How can Higher Education Institutions (HEI) contribute to a sustainable development in the field of governance, sustainability reporting, teaching, research, operations and transfer? Which joint understanding of sustainability and transformation might be developed?
These questions amongst others are focal points of the project "Sustainability at Higher Education Institutions: develop - network - report" (HOCHN). Project funding runs from November 2016 until end of October 2018 and is granted by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Eleven German HEI are collaboration partners. HOCHN as an open network seeks further HEI engaged in the topic of sustainable development of their organisations and beyond. Get more information
HOCHN-Video The project HOCHN presented by its participants (taken at the first practice research session in Bremen 2017)
University of Vechta and Freie Universität Berlin as collaborating partners in HOCH-N working package "governance" presented recently their intermediate research results as follows:
NEW: Registration is prolongued - the challenge ends on July 1, 2018.
The international competition Freezer Challenge honours best practice measures for the effective storage of samples and the energy-saving management of freezers and refrigerators. At European level, the competition is supported by the "European Society...
The TU Dresden and the University of Applied Sciences Zittau-Görlitz (HSZG) invite you to participate in a survey in the field of sustainable operations. The survey is aimed at people with expertise and experience in sustainability in the operation of their own institutions and takes about 20 minutes. You are welcome to...
Hamburg Sustainable Development Summit 2017 - HSDS
The first "Hamburg Sustainable Development Summit" (HSDS) took place at the Universität Hamburg from September 26 - 29, 2017. The program featured workshops, interactive sessions and innovative, engaging methods focusing on "Sustainability at Higher Education Institutions". Topics included: Governance, Reporting, Education for Sustainable Development, Campus and Urban Planning and Student Engagement. This interdisciplinary congress brought together the German HOCH-N project (Sustainability at Higher Education Institutions), the COPERNICUS Alliance and the European Postgraduate Sustainable Development Symposium as well as many other engaged persons in the field of sustainable development. Get insights via the HSDS Liveblog!
