PROJECT
A sustainable social development, oriented towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), requires reflective actors who are able to think transformatively. The skills required for this can be taught and learned at universities and colleges.
The project EEVA is designed to develop, test and disseminate new qualification offers for ‘Change Agents’. This transformative education uses the example of Real-world Laboratories. The aims are to impart methodological and practical knowledge to students so that they can actively participate in shaping society towards sustainability with the tools of science.
BACKGROUND
Nowdays, one of the major challenges faced by science, business, civil society and politics is countering negative environmental impacts (e.g. loss of biodiversity, climate change and consequences) and social inequalities. The globally rising level of consumption is …
SDGs
Against this background, the international community reaffirmed the goal of “sustainable social development” in 2015 – following on from a number of predecessor processes. The aim is to achieve a social transformation whose lines of development …
CHANGE AGENTS
The UNESCO World Action Programme “Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)” (2014-2019) is aimed at familiarising citizens with everyday and global sustainability issues and requirements, and at imparting the relevant competencies. Sustainable transformation processes …
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
The concrete aim of the project is to develop a didactic concept for the implementation and realisation of a Transformative Innovation Lab for the training of …
PROJECT TEAM
The project is a joint project of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy gGmbH (project coordination), the Leuphana University Lüneburg – Faculty of Sustainability – and the Freie Universität Berlin – Institut Futur …
TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATION LAB
The Wuppertal Institute researches and develops models, strategies and instruments for transitions to sustainable development at regional, national and …
PROJECT PARTNERS
The Wuppertal Institute researches and develops models, strategies and instruments for transitions to sustainable development at regional, national and international levels. It focuses on resources, climate and energy challenges in their interactions with business and society.
Leuphana University of Lüneburg has a long tradition in the field of integrative environmental and sustainability sciences. The sustainability activities in the areas of research, teaching, cooperation with practice and campus development have already received several awards.
The Institut Futur concentrates on three core areas: social science futurology, the learning and action field of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), and research on the transfer of knowledge and innovation. All research projects are committed to the principle of sustainable development.
TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATION LAB
The Transformative Innovation Lab starts at the interface between an experimental, sustainability-oriented mode of innovation and Education for Sustainable Development. It offers a learning environment that is suitable for analysing transformation processes from a systemic perspective and at the same time focuses on imparting key competences for their strategic design towards sustainability.
NEWS
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(Deutsch) Die Lernenden in den Mittelpunkt stellen: Tagung am 22.1.2019 bringt Bildungscommunities und transformative Methoden zusammen
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