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Topics: Sustainable Development Goals, development of new study programs, development of new degree courses, sustainability studies, sustainability research and teaching
Location: University of Kassel
Study programs in the field of sustainable development
With the new Kassel Institute for Sustainability, the University of Kassel is further developing its profile in the field of sustainability research and teaching, consolidating its broad range of research and teaching activities related to ecological, economic, and social sustainability. Up to 17 new professorships in the area of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will strengthen the institute's academic focus and further develop it through diverse collaborations.
With funding from the QuiS21 program, attractive and tailored study programs in the field of sustainability research and teaching are being developed. The planning for these programs is guided by the idea of building subject-specific expertise and professional qualifications in a particular discipline alongside interdisciplinary expertise in sustainability. This involves both supplementing existing degree programs with sustainability competencies and developing entirely new degree programs.
To plan and implement study programs in the field of sustainable development, project positions funded by QuiS21 will be established at the Kassel Institute for Sustainability to support the conceptualization, accreditation, application, start-up phase, and coordination within relevant departments, as well as overall coordination. In addition to the connection to the Kassel Institute for Sustainability, the project activities focus on planned study programs within a model of 'integrated sustainability studies' that can be incorporated into new degree programs.
Furthermore, a completely new Bachelor's degree program in the field of sustainability science is being developed. With support from the project, the new SDG-related Master's degree programs 'Agriculture, Ecology and Societies' and 'Philosophy: Environment – Society – Critique' will also be launched. In connection with the project activities, examination regulations have been developed that govern the SDG-related course content and modules within the framework of 'integrated sustainability studies', which can then be incorporated into new degree programs. A new Bachelor's minor subject, 'Sustainability Studies', has also been developed, which can be combined with existing major subjects in the current major/minor model of combined Bachelor's degree programs.
Contact person in
Dr. Malte Lassen , University of Kassel
