Guest Lecture
Flaviano Bianchini (Source International) will talk about Business & Human Rights in the real world – Part 2.
The lecture is in a blended format, and will take place on the 14th of April CET in Room 1 at the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Pisa.
Flaviano Bianchini founded Source International in 2009. Flaviano is an environmentalist and naturalist. Ashoka Fellow from 2012, specializes in Management and Valorization of Natural Resources at the University of Pisa and holds a Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Conflict Management at the Sant’Anna School of Higher Studies; for several years he has been dealing with violations of human rights and health damage related to the extractive industries, especially in Latin America.
His studies on the impact of mining on the environment and health led to the modification of the mining law in Honduras, the adoption of precautionary measures by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Guatemala and the approval of laws on the welfare of the city of Cerro de Pasco in Peru. Between 2007 and 2009 he conducted an awareness campaign on the impact of mining activity in Latin America in collaboration with Amnesty International.
Environmental candidate of the year from the magazine The New Ecology in 2008 received the social worker award from the University of San Carlos of Guatemala in 2006 and the Chatwin prize in 2010 for his book In Tibet: Un Viaggio Clandestino. He received the Ashoka Fellowship in 2012 and is the founder and director of Source International.
The lecture is open for interested scholars and students. Below you find info on how to join the seminar.
