Institutionalizing Collaborative Research: Sustainability and Sustainability Sciences at Leuphana University Lüneburg

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1 Institutionalizing Collaborative Research: Sustainability and Sustainability Sciences at Leuphana University Lüneburg Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger Lüneburg, 5th & 6th October 2010 Structure History of sustainability sciences and research in Lüneburg Environmental and Sustainability Sciences Basic Conceptual Model Structural Implementation Collaborative teaching and research Leuphana College Leuphana Graduate School Leuphana Professional School Conclusions and Outlook 1 1

2 SELECTED MILESTONES & HISTORY (1) YEAR ACTIVITY Establishment of the interdisciplinary Faculty Environmental Sciences & Studies Entry of University Network for Sustainability, COPERNIKUS Campus Commission Agenda 21 as specialized commission of the Academic Senate Project: Agenda 21 and the University of Lueneburg ( ) Working-group Environment : Discussion of measures for environmental protection Adoption of Environmental Guidelines by the University Senate 2 SELECTED MILESTONES & HISTORY (2) YEAR /4 ACTIVITY Validation of Campus according to EMAS Standards Lueneburg Declaration of the Copernicus Network Establishment of the position Environmental Coordinator Working Group Health Management R&D Project Sustainable University First MBA Sustainability Management in the world established by the Centre for Sustainability Management 3 2

3 SELECTED MILESTONES & HISTORY (3) YEAR / /10 ACTIVITY UNESCO Chair Higher Education for Sustainable Development Awards for 4 projects by the UNESCO Decade Education for Sustainable Development Humanistic, sustainable, action-oriented university development as landmark decision of the university senate Worldwide first climate neutral university campus Conception of climate neutral Leuphana University First Sustainabilty Report of the Leuphana University of Lueneburg Award for 4 further projects by the UNESCO Decade Education for Sustainable Development Decision of the university senate to develop Sustainability Sciences as one of four priority areas of the university Award for 2 further projects by the UNESCO Decade Education for Sustainable Development 4 Science Initiative & Faculty Sustainability Research Further developing the focus of sustainability research In research, teaching and knowledge transfer Structurally (new faculty of sustainability sciences) Environmental and Sustainability Sciences Uniqueness of the concept consequent combining process of natural and social sciences in a transdisciplinary manner Consistent and clear sustainability orientation Sustainability basic research: concentration on the elaboration of fundamental perspectives for sustainable development (perspective: environmental and societal changes; change agents) Project-oriented cooperation between sustainability human sciences and sustainability natural sciences 5 3

4 Basic Conceptual Model The interplay between sustainability human sciences and sustainability natural sciences Anthropogenic system Learning, orientation, competence of action Communication, participation, discourse Management, Environmental Governance cons Indirect repercussions Rational planning and decision making Mitigation Adaption Direct repercussions Natural environment Material flows in the natural environment Effects in and on the Ecosystem, spatial development Ecosystem services 6 Leuphana Sustainability Sciences - Structural Implementation Sustainability human sciences Societal players Communication, education, participation, new media Public players Sustainability economics, sustainability policy, sustainability governance Legal players Sustainability law, environmental and energy law, international law Corporate players Sustainability management, supply chain management, social entrepreneurship Individual players/ gender Sustainability psychology, environmental psychology, sustainability ethics Sustainability natural & technical sciences Restruction Reconstructi ion Transdisciplinarity in sustainability research: Methods and projects International Sustainable Development Social & environmental change Core research topics Ecosystems & biodiversity Biology, ecology, ecosystems functioning, land ecology Matters Environmental chemistry, material resources, environmental analysis Space Environmental planning, landscape development, traffic planning Industrial design & infrastructure Industrial ecology, physics renewable energies, eco-design, sustainable infrastructure development Information Sustainable informatics, sust. ambient computing sustainability modeling IT Application 7 4

5 Existing Faculty Positions - in 2008/9 Human & Social Sustainability Sciences Sustainability Communication and Education Sustainability Management Sustainability Economics Sustainable Development and Participation New Media & Sustainability Informatics Natural & Technical Sustainability Sciences Ecology, especially animal ecology Ecology Ecological Chemistry Environmental Chemistry Environmental Planning Sustainable Landscape Development Biology and Soil Sciences Sustainability Technical Informatics Sustainability Software Informatics Sustainability Informatics 8 New Faculty Positions - filled in 2009/2010 Transdisciplinary Sust. Research Social Entrepreneurship Sustainability Politics Sustainability Ethics Material Resources (Chemistry) Ecosystems Functioning (Biology) Sustainability Law New Faculty Positions - in progress 2011 Methods of Natural Sciences Methods of Transdiscipl. Research Sustainable Supply Chain Mgmt. / Sust. Innovation Mgmt. 9 5

6 Potential Further Faculty Positions from 2012 International Sustainable Developement Environmental Analytics (Chemistry) Sustainability Governance Industrial Ecology Infrastructure Development Physics of Renewable Energies Sustainability Informatics 10 Selected Research Topics Sustainability Education: 5 research projects, around 2.1 Milo. EUR Sustainable Tourism: 1 research project, 256,000 EUR Sustainability Management: 4 research projects, 820,000 EUR Sustainability Politics and Governance, 3 research projects: 540,000 EUR Sustainability Communication: 1 research project, 737,000 EUR Climate Change: 1 research project, 1,78 Milo. EUR Water Management and Floodwater-Protection: 3 research projects, 685,000 EUR 11 6

7 Leuphana College - the model. Complementary studies Major Minor Leuphana Semester LEUPHANA COLLEGE 12 Collaboration as an integral issues - example of the first semester Leuphana semester Science has history perspectives and reflections Science has responsibility with student conference Science has methods qualitative & quantitative Science has disciplinary boundaries for interdisciplinarity Starting week with project work LEUPHANA SEMESTER BACHELOR 13 7

8 Leuphana Graduate School - combining master programmes and phd-thesis. phd thesis Arts & Sciences Management & Entrepreneurship Education Cultural sciences Sustainab. sciences. Public policy sciences Engineering Human Resources Marketing Tax and Auditing Educational sciences LEUPHANA GRADUATE SCHOOL 14 Leuphana Graduate School - interdisciplinarity and collaboration Jahr 5 4 Leuphana phd Defense Individual research and support Doctoral seminars Individual research and support Research proposal Joint interdisciplinary doctoral seminars 3 Leuphana Master 2 Teaching-research hprojects and master thesis 10 CP 80 CP 20 CP 10 CP comple mentary Major Minor 1 15 LEUPHANA GRADUATE SCHOOL 8

9 Professional School Innovation & Transfer Networks and Continuous Education. Professional School Closed education and collaboration programmes/ projects Open MBA programmes Open university Founding Company collaborations MBA Strategic Management OTTO-group MBAs Sustainability Management Performance Management Manufacturing Management Continuous bachelor programmes Transfer groups Innovation- and transfer networks Seminars on founding companies Support accompanying the foundation of new companies 16 Conclusions and outlook Collaborative research has to be rooted in Teaching (college, graduate school, professional school) Institutional strucuture of faculties (example of sustainability sciences which is targeted towards collaborative research and teaching) Collaborative research encompasses various forms which support each other Applied research (disciplinary with practicioners) Interdisciplinary research Transdisciplinary research Methodological challenge of collaborative research Methods-oriented chairs on the development of transdisciplinary methods Proposals for (interdisciplinary) research centres are currently being evaluated Student projects as a formal assessment goal for the evaluation of chairs and assistant professors 17 9