Tag: Higher Education
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A Summer to Reflect
As the term comes to an end (here in Sweden), we take time to reflect over the great people we have met this academic year. At the turn of the year, we began to ask you questions based on our dialogue with those we meet for you to reflect further on the website or in…
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Challenges, Tools and Inspiration
Last week, we had the pleasure to be introduced to Jennifer Pohlmann, Deputy Head of the Research and Transfer Center for Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management, Head of Sustainability Unit and Senior Project Manager Digital Learning and Sustainability & Team Lead Office of Sustainability Services at Hamburg University. Jennifer told us about all the…
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Local, National and International Collaborations to Transform Education for Sustainability
We caught up with Krzysztof Szczepaniak, adjunct professor and director of the sustainability centre, and Jolanta Mrozek-Kwiatkowska, Manager of sustainability at the sustainability centre, both at the University of Gdańsk. We discussed a project that includes three universities in Gedansk: the University of Gedansk, the Technical University and the Medical University, which collaborate in teaching for…
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Implementing Sustainability Competencies in Practice: Putting Ideas Into Action
This week I have been in Helsinki, Finland, at the big European Accounting Association (EAA) conference, which held several symposiums about sustainability in accounting. Aalto University provided us with the opportunity to discuss the state of the art in regard to sustainability reporting, sustainability standards and diversity in academia. This is a giant leap for…
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A Student-Centreed Appraoch: Bouncing to a Different Sounding-Board Beat
Have you heard of Robert McKim’s (Professor Emeritus of Stanford’s Department of Mechanical Engineering) 30 circle creativity challenge?
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International Network, Collaborations and Inspiration for Student Engagement
It was great to catch up with Tony Wall, Professor at Liverpool John Mores University, to have a dialogue about our collaborations and project plans. We are developing a hackathon event together with several international participants to create inspiring support about teaching activities for teachers of education for sustainability. The event will take place on…
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The Art of Listening Didactics
Back in 2015 I came across Otto Scharmer’s course about Theory-U at the presenting Institute at MIT. Exploring the mindset through presenting techniques provided some interesting reflections that inspired great dialogues with my colleagues. However, my journey has taken me elsewhere since and it had been a while since I had reflected on the ideas…
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Sharing a Passion for Support
We met with a new international group, led by Kent Williams assistant professor at Rowe Business School Dalhousie University, to collaborate on the creation of a workshop to generate new possibilities in transformation of education for sustainability. The group shared passions for the work we are doing and the lives we are living (many food…
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Digging Deeper into the Decolonisation of Higher Education Systems
In the last couple of weeks, I have had the pleasure to join a group of higher education lecturers that will be discussing didactics in education for sustainability. In Sweden, hosted by Karlstad University, there are several universities that have collaborated to create an online course for lecturers to take part in this opportunity. We…
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The Whole Student Approach as Global Citizens
We have continued our dialogue with Dr. Jos Eussen again this week, who very kindly introduced us to a project in Helsingborg Council, in Sweden. The education department has been working with ways to advance education for sustainability in Gymnasium schools (six-form college or years 12 & 13 for UK residents/ high-school for US residents).…