The Russian State Hydrometeorological University, the Central European University and the Earth System Governance Project are organizing a series of regional seminars on “Governance of Global Environmental Change: Towards a Multidisciplinary Discussion in Tertiary Environmental Education" to take place 2011‐2014 under the auspices of the Open Society Institute’s Higher Education Support program (RESET).
Background and Objectives
It is typical for the region of the former USSR and Mongolia that universities and research centers have good expertise in mono‐disciplinary research, while multi‐ and transdisciplinary studies, including environmental sciences, are not developed. The subject area of the project is environmental governance. Parallel to the development of this subject area, the project will address the quality of teaching towards international standards while taking into account existing content, teaching methodology and cultural and historic characteristics of the region. Main anticipated outcomes of the project include: improved understanding of the need for multidisciplinary, innovative teaching in the environmental field among junior faculty in the region; sustainable strengthened inclusion of junior faculty in the region into international and regional networks; improved curricula through identification and explanation of deficiencies and flaws; more interactive, reflective methods of teaching which encourage multidisiplinary and critical thinking of teachers and students; improved expertise in multidisciplinary environmental science.
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The project participants have been selected on a competitive basis and are committed to contribute to the project for the entire project duration (2011‐2014). The project activities are organised around annual summer schools (the first school has been held in Pskov, Russia in August 2011). The summer schools are complemented by interschool sessions, by other contact sessions, and also by online communications between the participants, and between the resource faculty and the participants.
Convenors
- Eduard Podgaisky, Administrative Director and Manager of the programme (Russian State Hydrometeorological University, Russia)
- Anton Shkaruba, Academic Co‐Director of the programme (Central European University, Hungary)
- Ruben Zondervan, Academic Co‐Director of the programme (Earth System Governance Project; and Lund University, Sweden)
Core Resource Faculty
- Katharine Farrell, Lecturer, Alexander von Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
- Matthijs Hisschemöller, Associate Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Rem Khlebopros, Professor, Siberian Federal University, Russia
- Marc Metzger, Senior Researcher, Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Hans‐Peter Nachtnebel, Professor, Universität für Bodenkultur, Austria
- Felix Stolberg, Professor, Kharkiv National Academy of Municipal Economy, Ukraine
Participants
The 27 selected participants from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine are early-career scientists (ranging from advanced Ph.D candidates to associate professors) with substantial teaching obligations and experience.
Contact
For questions, please contact Anton Shkaruba (shkarubaa@ceu.hu)
