17th lecture | 23 April 2026 | 19:00-21:00 CET | Online
17th ESEIA Lecture Series | Jobs for Green Transformation
23 April 2026 | 19.00 – 21.00 (CET) | online
Co-organisers: ESEIA, TU Graz, and INITIATE
Invited Lecture by Davide Villani, Joint Research Centre, BE
Response: Fabio Montagnino, CYI, CY
Chair: Marlene Kienberger, TU Graz, AT
Host: Brigitte Hasewend, TU Graz, AT
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Abstract:
The Lecture offers a discussion on the opportunities and challenges of building an inclusive and future-ready green workforce across Europe. Europe’s green transition, driven by the Green Industrial Deal, is reshaping labor markets creating a strong demand for new green job profiles and new skills patterns supporting the transition to green industries.
This lecture will explore the needs of industry, which will require adaptation of curricula in higher education institutions, including in the Widening countries, as well as upskilling and reskilling of professionals in the coming decade. The lecture will also showcase how innovation ecosystems can turn green ambitions into real employment opportunities.
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About the Speakers
Invited Lecture:
Davide Villani is researcher at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), where he works for the Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) on the project Social Classes in the Digital Age (DIGCLASS). Before joining the JRC Davide worked as Lecturer in Economics at Goldsmiths College (University of London) and as researcher in different research projects at the Open University (UK).
His research interests include a range of topics within economics, such as Macroeconomics, Labour Relations, International Economics and Corporate Finance. His work has been published in various academic journals.
Response:
Fabio Maria Montagnino is the Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at The Cyprus Institute.
After a degree cum laude in physics and a fellowship in experimental and computational biophysics at the University of Palermo and the Italian National Research Council, he moved to the industrial sector, where he managed both R&D and internationalization processes.
Since about thirty years he’s been promoting open and impactful innovation ecosystems through the generation of science-based start-ups, the development of technological services and the implementation of knowledge transfer actions in European and Mediterranean regions, where he has been leading a large number of transnational projects and actions.