The Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC) will hold the 10th UC Summer School on "AGROMARITIME: Integrated Land-Sea Systems for Sustainable Resource Management," hosted by IPB University, with an online phase on 18–28 August 2026 and an onsite phase on 7–20 September 2026 in Indonesia. The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) serves as the UC Secretariat.
The Summer School will bring together 34 participants from 14 institutions to examine the interconnectedness of terrestrial, agricultural, coastal, and marine systems. Through interdisciplinary and collaborative learning, the program aims to deepen participants' understanding of sustainable resource management amid climate change, biodiversity loss, and growing pressures on food and livelihood systems.
The online phase will provide the academic foundation for the onsite activities through an orientation session, lectures, self-directed learning, and group discussions. Participants will explore agromaritime systems, ecosystem resilience, food systems, the blue economy, governance, and transdisciplinary approaches. Building on this foundation, the two-week onsite phase will combine field studies, stakeholder engagement, collaborative analysis, and cultural exchange. Activities at IPB University in Bogor, Situ Gunung, Gunung Walat Educational Forest, and Pulau Seribu will enable participants to engage with local communities and apply sustainability assessment approaches across the land-sea continuum. Working in groups, participants will analyze their field observations and develop policy or management recommendations for presentation at the final seminar.
First offered in 2015, the UC Summer School equips graduate students and professionals in rural development, agriculture, and natural resource management with interdisciplinary perspectives for addressing food and nutrition security challenges and advancing sustainable development in Southeast Asia. UC member universities host the learning event on a rotational basis, with each edition examining an emerging regional challenge through the agricultural and natural resource context of the host country.
