The Session was an international joint activity organized in cooperation by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), the University of Innsbruck and the Regionalplanungs-gemeinschaft Grosses Walsertal, all in Austria, the University of Bern in Switzerland, the University of Padua and the Bersntoler Kulturinstitut, both in Italy, and the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia and the Soča Valley Development Centre, both in Slovenia. The session gathered about 40 participants (scientists and practitioners) from 15 different countries.
The session started with networking activities parallel to the International Mountain Conference, held in Innsbruck in these days. H3 researchers organised 12 sessions and made more than 20 presentations during the Conference.
During the second week, an exchange with students of the master degree course in Geography (University of Innsbruck) was organised. H3 researchers interacted with master students in the conduction of joint field research and gave advice in methodological and theoretical aspects related to interdisciplinary research on sustainable development.
This was followed by the visit to around 45 Initiatives for Sustainable Development in Highlands (ISDH) in small groups, going to the western Austrian Alps, Italian Alps, French Alps and Slovenian Alps. The focus of the ISDH was on socio-environmental transition, food production and nature conservation, among others.
