j.sedlak – CASE

CASE pilot course “Sustainable Communities”

j.sedlak — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:19:42 +0000

“Sustainability Communities” is a CASE pilot course that was delivered during the winter semester at the University of Vechta, Germany, by Senan Gardiner. In the context of this course, the students spent one weekend in December 2016 at the ecovillage “Lebensgarten” (English: “Life Garden”) near the village Steyerberg in Lower Saxony, Germany. Over 120 people Continue reading

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Face the Sustainability Challenge! Touch Down event on 11 January 2017 in Vienna

j.sedlak — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 13:49:16 +0000

The Sustainability Challenge is one of the pilot projects in CASE. It is an interdisciplinary university course involving four Viennese universities and focused on service learning projects and how to establish start-ups under sustainable auspices. The Touch Down event of the Sustainability Challenge will take place now on 11 January at 5 pm in the Continue reading

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CASE Teacher Workshop at the RCE Vienna

j.sedlak — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 09:53:04 +0000

On 11 November 2016, Prof Dr Marco Rieckmann and Lisa Bockwoldt from the University of Vechta offered a CASE teacher workshop at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna), in the premises of the RCE Vienna. Numerous members of the “Alliance of Sustainable Universities in Austria” participated in this event. The workshop aimed at capacity Continue reading

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CASE’s contribution to the internationalization of the Curricula

j.sedlak — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 09:45:00 +0000

Prof Dr Marco Rieckmann and Lisa Bockwoldt, CASE team members from the University of Vechta, Germany*, presented the European multi-stakeholder process of developing the CASE master program at the international conference “Internationalization of the Curricula” at the University of Göttingen, Germany. They emphazised the importance of a strong knowledge alliance with diverse stakeholders: multidisciplinary students, Continue reading

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Big Picture – Big Success

j.sedlak — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 12:55:18 +0000

CASE presented at the Long Night of Research at the Free University of Bolzano Friday, 30 September 2016, from 5 p.m. to midnight When looking at the present crises that have been causing havoc with mankind, one comes to realize that our world will be different in the future. What we need is a broader, Continue reading

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CASE at the Annual Conference of the Czech Association of Educational Research

j.sedlak — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 11:29:32 +0000

Evaluation and quality assurance are important parts of the CASE project. On 15 and 16 September 2016, the results of the CASE evaluation and quality assurance analysis were presented by Jan Činčera, CASE team member from Masaryk University Brno, at the 24th Annual Conference of the Czech Association of Educational Research in České Budějovice, Czech Continue reading

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Spreading the results of CASE

j.sedlak — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 11:37:10 +0000

Professor Marco Rieckmann, CASE team member from the University of Vechta, Germany, took the opportunity and gave presentations of CASE and its results at the European Conference on Educational Research in Dublin, Ireland, at the end of August and at the summer school “Transformative Research and Development in Urban and Regional Environments“ at the Free Continue reading

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Sustainable education – the Swedish experience

j.sedlak — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:58:23 +0000

In mid May 2016, Gabriela Schaad and Mikael Olsson, CASE team members from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, met colleagues from other Swedish universities at Campus Gotland in Visby, Sweden, to exchange experiences and thoughts on sustainability education. The meeting was organised by HU2, a Swedish network for Higher Education for Sustainable Development. Gabriela and Continue reading

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Pilot course in the Czech Republic

j.sedlak — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 20:47:37 +0000

About 20 students from Masaryk University Brno visited two eco-farmers and activists on 13 May 2016. The first farm is called Kudlov s.r.o. run by Jan Sveda. He bought the farm in June 2012. It is part of a bigger agricultural company, which already successfully works in the region. The aim is to breed cattle Continue reading

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Milestone towards the CASE network in South Tyrol

j.sedlak — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 09:34:08 +0000

Presentation of the CASE needs analysis on 22 March 2016 at the Free University of Bolzano Representatives of sustainable enterprises, Terra Institute and the Free University of Bolzano met on 22 March 2016 to discuss the results of the CASE needs analysis and to explore possibilities for implementation in South Tyrol. All entrepreneurs who were Continue reading

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