Clemens Mader

Regional perspectives on
Higher Education and
Sustainable Development
EUROPE
Prof. Dr. Clemens Mader, Leuphana University of Lüneburg
IAU 2014 International Conference, Iquitos, Peru
21.03.2014

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The COPERNICUS Alliance – European Higher Education
Network for Sustainable Development
European network of > 60
member and project affiliated
institutions
Annual conferences
Newsletter
EU Projects
Policy
Capacity Building
Research on HESD
Supporting Transformation of
HE sector towards SD
www.copernicus-alliance.org
March 21st 2014, IAU Confernce, Peru, Prof. Clemens Mader, Leuphana University
•Partners of
UE4SD

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Transformation tw.
SD in higher education
means:
• inclusive universities
• enabling leadership
• to take agency for
sustainable
development
• among students,
faculty and society
• through education
and research
activities.
Fig.: Mader C. 2013
Transformative sust. transitions

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Enabling
leadership for
sustainable
development
through creating
capabilities
Capabilities for transformation
Create freedom to (inter-)act and co-create
Open up predefined structures and modes
of education
curricula
research calls and programs
break boarders between university and society
Development of competences (Wieck et.al., 2011)
System thinking competence
Strategic competence
Interpersonal competence
Anticipatory competence
Normative competence
Creating capabilities for transformation

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University Educators for Sustainable Development (UE4SD)
ERASMUS Multilateral Network Project
55 partners from 30 European countries
Four regions: North (11), East (16), South (20) and
central (8)
Lead Partner: Prof. Daniella Tilbury, University of
Gloucestershire, UK
Aims:
Establish a network supporting sustainability
competences among university educators
Create a mapping of existing resources and
educational ESD activities for university educators
„Leading practice publication“
Annual meetings with seminars for university
educators
Development of an "Academy for ESD in HE“
Start October 2013 – End: September 2016
Website: http://www.ue4sd.eu

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The Rio+20 Treaty on Higher Education
Treaty Circle: 31 HE networks and
institutions from around the globe
~100 signatories
Development in the advance of the
Rio+20 conference in cooperation with
25 organizations from around the
world.
Concentration on:
Whole-of-institution approach
Transformation
Immediate – short and long-term goals
Website: http://hetreatyrio20.com
Principles
#1: To be transformative, higher education must
transform itself
#2: Efforts across the higher education system must be
aligned
#3: Partnership underpins progress
#4: Sustainable development is an institutional and
sector-wide learning process
#5: Facilitating access to the underprivileged
#6: Inter- and transdisciplinary learning and action
#7: Redefining the notion of quality higher education
#8: Sustainable development as a whole-of-institution
commitment

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Role of students and student initiatives
Students as citizen and nodes between their home
regions and university
Students initiate ambitious projects as like
Solar plants (z.B. Lüneburg, Clausthal, Leipzig,…)
Sustainability reports (z.B. oikos Hamburg)
Video & Radio channels (Greening U. of Sienna)
Online portals for early scientific work (Vienna)
Sustainability Challenge – study course (INEX)
conferences: World Students Environmental Network
Resources
Low budgets but strong enthusiasm and agency
oikos International – Students for Sustainable
Economics and Management
>40 chapters globally; >70 bis 2016
www.oikosinternational.org

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Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development
UN Decade on ESD (2005-2014)
United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies
Multi-stakeholder networks on regional level, engaged in sustainability issues
120 RCEs (Jan. `14) ( ~30 in Europe)
Think global – act local
Local initiatives and global common thematic groups
Working groups on e.g.:
Health
Traditional knowledge
Sustainable consumption
and production
Higher education
International & Local Community Exchange
February 8th 2014, Nagoya City University, Japan, - Prof. Clemens Mader, Leuphana University

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Sustainability Award for sustainable universities
Alliance for sustainable universities
9 (out of 22) Austrian Universities
Working groups on Sustainability in research and education,
Management, Knowledge Transfer, strategic development
www.Sustainicum.at
Platform with > 100 sustainability teaching materials for higher
education
Available in English and German language
www.Sustainability4U.at
Platform of four universities located at city of Graz
Common sustainability vision in their performance agreements
Sustainable mobility
Sustainability reporting
Cases: Austria – a selection of initiatives

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Monday academy
Lectures every 2 weeks
Open for community
Live broadcasted to 8 regional communities
Megaphon University
Education without boarders
Inviting people who would usually have no access to university
education because of their social background (migration,
handicapped, social status,…)
Transdisciplinary Bacc. & MSc. Programme on Environmental
System Sciences
Interdisciplinary courses with students from geography, chemistry,
physics, business management and economics
Transdisciplinary courses organised by students who built
cooperations with NGOs, business or public management
RCE Graz-Styria
Research project on youth involvement in rural development
Youth perspective, mind mapping, involvement of schools, policy,
business
Cases: University of Graz - regional community interactions
Contact Prof. Friedrich Zimmermann,
Sustainability Director,
friedrich.zimmermann@uni-graz.at

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Educational reform
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
example Bachelor Programms
LEUPHANA BACHELOR
Major Minor
Leuphana Semester
ComplementaryStudies
6
5
4
3
2
1
90 CP
Sem.
30 CP
30 CP
30 CP
CP = Credit Points
Exemplary in-depth
knowledge and general
overview in the sense of
an ordering matrix;
Autonomous,
comprehensive academic
work in the chosen field of
specialization
Work ethics and
methodology for both
team-oriented and
autonomous settings
Familiarity with an
interdisciplinary
perspective and multiple
disciplines; Foreign
language acquisition;
Participiation in a practical
(social) project
Additional
subject
field in a
Major-
related
area of
study

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Study on transformative higher education for sustainable
development
February10th 2014, Nagoya City University, Japan, - Prof. Clemens Mader, Leuphana University
Online survey with reflection workshop.
Research questions:
How do universities contribute to transformation for sustainable development?
What success factors are necessary to scale sustainability transformation?
How can we reach the unreached?
What role do assessment and quality management have?
Funded by Austrian Ministry of Science and Research
Outcomes to be presented at Nagoya Higher Education for Sustainable Development
Conference in November 2014

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Key sustainability trends in European Higher Education
Institutions
The disciplinarity of sustainability research
Energy, Water, Consumption and Production, Management, Finance, Education
for Sustainable Development (variety of Journals, EU projects, networks,…)
Sustainability transitions (International Sustainability Transitions Research
Network)
Research on inter- and transdisiciplinary methodologies (ITdNet, Td.Net,,…)
 Sustainability research needs to stay inter- and transdisciplinary
Curricula reforms
Transdisciplinary seminars (obliged project seminars,…)
Internationalization of study programmes (Global Virtual Campuses, MOOCs,…)
Joint or Double Degree Programmes (JD Sustainable Development, )
Campus Management
Sustainability strategy, office for sustainability, reporting,…
Campuses become more inclusive for community
Whole Institution Approach
Transformation of Higher Education
Role of Higher education institutions in sustainability transitions
March 21Cst 2014, IAU Confernce, Peru, Prof. Clemens Mader, Leuphana University
Communityexchange

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Quality management, measurement
& assessment for sustainable
development
Models of universities that encourage
transdisciplinarity
People in universities should become
work ready + professionals
Existing leadership needs agency –
leaders need to be enabled to take
agency (capability)  transformative
leadership
What does the future hold for universities engaged in the interface
with the regional community?
•from pilot  policy/institutionalization
•from margin  culture

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Contact:
Prof. Dr. Clemens Mader
Visiting Professor for Environment and
Sustainability in the Region
Vice-President COPERNICUS Alliance
UNESCO Chair – Higher Education for
Sustainable Development
Leuphana University Lüneburg
Scharnhorststraße 1
D-21335 Lüneburg
clemens.mader@inkubator.leuphana.de
www.leuphana.de/clemens-mader.html
Thanks for your
attention!

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