Scientific cooperation between Italy and Israel: A perspective looking to the future

Abstract

From renewable energy through neuroscience, from chemistry to nanotechnology, the scientific cooperation between Italy and Israel touches many fields and involves hundreds of scholars and students in both countries. We identify the main research policy factors that led to this successful outcome, and those that might drive forthcoming cooperation between these two Mediterranean countries whose science linkages have a long and significant history.

Biodegradable Waste Management by Anaerobic Digestion: A Comparison Between Policy Approaches and Regulation in Italy and Israel

“…Scientific cooperation between Italy and Israel goes back to the early days of the Israeli state, inter alia as both are Mediterranean countries with similar agricultural crops and raw food materials (Tous & Ferguson, 1996). The scientific cooperation between the two countries is not limited to the natural sciences and Mediterranean studies, but extends to history, art, the classics, archaeology, and numerous other scholarly domains (Pagliaro, 2017). The current study compares policy approaches and regulation for biodegradable waste management by anaerobic digestion in Italy and Israel in light of the great challenges both countries are facing in the management of biodegradable waste and its by-products.…”