Categoría: Case studies 2020

  • Millersville University’s Positive Energy Award Program

    Millersville University’s Positive Energy Award Program

    Millersville University’s Positive Energy Fund uses cost savings associated with the university’s zero energy building to fund student-led community sustainability projects that advance the Global Goals for Sustainable Development locally. Read More

  • SDGLab Campus UAM

    SDGLab Campus UAM

    SDGLab Campus UAM Description Institution UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID Organizations/areas of the university involved Sustainability Policy, Operations, Teaching and Research, Community Outreach Country Spain More information… In the month of May of 2018, the Vice-Rector for Campus and Sustainability and the Vice-Rector for Institutional Relations, Social Responsibility and Culture of the Autonomous University of Madrid…

  • Sustainability Challenge

    Sustainability Challenge

    Sustainability Challenge is an interdisciplinary university course jointly offered by Vienna’s four largest universities. Students work on SDG-related service learning projects with partners or on their own sustainable business idea. Read More

  • National SDGs; Budgets, Audit and Accountability

    National SDGs; Budgets, Audit and Accountability

    National SDGs; Budgets, Audit and Accountability Description Institution Universidad Pública de Navarra Organizations/areas of the university involved Departamento de Derecho. Área Derecho Público. materia: Derecho Administrativo Económico ( Law Degree) Country Spain More information… Sustainable Development is a term that will be familiar to ours Law Degree students. DSGs is not a traditional topic on…

  • Value Creators, transformative learning and transdisciplinary approach to SDGs

    Value Creators, transformative learning and transdisciplinary approach to SDGs

    Value Creators is an educational framework that allows students to become change agents by addressing Sustainable Development Goals in collaboration with existing professional networks from different disciplines. Read More

  • Embedding SDGs content in existing courses

    Embedding SDGs content in existing courses Description Institution Monash University Malaysia Organizations/areas of the university involved School of Engineering Country Malaysia More information… The Master of Advanced Engineering (MAE) in Energy and Sustainability program is designed to groom our next generation to become a change agent of sustainability so that they can make the ecosystem…

  • The George Mason University Honey Bee Initiative

    The George Mason University Honey Bee Initiative

    The George Mason University Honey Bee Initiative Description Institution George Mason University Organizations/areas of the university involved Led by School of Business and College of Science but in collaboration with the College of Education and Human Development, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Visual and Performing Arts, College of Health and Human Services,…

  • Infusing Education for Sustainable Development into Curricula: Efforts of the School of Education at The University of the West Indies (Mona Campus, Jamaica)

    Infusing Education for Sustainable Development into Curricula: Efforts of the School of Education at The University of the West Indies (Mona Campus, Jamaica)

    This case study focuses on efforts by the School of Education at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica to infuse Education for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals into programme and course development and delivery. Read More

  • Interdisciplinary learning for intersectional goals

    Interdisciplinary learning for intersectional goals

    James Cook University’s Master of Global Development (MGD) offers an innovative framework for students to acquire the interdisciplinary skills required to address the complex, intersectional, challenges of the SDGs. Read More

  • Sustainable Solutions to Los Angeles’ Wicked Problems: Using Human Rights to Implement the SDGs in LA

    The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, in partnership with the LA Mayor’s Office SDG initiative and other academic partners, trained undergraduate and graduate students in applying human rights concepts and methods to operationalizing the SDGs at a local level. Read More

  • Introducing the SDG on the educators training plan. Short course on how to introduce SDGs in lectures.

    The aim of the short course was to provide lecturers with tools and resources to introduce the SDGs in their classes. Read More

  • ODSesiones

    ODSesiones

    ODSesiones promotes an SDG per month through multiple activities in order to raise consciousness among the University of Murcia members as well the community. Read More

  • SDGs Ambassador Programm at Universität Hamburg

    SDGs Ambassador Programm at Universität Hamburg

    SDGs Ambassador Programm at Universität Hamburg Description Institution Center for a Sustainable University (KNU), Universität Hamburg Organizations/areas of the university involved Center for a Sustainable University (KNU), all faculties of Universität Hamburg Country Germany More information… The SDGs serve as framework for Universität Hamburg’s (UHH) general strategy and the work of the UHH Center for…

  • Seminar: Sustainability at the university – actions for the 17 SDGs

    Seminar: Sustainability at the university – actions for the 17 SDGs

    Seminar: Sustainability at the university – actions for the 17 SDGs Description Institution Hochschule Düsseldorf/University of Applied Science (HSD) Organizations/areas of the university involved Fachbereich Sozial-und Kulturwissenschaften Country Germany More information… In April 2018, the first seminar dedicated to the SDGs started at the Fachbereich Sozial-und Kulturwissenschaften Faculty at the Hochschule Düsseldorf / University of…

  • SDG Explorer – a new course on sustainability using SDGs as a guide

    SDG Explorer – a new course on sustainability using SDGs as a guide

    SDG Explorer – a new course on sustainability using SDGs as a guide Description Institution Business School Lausanne (BSL) Organizations/areas of the university involved A compulsory new course for all first-year bachelor students in business (BBA) Country Switzerland The main purpose of this course is to help all first-year bachelor students in business (BBA) understand…

  • Embracing interdisciplinarity: The Sustainable Development Goals as a route to cross-disciplinary dialogue in the classroom

    Embracing interdisciplinarity: The Sustainable Development Goals as a route to cross-disciplinary dialogue in the classroom

    Embracing interdisciplinarity: The Sustainable Development Goals as a route to cross-disciplinary dialogue in the classroom Description Institution University of Bristol Organizations/areas of the university involved Department of Computer Science; Faculty of Engineering; School of Chemistry; School of Geographical Sciences; Education Services; and others. University of Bristol Country United Kingdom More Info… The University of Bristol’s…

  • SDGs Mobility Program and Global Citizenship Awareness

    SDGs Mobility Program and Global Citizenship Awareness Description Institution UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID Organizations/areas of the university involved Vice-Chancellorship for Institutional Relations, Social Responsibility and Culture; and Office for Solidarity and Cooperation. Country Spain More information… UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID (UAM) has a long and lasting commitment to contribute to international development and sustainable challenges…

  • Making the makers and innovators for the SDGs

    Making the makers and innovators for the SDGs

    The Geneva Tsinghua Initiative (GTI) is a Sino-Swiss partnership betwwen University of Geneva and Tsinghua University. Through a wide range of innovative education programmes, GTI provides opportunities for students and professionals to solving major societal and environmental challenges based on the SDGs. Read More

  • Enabling Communities to use SDGs as Reference Frame for Local Development

    Enabling Communities to use SDGs as Reference Frame for Local Development

    Enabling Communities to use SDGs as Reference Frame for Local Development Description Institution Center for Community Concerns at University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen (OZG-FHS) Organizations/areas of the university involved Center for Community Concerns (OZG-FHS) Country Switzerland 1. More information… 2. More information… 3. More information… For our work at the Center for Community Concerns…