From September 15 to 18, 2025, UNIMONT – the University of Milan‘s Hub dedicated to mountain research – played a leading role at the International Mountain Conference (IMC) in Innsbruck, Austria, the most important international scientific event dedicated to mountain areas.
Four intense days saw our team engaged in coordinating thematic sessions, presenting scientific contributions and building new collaborative networks with researchers and stakeholders from around the world.
Sessions organised by the UNIMONT team
16/09 – Plant agro-biodiversity for sustainable development of mountain areas;
16/09 – Nature-based Solutions for mountain areas – Case studies, Projects and Reviews from Europe. Organised as part of the Horizon Europe MountResilien Project;
17/09 – Transition processes of mountain resorts and tourism destinations: state of the art, levers and barriers. An international perspective. Organised in collaboration with the Interreg Alpine Space Projects Transtat and BeyondSnow.
Contributions presented by the UNIMONT team in other sessions
15/09 Digital Technologies and Sustainable Mountain Development
Contribution: Education, research and dissemination activities to foster sustainable development: the unique experience of the University of Milan – UNIMONT centre;
16/09 Plant agro-biodiversity for sustainable development of mountain areas
Contribution: The importance of genetic resources (landraces) on agriculture, food production and socioeconomic contexts in mountain areas: the beans of Lombardy;
16/09 Transformative changes towards Living Well in mountains: How does it feel?
Contributions: The IPBES Transformative Change Assessment: a compass for transformative research towards Living Well in mountains | Social restructuring and Living Well in mid-mountain resorts in transition: the case of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse;
17/09 Forest recovery after disturbance: Challenges and opportunities for the management of mountain forests
Contribution: Ecology, floristic-vegetational features and future perspectives of spruce forests affected by Ips typographus: insights from the Southern Alps;
17/09 Transition processes of mountain resorts and tourism destinations: state of the art, levers and barriers. An international perspective
Contribution: Prato Valentino 2050: A Sustainable Model for the Future of Alpine Tourism;
17/09 Solutions for adapting to climate change in mountains: an exchange of lessons learned and ways forward
Contribution: MountResilience – Testing innovative frameworks for climate change adaptation practices at a regional scale;
18/09 Innovative Approaches for Mountain Resilience: Bridging Practice, Science, and the Private Sector
Contribution: Building Resilience in Alpine communities: Community-Driven Solutions for Maniva Ski in Transtat project.
