7th World Symposium on Sustainability in Higher Education (WSSD-U-2026) "From Knowledge to Action: Developing Core Competencies in Sustainable Development"
03.09.2026 - 04.09.2026
Call for Papers Abgabedatum: 10.12.2025
University of Innsbruck
Innrain 52
6020 Innsbruck
Österreich
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The theme of WSSD-U-2026 is "From Knowledge to Action: Developing Core Competencies in Sustainable Development", and will contribute to the further development of this fast-growing field. As the slogan of the event suggests, we are as always looking for practical experiences on Education, Research and Extension (the so-called 3rd Mission, whereby universities outreach to society as a whole (e.g. to local communities, organisations, industry and other groups) with the aim of identifying ways to intensify competence-building, and speed-up the implementation of the UN SDGs, since 2030 is not that far.
Schlagwörter
Hochschule, Internationale Konferenz, Kompetenzentwicklung, Nachhaltige Entwicklung, Nachhaltigkeit, Transformation, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs,
| Art der Veranstaltung | Konferenz / Tagung / Fachtagung / Kolloquium / Kongress / Symposium |
|---|---|
| Inhaltsbereich der Veranstaltung | Wissenschaft/Bildungsforschung |
| Adressaten | Studierende; Hochschullehrer/innen / Forscher/-innen; Fachleute aus Bildungspolitik und -verwaltung |
| Tagungssprache | Englisch |
| Relevanz | weltweit |
| Veranstalter |
University of Innsbruck, Austria, the Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management” of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany), and the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR), in cooperation with the World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre, the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP), the UK Consortium on Sustainability Research, the European North-American Sustainability Research Consortium (ENASRC) and the United Nations University initiative “Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development” (RCE), via the RCE Hamburg and Region. |
| Zuletzt geändert am | 30.10.2025 |