assessments. In recent years, he has focused on urban ecosystem services provided by urban green spaces, parks, and gardens.

UCIS Unit: 
European Studies Center
Global Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors: 
Department of German
Mascaro Center for Sustainability Innovation
Oiffcie of Sustainability in the Health Sciences
Is Event Already in University Calendar?: 
Yes