Ilija Sazdovski
Position
Researcher on the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change
Qualifications
Bachelor in Mathematics and Physics (UKIM)
Master in Ecological Economy (IBI-Skopje)
Biography
Sazdovski pursues his PhD thesis, directed by Dr Pere Fullana i Palmer at the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change ESCI-UPF. His thesis, aims develop and apply the life cycle assessment methodology to packaging waste management. The PhD Candidate studies the determinants that reinforce or weaken the hierarchy of waste management, including prevention, preparation for reuse, recycling, other types of recovery and, finally, the elimination of waste.
Sazdovski is a member of the International Association of Energy Engineers and between 2012 and 2018 he was part of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Conference for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environmental Systems. Sazdovski is also author of the National Energy Monitoring System for local self-governments, and co-author of the III National Energy Efficiency Action Plan 2016-2018 for Macedonia.
Subjects they teach
Climate change facts emergency political and legal context
Master of Science in Sustainability Management
Required
Programme:
Master of Science in Sustainability Management
The main aim of the course is to increase the awareness of the students of the importance of climate change as a global threat and to provide them with applicable knowledge that they can use during their professional carrier.
The course provides students with the fundamentals of climate change, key concepts about mitigation, adaptation, and vulnerability to climate change and it explains, the importance of achieving a global agreement for solving the climate emergency.
Cradle to cradle and circular economy
Master of Science in Sustainability Management
Elective
Programme:
Master of Science in Sustainability Management
The main aim of the course is the understand the urgency of changing the present linear economic model, as well as the key principle and philosophical approaches for the circular future.