Anhanguera-Uniderp University offers the Post-Graduate Progr Course Contacts am in Environment and Regional Development through the Master and PhD courses.
The program promotes the in-depth training of teachers and researchers for the development of academic activities and high-level professionals, as well as developing systematic studies and advanced research, stimulating scientific production and the perfect harmony between environment and sustainable development.
Holders of a higher degree in the following areas: Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary, Administration, Agronomy, Architecture, biological Sciences, Applied Social Sciences, Social Communication, Ecology, Economics, education, Engineering, Law, Pharmacy, Geography, geology, Letters, Mathematics, Veterinary Medicine, Chemistry, tourism and Animal Science. At the discretion of the Course College and with the consent of a potential advisor, candidates with training in other areas may be accepted. For doctoral candidates the minimum requirement for degrees is that of master.
To train professionals to develop activities aimed at sustainable development; to seek integration with the community, companies and environmental control bodies aiming to deepen studies and knowledge for the improvement of quality of life and to expand knowledge to support the formulation and implementation of public and private policies aimed at environmental conservation and regional development, with emphasis on Cerrado and Pantanal biomes.
The Program has a concentration area in Biodiversity and Sustainable Development of the Pantanal and Cerrado.
Research Line:
Society, Environment and Sustainable Regional Development: It establishes dialogue between the Social and Natural Sciences, having as assumptions the notions of complexity in ecological thinking and sustainable regional development elaborates theoretical studies and develops alternative techniques in the social and environmental areas, including the conservation of biodiversity and other natural resources, health, economic, social, including cultural ones; conducts studies on local economic activities and their environmental impacts; bioprospecting of the fauna and flora of the Pantanal and Cerrado; on environmental public policies, including Education and Public Health, and on the associated socio-cultural implications, aiming at overcoming the problems detected, thus contributing to the conservation of nature and local cultural forms.
Coordinator of the Stricto Sensu Post-Graduate Program in Environment and Regional Development
E-mail: higo.dalmagro@cogna.com.br