Etiqueta: Case studies 2020

  • SDG Impact Assessment Tool

    SDG Impact Assessment Tool Description Institution Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development Organizations/areas of the university involved Teaching, utilization and research Country Sweden More information… sdgimpactassessmenttool.org/ https://www.unsdsn-ne.org/ Agenda 2030, with its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is one of the most ambitious and important global agreements in recent history. Although the SDGs should be implemented by nations,…

  • Leave No One Behind

    Leave No One Behind

    Leave No One Behind Description Institution Monash University Organizations/areas of the university involved Monash Sustainable Development Institute Country Australia More information… Leave No One Behind is a program designed to support students to develop a social business idea that addresses a social inclusion challenge in the local community. It is particularly focused on students from…

  • Introducing the Sustainability Bootcamp and the SDGs: Western Sydney University

    A cross-disciplinary signature sustainability learning experience available for all students at Western Sydney University either embedded in programs or an an extra-curricula opportunity. Read More

  • SDGs in Practice : Innovation and Social Impact

    SDGs in Practice : Innovation and Social Impact

    SDGs in Practice: Innovation&Social Impact. Educating students on SDGs in the local context. The objective is to systematically solve problems at local level, making students as Champions For Change Read More

  • Whakawhitinga Kōrero: Interdisciplinary education on the SDGs through place-based video production

    Whakawhitinga Kōrero: Interdisciplinary education on the SDGs through place-based video production Description Institution Victoria University Wellington Organizations/areas of the university involved This case study is staff-directed involving academics in the Schools of Design and Education, as well as participant staff from across the university. Funding for this case study was secured through a staff-run community…

  • Developing Coursework and Supplementary Activities

    Developing Coursework and Supplementary Activities Description Institution University of Pennsylvania Organizations/areas of the university involved Weitzman School of Design, Penn Institute for Urban Research, Perry World House Country United States More information… This case describes a graduate level course in City and Regional planning, “Issues in Global Sustainable Development: Adapting Formality and Informality in Rapidly…

  • The formation of the university community as a first step for the contribution to the SDGs. The case of Universitat Politècnica de València.

    The formation of the university community as a first step for the contribution to the SDGs. The case of Universitat Politècnica de València.

    The formation of the university community as a first step for the contribution to the SDGs. The case of Universitat Politècnica de València. Description Institution Universitat Politècnica de València Organizations/areas of the university involved Environmental Unit Institute of Education Sciences UFASU Centre for Development Cooperation Country Spain More information… The UPV assumed the integration of…

  • Case studies to integrate and promote global issues in STEM education

    Case studies to integrate and promote global issues in STEM education

    Case studies to integrate and promote global issues in STEM education Description Institution Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Organizations/areas of the university involved Research Group “Engineering Sciences and Global Development” (EScGD), Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC); Escola de Cultura de Pau (School for a Culture of Peace), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) Country Spain More information……

  • Positive Action: Incorporating Sustainable Development Goals in Social Service Community Projects in Higher Education at Tecmilenio

    Positive Action: Incorporating Sustainable Development Goals in Social Service Community Projects in Higher Education at Tecmilenio

    Tecmilenio teaches students about the SDGs to get them closer to their purpose in life and ways in which they can transcend by having a positive impact in their communities. Read More

  • Education for sustainability: initiatives from the RUS

    Education for sustainability: initiatives from the RUS

    Education for sustainability: initiatives from the RUS Description Institution Politecnico di Torino / RUS Organizations/areas of the university involved the Italian Network of Universities for Sustainable Development (RUS) Country Italy The activities of the Network of Universities for Sustainable Development (RUS) are not only aimed at transferring knowledge, but rather at operating in an organic…

  • Improving university governance by accelerating progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals: the POLITO case study

    Improving university governance by accelerating progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals: the POLITO case study Description Institution Politecnico di Torino Organizations/areas of the university involved Green Team / Living Lab / Facility Management / Communication / Other Administrative Areas (Library cataloguing / Research & teaching support / IT / etc.) Country Italy The Politecnico…

  • SDG Index as a tool to learn about sustainable development

    SDG Index as a tool to learn about sustainable development

    SDG Index as a tool to learn about sustainable development Read More

  • Sustainability: Criteria and Decision-Making course.

    Sustainability: Criteria and Decision-Making course.

    Sustainability: Criteria and Decision-Making course. Description Institution King Juan Carlos University Organizations/areas of the university involved The Green Office of King Juan Carlos University and the whole university community in general, more focused on students. Country Spain More information… The Academic Credit Recognition course “Sustainability: Criteria and Decision-Making”, is an activity available for all bachelor’s…

  • Adapting SDG Academy Course to the Institutional Learning Curriculum

    Adapting SDG Academy Course to the Institutional Learning Curriculum

    Since SDGs are considered to be the framework for sustainable and social economic development for countries and communities across the world, they have to be integrated in the curriculum of high learning institutions. Read More

  • One SDG at month, sustainability antennas’ project.

    One SDG at month, sustainability antennas’ project. Description Institution Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industirales de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Organizations/areas of the university involved Students, faculty and staff involved in sustainability antennas project. Country Spain The ETSII-UPM case. From 2011, a distinctive project was developed at our institution and it was called “Sustainability…

  • Leveraging Local Knowledge through Global Practice

    Leveraging Local Knowledge through Global Practice

    To establish a Master’s in Global Development Practice (MGDP) degree program at Harvard to prepare development practitioners with the knowledge and practical skills required to critically evaluate and address the multi-dimensional challenges of sustainable development. Read More

  • 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

  • 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