Educating future change agents Higher education as a motor of the sustainability transformation (EdFCA)

Educating future change agents Higher education as a motor of the sustainability transformation (EdFCA) Educating future change agents Higher education as a motor of the sustainability transformation (EdFCA) 2.1 The Partners hereby undertake to cooperate on the conditions hereinafter defined in order to conduct the Project Educating future change agents Higher education as a motor of the sustainability transformation (EdFCA). Annex A (described below) shall be incorporated into this agreement. Annex A: Joint Project Proposal (incl. budget plan and work programme) Educating future change agents Higher education as a motor of the sustainability transformation (EdFCA) dated March 13, 2015, submitted by Prof. Dr. Matthias Barth, Prof. Dr. Jantje Halberstadt and Prof. Dr. Daniel Lang, Prof. Dr. Arnim Wiek. 2.2 The subject matter of the Cooperation Agreement is cooperation in the execution of the Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony-funded Collaborative Project described in the Preamble. 2.3 This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions for the collaboration between the Partners when conducting the project. 2.4 Conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement is subject to the Grant Decision, dated November 9, 2015, and the supplementary letter of the grant notification written by the Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, Germany (Annex C). The content and scope of performance to be provided by the Partners as well as the relevant schedule shall depend on the project description as well as on the overall work plan and schedule contained in the relevant notices of funding from the Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, Germany. 2.5 As a Principal Investigator Prof. Dr. Arnim Wiek will conduct research as described in the joint project proposal for phase II, work package 2 and case study 3. Research on competence-oriented teaching and learning will be conducted within the area of extracurricular courses of entrepreneurship. The research will be realized by Principal Investigator Prof. Dr. Arnim Wiek and his PhD candidate Tamsin Fourcier within the research work package in Entrepreneurship/extracurricular studies. For this part research Leuphana will transfer 20,000 Euro in total to the ASU, of which, 14,500 Euro will be transferred for personnel costs and 5,500 Euro for the realization of dissemination workshops at ASU aiming at all three research areas (teacher education, sustainability education, entrepreneurship education) within the context of the North-America (see Annex b and C). Educating future change agents Higher education as a motor of the sustainability transformation (EdFCA) Sustainability Education Research in North America When: March 18-20, 2020 Where: School of Sustainability, Arizona State University Who: ~15 of the leading scholars on Sustainability Education in North America Objectives: 1. Build personal/social relationships and a community of scholars 2. Identify a formal home for an institutionalized network of sustainability education research 3. Publish a position paper on current state and future directions of sustainability education research Description: Sustainability education has been a growing field of research yet it is being held back for a lack of a scholarly community, particularly in North America. Leveraging the conclusion of the Educating Future Change Agents project, we are organizing a workshop where we have invited the leading scholars on sustainability education from North America to come to ASU. This workshop is intended to be an inflection point in the field, changing it from a set of dispersed and isolated efforts, to a more coherent and constructive field of research. Tentative Participant List: Name Affiliation Erin Redman University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Meghann Jarow University of South Dakota Tina Evans Colorado Mountain College Mike Link University of Manitoba (Canada) Manuel Riemer Wilferd Laurier University (Canada) Oren Pizmony-Levy Columbia University Katrin Kohl York University (Canada) Carlie Trott University of Cincinnati Kimberly Coleman University of New York-Plattsburgh Alberto Arenas University of Arizona Andrea Weinberg Arizona State University Gustavo Fischman Arizona State University Daniel Fischer Arizona State University Arnim Wiek Arizona State University