Embedding sustainability in academic cultures and activities
This session will be hosted by the Sustainability Education Collective (Bærekraftskollegiet), a forum for teachers, students, and researchers involved in sustainability activities at the University of Bergen, and explores how to implement and promote sustainability as a task for universities.
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A number of initiatives at universities world-wide seek to develop and implement interdisciplinary, student-active sustainability education in different institutional cultures and academic structures.
In this SDG Conference Bergen Day Zero event we will discuss topics such as:
- models for implementing mutual learning arenas dedicated to sustainability
- concrete experiences with such arenas; strategic and long-term considerations
- institutional arrangements
- conditions for interdisciplinary collaboration.
We will learn from successful initiatives and discuss challenges and opportunities in implementing interdisciplinary education at our respective universities.
The session will be introduced by a keynote speaker (Professor Gunilla Öberg, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities), followed up with short presentations by
- Associate Professor Jan Reinert Karlsen
- Student Coordinator at the UiB Collaboratory Ronya Reitan Solberg
- Researcher Scott Ronald Bremer
After the talks we open for a plenary discussion.
We warmly invite everyone to join this workshop and contribute to the discussion on sustainability education!
By registerting to the you will get access to the digital platform of the conference. Register here!
