juni
2020
Online
The Gothenburg Center for Sustainable Development, GMV, hosting the 9th forum.
As we are left, now, with less than ten years to achieve the 2030 agenda, the endeavor to reorient higher education towards sustainable development is ever more pressing and urgent. Unless education becomes truly world transforming, the future may be unrecognizable. In this virtual forum, participants are invited to discuss, reflect upon, and jointly examine, to what extent courses/programmes in Swedish higher education are oriented towards sustainable development and the SDGs.
A short initial input lecture will be made by professor Arjen Wals on how the SDGs could serve as direction providers for improved quality in higher education. Following Arjen, professor Björn Hassler and professor Peter Dobers will talk about and give examples on the integration of Sustainable Development into courses and programmes at Södertörn University.
Schedule
- Welcome and Introduction: 10:00-10:10
Kassahun Weldemariam (PhD), sustainability coordinator at the Center for Sustainable Development, University of Gothenburg
Eddi Omrcen, Sustainability Strategist, at the Center for Sustainable Development, University of Gothenburg
- The SDGs as direction providers for improved quality in higher education: 10:10-10:30
Arjen Wals, Professor of Transformative Learning for Socio-Ecological Sustainability, Wageningen University and UNESCO Chair Social Learning for Sustainability
- Integration of Sustainable Development into Courses and Programmes: 10:30-10:50
Björn Hassler, Professor in Environmental Science and Vice Dean at the School of Natural Science, Environmental Studies and Technology at Södertörn University, Stockholm.
Peter Dobers, Professor of business administration and passionate about sustainable development and collaboration. Since 2016, Peter has been working as a Dean at the School of Natural Science, Environmental Studies and Technology at Södertörn University, Stockholm.
- Discussion, Reflection, Question and Answer: 10:50-11:45
Time and Date: the 18th June: 10:00-12:00.
Interested to join? Here is the registration link: https://kompetensutveckling.gu.se/seminarie/detalj/4206?lang=en_us
Zoom link will be provided to registered participants few days before the event.