Searching for Sustainability 2023

A cross-disciplinary 3-day event for connection, care and learning among teachers and incoming sustainability students.

We are happy to be able to host this three-day interdisciplinary event for the many sustainability programmes on Uppsala University Campus Gotland. This is the fourth time several departments on Campus join forces and together organise these introductory days to create a space to meet across disciplines in tackling the wicked sustainability challenges facing us today. The aim is to establish a space for collaborative, creative, and critical learning. The intention is to start a process which will encourage and enable new relationships and opportunities in the continuation of the individual studies and programmes.

The first day aims at connecting and getting to know each other better across disciplines. First, the different sustainability programmes will be introduce themselves. Thereafter there is a keynote by Isabel Rimanoczy. She is an author and an academic with focus on Sustainability Mindsets by creating a safe space for individuals to explore the deeper questions of their environment that are meant to inspire a transformative learning process among the students and educators involved.

The second day is dedicated to an excursion on Gotland where we visit organisations, nature reserves and local communities encouraging local engagement, but with the lens of global issues. Here we will explore different methods and morals towards sustainability.

The third day open up to experiment with various transformative learning and sustainability activities in cross-disciplinary groups to bring the discussion to a deeper level. The afternoon invites to a private art-based learning experience on Campus Gotland, followed by a BBQ from a local producer (vegan) and mingling by the sea (if the weather allows).

Five programmes and a course package are involved and planning this initiative and the event is open for their students only.

• Master's programme in Sustainable Management
• Master's programme in Sustainable Destination Development
• Master's programme in Wind Power Project Management
• Master's programme in Cultural Heritage and Sustainability
• Bachelor's programme in Energy transitions – Sustainability and leadership
• Course package - A sustainable future:
  - Theory and Transdisciplinary Visions
  - Transdisciplinary Practices
  

Programme

Thursday, 7 September

Excursion on The Mission
08.30-16.00 Östergarnslandet – Bustrip!
The Mission: Sustainability Experiment (9.30-12.00)
Lunch (12.00-13.00)
Interdisciplinary ecosystem project (13.00-15.00)

Friday, 8 September

08.30-16.00 Transformative learning workshops. B51 (everyone gather in B51 in the morning) and B22/B23.
Literature reflections. Seminar leaders: Lovísa and Simon
Climate change-stakeholder-role-play. Workshop leader: Alexandra and Olivia
Sustainability initiatives on Campus Gotland. Lovisa and Viktor

16.00 Snacks by the sea If weather allows