ASSOCIATION FOR EUROPEAN LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITIES

relating to the circular bioeconomy, the sustainable use of natural resources, the protection of the environment and rural development.

We aim to enhance our members' success in education, research and innovation for a sustainable bioeconomy and society, by engaging with European and global institutions and networks, to share experience, cooperate in new ventures, and benefit from the resulting synergy.

2017 ICA-Edu Colloquium: Programme & Presentations

Delivering graduates to meet the challenges of the sustainable development goals:
embedding the development of ethical and sustainable values in the curriculum

13 & 14 June, 2017
Held at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Croatia

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Monday 12 June 19.00 welcome reception at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

The Colloquium was structured around three sessions. In each session keynote presentation(s), selected interventions by the Colloquium delegates and roundtable discussion.

13 June
9.00

Welcome and Introduction to the Colloquium

Dean Zoran Grgić, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Professor Jasmina Havranek, Director of the Agency for Science and High Education ,Zagreb

Introduction to the Colloquium
Vice Dean Renate Bazok, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Vice Rector Barbara Hinterstoisser, Chair ICA-Edu and University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)

Session 1 Embedding ethical values in the curriculum 
Keynote Incorporating Ethics Across the Curriculum in the Life Sciences
David A. Knauft, Professor of Horticulture and Interim Head, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
  Interventions (5 mins each):
Ethics at BOKU - Susanne Schneider-Voss, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), AT
Ethics at Faculty of Agriculture, Romana Caput Jogunica, University of Zagreb, HR
                       Delegates' Contributions and Roundtable discussions
Session 2
13.30
Embedding sustainable values in the curriculum
Keynote The SDGs as a claim to Universities
Georg Gratzer, Professor, Institute of Forest Ecology, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences BOKU - University for Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Keynote Using the SDGs as a catalyst for re-designing higher education in the Anthropocene
Arjen Wals, Professor Transformative Learning for Socio-Ecological Sustainability and UNESCO Chair of Social Learning and Sustainable Development, Wageningen University Research
  Interventions (5 mins each):
National and International Forest Policy, Vilia Brukus, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE
Sustainability Vision of the PXL Tech Department, Marlene Schepers, University College PXL, BE
Master: Managememt of Local Development in Parks and Natural Areas, Emilio Chiodo, University of Teramo, IT
Actions in the Curriculum at Harper Adams University to Address Sustainability, Jane Eastham, Harper Adams University, UK
Embedding Sustainable Values at VHL, Jannie Van der Luit, Van Hall Larenstein, NL,
  Delegates' Contributions and Roundtable discussions
  Colloquium dinner
14 June
9.00

 

Session 3 Defining the learning outcomes for ethical and sustainable values in the curriculum
Keynote Report of the business survey of key sustainable development competences, knowledge and skills in working life – implications for Higher Education
Klaus Wagner, Jamie van der Luit, Corinne Stewart
Keynote Sustainability-oriented pedagogy and learning outcomes: two cases from Wageningen University
Valentina Tassone, Lecturer & Researcher, Wageningen University Research
  Interventions (5 mins each):
Importance of ICA-Edu Actions, Teodor Trasca, Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "King Michael I of Romania", RO
Responsible Research and Innovation, Ivan Bujian, University of Split, HR
Education for Sustainable Development - Case Study SLU, Vilia Brukus, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE
  Delegates' Contributions and Roundtable discussions
13.00 Closure

see the keynote abstracts

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