This past summer, the Texas A&M Energy Institute, in collaboration with the Agricultural University of Athens, launched its first-ever Summer School program: “Artificial Intelligence for Next-Generation Agriculture at the Nexus of Energy Security and Rural Transformation: A Policy and Ethical Analysis in Post-Lignite Greece.” This was not a conventional study abroad opportunity; it was a rigorous, on-the-ground research initiative designed to tackle one of Greece’s most pressing challenges: developing a viable new economic model for regions transitioning away from a monoculture of lignite. | 
