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The next k3 Congress for Climate Communication will take place in Graz from September 25-26, 2024. More information may be found here.

The Summit is a high-level event, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future. It will take a look at the "how" – how do we cooperate better to deliver on the above aspiration and goals? How do we better meet the needs of the present while also preparing for the challenges of the future? More informations may be found here.

The UniNEtZ Carousel is a format that invites all UniNEtZ participants to exchange ideas on various topics. Anyone can offer slots on desired topics. Please send the registration for a slot to koordination@uninetz.at.

Climate change literacy is crucial as it may empower individuals and communities with the knowledge to understand the impacts of climate change, the underlying science, and the strategies needed for mitigation and adaptation. The Symposium aims to provide a platform for researchers, practitioners and educators engaged with climate literacy to exchange their knowledge and perspectives. It also aims to offer a valuable platform to enable climate literacy providers and users from the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Africa and the Middle East regions to depeen their knowledge on the topic and enhance networks. The theme of the Symposium, "Combining the Theory and Practice of Climate Change Literacy” reflects the intention to offer participants an opportunity to present what they are doing, both in research and reflections on climate literacy principles, and their implementation in practice. More informations may be found here.

Join us for the 11th European Conference on Positive Psychology and share your contributions to the field of positive psychology. The conference aims to underscore the interconnectedness of human existence and explore the application of the science of well-being for collective flourishing. More informationen may be found here.

The UniNEtZ Carousel is a format that invites all UniNEtZ participants to exchange ideas on various topics. Anyone can offer slots on desired topics. Please send the registration for a slot to koordination@uninetz.at.

The workshop will focus on the topic of "Teaching the competencies of transformative research - cross-university exchange" and will address the following questions: Which transformative research competencies, skills, expertise, attitudes and methods do we teach in our courses/modules/study programs? How do we design the teaching/learning process? What resources do we draw on - what resources can we build up together?

The klimaaktiv Annual Conference 2024 is also the 20th anniversary of Austria's largest climate protection initiative. Under the headline "Right in the middle of the energy and mobility transition", we will look back together on what has been achieved and venture a look into the future. Because one thing is certain: the challenges and the need for an initiative like klimaaktiv have not diminished over the years - on the contrary!

The UniNEtZ Carousel is a format that invites all UniNEtZ participants to exchange ideas on various topics. Anyone can offer slots on desired topics. Please send the registration for a slot to koordination@uninetz.at.

The event addresses the topic of learning analytics at universities and aims to discuss it from a variety of perspectives. More information may be found here. Registration is required by May 1, 2024.

In the field of sustainability sciences, a growing number of universities and non-university research institutions that see themselves as pioneers, companions and initiators of a sustainability transformation are visible and reflect on their own actions accordingly. A central challenge seems to be finding and defining their own role in the field of tension between scientific excellence and social relevance. The focus here is on the questions of what impact such institutions want to and can achieve, how this can be measured and how incentive systems can be developed to promote an orientation towards social effectiveness. These questions will be explored together at the annual conference. You can find more information here.

Over the course of five days, 15 events - including workshops, lectures and dialog forums - will take place on the Schader Campus. Together with experts from business, associations, trade unions, science, politics, civil society and local authorities, intensive work will be carried out on sustainable ideas, for example in the areas of education, construction, mobility, design, the circular economy, artificial intelligence, renewable energies and funding for sustainability. Further information may be found here.

The UniNEtZ Carousel is a format that invites all UniNEtZ participants to exchange ideas on various topics. Anyone can offer slots on desired topics. Please send the registration for a slot to koordination@uninetz.at.

The Climate Change Centre Austria (CCCA), together with the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), is pleased to invite you to the 24th Austrian Climate Day! It will take place from April 02 to 04, 2024 at the premises of the Vienna University of Technology. Register by Monday, March 11, 2024 (2 p.m.) to take part in the 24th Climate Day. Click here to register. More informationen may be found here.

The UniNEtZ Carousel is a format that invites all UniNEtZ participants to exchange ideas on various topics. Anyone can offer slots on desired topics. Please send the registration for a slot to koordination@uninetz.at.

On March 6, an interactive poster exhibition will take place on March 8 - International Women's Day, which is celebrated internationally as a feminist day of struggle in its political significance. The poster exhibition at the UIBK makes it possible not only to deal with sustainability in the context of the UniNEtZ, but also to use the developed content in a sustainable way, to illuminate it in different contexts and to explore it in new ways. In this case, the focus is on aspects of the social dimension of sustainability and the sustainable development goal gender equality (SDG 5) - using the example of the SDG 5 posters created by communication designer Elisabeth Kopf, which were presented in the Austrian Parliament in December 2022. The aim of the interactive poster exhibition is to enable interaction in public and thus encourage participants and passers-by alike to reflect.

The event on the "Inequality Turnaround" will take place at the University of Salzburg in cooperation with the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, the Mozarteum University and UniNEtZ. Sharing Dividends", the new Club of Rome report describes the problems of economic inequality, the levers that would lead to a Giant Leap towards more equality, as well as hurdles and obstacles along the way. A high-level keynote from the international Club of Rome will be followed by a discussion with experts, stakeholders and practitioners on this topic. Registration and more information on the program may be found here.

As the name suggests, the Transformation Controversy is about social change and conflict. We bring the important questions of transformation to the dance floor and make the discrepancies dance.
Tourism is a leading industry in Tyrol. Tourism is also a form of identification, pride in the beautiful landscape, the tin avalanche, the Piefke saga and the basis of life for many valleys. In times of climate change and sustainability, tourism must change. But how? In which direction? What do we want to expand and what do we want to reduce? Karin Seiler, Managing Director of Tirol Werbung, and Christian Baumgartner, Professor of Sustainable Tourism at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden, discuss these questions. More informations may be found here.

At the 4th round table, everything revolves around storytelling under the motto "Zukunftsgschichtldruckerei".

We are looking for stories that inspire the courage to imagine a future worth living; that make it clear that a good life can be found in the here and now; that tell of community and our connection in the ecosystem and that show that people are motivated to contribute to the well-being of others. You can find more information here.

The UniNEtZ Carousel is a format that invites all UniNEtZ participants to exchange ideas on various topics. Anyone can offer slots on desired topics. Please send the registration for a slot to koordination@uninetz.at.

The symposium is organized by the Institute for Electricity Economics and Energy Innovation at TU Graz together with the co-organizers Austrian Association for Electrical Engineering, Oesterreichs Energie and the Austrian National Committee of the World Energy Council. Over 230 expert speakers and around 700 participants from science, industry and administration will discuss the latest findings and solutions to a wide range of topics. More Information may be found here.

We welcome you to our symposium and exhibition to sit together, share observations, ask questions, and reevaluate preconceptions about the glacier’s being and our own complicity in the destruction of this landscape. More information may be found here.

The UniNEtZ Carousel is a format that invites all UniNEtZ participants to exchange ideas on various topics. Anyone can offer slots on desired topics. Please send the registration for a slot to koordination@uninetz.at.

The UniNEtZ Carousel is a format that invites all UniNEtZ participants to exchange ideas on various topics. Anyone can offer slots on desired topics. Please send the registration for a slot to koordination@uninetz.at.

Inner-city neighborhoods have great potential with regard to the sustainability model of a "city of short distances". The transdisciplinary team of authors of the book "Zukunftsorientierte nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung: eine transdisziplinäre Untersuchung am Beispiel eines innerstädtischen Quartiers" has dedicated itself to this topic from a scientific and practical perspective and is in part a guest in the ExLibris event series. Further information and registration can be found here.

From November 27, to December 02, 2023, the University of Innsbruck will host its first Sustainability Week. Within this framework, contributors of UniNEtZ will organize a workshop/dialogue walk about the future of universities. The goal of UniNEtZ beWEGt is to discuss, develop and carry forward concrete proposals for the transformation of universities and to take the first steps towards their implementation and to strengthen cross-university cooperation. You can find the entire program here.

As part of the UN action "Orange the World", the 16 Days against Violence against Women, UN Women Austria in cooperation with the BOKU Coordination Office for Gender Equality, Diversity and Disability and with the support of UniNEtZ invites you to the panel discussion Safer Cities - Safer Public Spaces in Austria. More Information may be found here.

In terms of SDG implementation we got HALF TIME! Just like in soccer, the 1st half of the game is analyzed during the break and tactics for the 2nd half are developed from it. What have we learned along the way so far? What are successful strategies in implementation? What levers need to be flipped for transformation to succeed at multiple levels? More information and registration may be found here.

Under the motto "Re:create our future - Education for a climate-friendly society", the BNE Online Academy 2023 will provide creative impulses on how the future can be rethought and shaped through education. Due to limited places, registration is requested at event.umweltbildung.at.

The conference brings together some of the TOP researchers:in the field of climate change and tourism, such as Daniel Scott, Susanne Becken and Paul Peeters, but also in the field of climate, health and tourism. More information may be found here.

In the third stakeholder workshop, the project team presents the LITE version of the visual analytics dashboard and discusses needs and open questions with the participants. The SDGHUB Dashboard is available for numerous target groups, such as companies, media, start-ups, government, NGOs or researchers. Contribute your perspective so that the SDGHUB dashboard can be optimized to answer questions questions from your field of work can be optimized! Please register via the registration link by 27.09.

The Climate Change Centre Austria (CCCA) invites to the CCCA writing workshop for climate researchers! The workshop "From Papers to the Press" on dealing with journalists and the media will take place with the editorial office of DOSSIER. 20 free places will be offered! Please register until August 20 to philipp.wilfinger@ccca.ac.at.

The aim of the summer school is to gain insight into the basics and challenges of transdisciplinary research and practice.
More information can be found here.

In line with the title THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION, the call is addressed to young scholars and artists versed in cultural studies who have a central interest in cultural studies and the guiding theme (the political of climate change, queer-gender media perspectives, the transformation of human-animal worlds, and the influence of media on these controversies). The IFK_Summer Academy 2023 will elaborate a tour d'horizon of this social transformation. The application deadline is March 26, 2023.
Detailed information and application forms can be found here.

An interdisciplinary and intercultural summer camp attracts young people from science or the beginnings of professional life to Darmstadt.
Click here for the flyer of the summer camp.

Energy transition (i.e. the replacement of the fossil energy mix by a stable decarbonized, renewable energy mix) is a huge worldwide challenge. For the EU, that leads this process, energy transition is also a categorical imperative towards energy security. Consequently, the alignment of the public policies of the EU community on these crucial issues, with the introduction of CO2 emission rates and other strict environmental regulations, is now a reality. However, in the EU and elsewhere, there are persisting differences within and among nations and regions engaged in energy transition. A more ample and profound view of the process requires new models and a wide discussion based on technical aspects together with economic, cultural, historical and socioeconomic factors. In this moving scenario, that offers unprecedented opportunities, GEM-SILKWAY 2023 - EASTERN EUROPE Edition is ready to contribute to knowledge and dissemination.

The application for the Summer University "Alternative Economic and Monetary Systems (AEMS, 5 ECTS)" is now open! The AEMS Summer University is open to motivated applicants from all fields of study and focuses on providing alternatives to the economic status quo. International participants will explore the limits to growth and the instabilities of the financial system and learn why drastic systemic change is necessary to stabilize the world's climate at 1.5°C. Through an interdisciplinary and holistic program, they will learn about different approaches to solving this problem.
Apply here!

The application for the Summer University "Green.Building.Solutions. (GBS, 7 ECTS) is already possible! In close exchange with experts, subject-specific content on sustainable architecture and ecological building will be taught and discussed. It is primarily aimed at students and professionals from the fields of architecture, planning and engineering. The interdisciplinary program includes a series of lectures and excursions, as well as a final project work.
Apply here!

From July 3 to July 4, 2023 the Young Researcher Forum on Sustainable Biomass and Climate Change, SusBiC, will gather young researchers of all the different disciplines involved in the topic. It aims at presenting the current understanding and the current knowledge in a multidisciplinary context such as to create a common knowledge base across disciplines for enabling more interconnected approaches to solve the pressing problem.

Not to be discouraged despite current challenges, but to discover new perspectives and actively work on shaping our future. The keynote address by Volker Quaschning, professor of regenerative energy systems and science communicator, shows that there are already viable solutions to help us do this.

In the context of this scientific BOKU conference, the currently burning question of how far the social responsibility of science extends in times of climate crisis will be critically examined. Three lectures will highlight the necessity, meaningfulness and legal framework of various scientific activities as a response to the climate crisis. A prominent panel discussion will conclude the event.
More information can be found here.

In the second stakeholder workshop, the project team will present the LITE version of the Visual Analytics Dashboard and discuss needs and open questions with the participants. The SDG HUB Dashboard is relevant for numerous target groups, such as companies, media, start-ups, administration, NGOs or researchers.
More information about the program and registration can be found here.

The Trilateral Meeting 2023 will focus on governance and discuss it from different perspectives: How has it been implemented, how has it worked, is there a need for further development, and if so, in which direction? However, it is not only the governance of the universities by the ministry that will be addressed, but also, in particular, the governance within the universities in the interaction of the rectorate, the university council and the senate. The modes of appointment of the individual bodies will also be discussed, as well as the distribution of tasks between them.
Information, program and registration can be found here.

At the Dialogue on Social-Ecological Transformation, the focus this year is on the change processes of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). More information can be found here.

The sixth SISI Symposium "Towards a Sustainable Higher Education and Science System" will take place on 06 and 07 June 2023 in Berlin in cooperation with the German Rectors' Conference (HRK).
Current information can be found here.

The symposium negotiates the future of education in times of radical change and brings together national and international actors in the discourse on education to develop radical perspectives on the institution of the university. It asks about the society-building power of the university and illuminates interdisciplinarity as well as the dialogue between art and science in the field of tension of social relevance and responsibility.

More information can be found here.

EU Green Week is an annual event celebrating environmental policy. This year, the focus of the Partner Events on skills for sustainable, resilient and socially just communities. Oikos Graz is offering three virtual partner events:
Info and registration workshop on 05.06. here.
Info and registration talk on 06.06. here.
Info and registration workshop on 11.06. here.

The question of how we can make our food system more sustainable, fairer and more democratic is the focus of this event. Under the motto "Transformation through Cooperation", the invitation is extended to Graz.
More information and the registration can be found here.

In the context of the Maloca Mundial, the traditional agricultural system in the rainforest at the Rio Negro and "non-human-zones", fallow land in Weitra, Wallendorf, Breitenbrunn and Capodimonte / Naples will be discussed. As discussants, the ecologist João Gabriel Raphaelli from the ISA and the artist Edgar Honetschläger from GoBugsGo will meet in the virtual longhouse Maloca Mundial to exchange ideas.
More information can be found here.

The Open Innovation in Science Center of the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft and the Knowledge Transfer Center of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna cordially invite you to the closing event of the long-standing cooperation OPEN ARTS.

More information can be found here. Click here for registration and program.

The UniNEtZ project will be presented at the GAIA annual conference in the afternoon, and the topic of transformation of universities, based on the aforementioned policy statement, will be explored in greater depth during a panel discussion.

What exactly are the problems and challenges in the current global food system? What do experts from the global south report about the grievances in agriculture and about concrete possibilities for action? AND: How can we change something together and become active?
At the Südwind-Academy, answers to these questions will be developed in exchange with national and international experts and activists, and the topic of activism and action planning will be dealt with extensively. Info and registration here.

On March 1, the UniNEtZ-SP III at the Angewandte will host the 1st Forum Focus on Research. The aim is to look at the potentials and challenges of SDG-related and transformation-oriented research along concrete activities in the SDG groups of the UniNEtZ, to discuss them in perspective and thereby to work together on a research-driven mission for the UniNEtZ. Registration is requested (Jens Badura - jens.badura(a)uni-ak.ac.at).

Are we on the right track in Austria? How successful are we on our way? What steps do we need to take to implement these goals?

In the event "SDG Halftime" we want to discuss these questions together with you from an Austrian perspective. Th
Registration please per Mail to idr@boku.ac.at (Subject "SDGs")
More Information may be found here.

The Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation is the largest specialist conference for science communication in the German-speaking world. The conference is organized annually by Wissenschaft im Dialog (WiD), the joint organization of German science for science communication. The Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation 2022 is planned as a face-to-face conference in Hannover from October 4 to 6.

More information here.

We are pleased to announce that the Td Summer School: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science · Society Interface will be conducted between September 4-9, 2022 in Vienna, Austria. It is designed to prepare researchers and practitioners for joint research and action to tackle societal problems. The Td Summer School 2022 will be convened by the Responsive Research Collective,
UniNEtZ Austria and the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The application deadline is 24. June 2022.

Further Informationen: https://responsiveresearch.org/td-summer-school-2022/

The implementation of the European missions is picking up speed! The event informs about the status of the national recommendations for action for the implementation of the 5 EU missions (Soil, Waters, Climate, Cities, Cancer) in Austria.

Agenda and registration can be found here: https://www.ffg.at/europa/heu/...

The 22nd Climate Day will take place under the motto "Pushing boundaries: science, art, climate" from April 20 to 22, 2022 in Vienna. This time, the Climate Day will be conceived and held in cooperation with the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Vienna University of Technology.

More information may be found here.

On March 1, Hans Stötter, Reinhold Lang, Helga Kromp-Kolb and Franziska Allerberger handed over the approximately 150 options for action that had been developed over the past 3 years to Vice Chancelor Werner Kogler and Federal Minister Karoline Edtstadler and thus to the federal government.

Development University Weeks will take place in Linz from 8-30 November 2021.

A wide range of events on SDG topics will take place under the title "Development where to? The series of events offers panel discussions, renowned speakers, workshops, film screenings and much more. All events are open to the public and free of charge.
More information may be found here.

The 22nd Climate Day will take place under the motto "Pushing boundaries: science, art, climate" from 20 to 22 April 2022 in Vienna. This time, the Climate Day will be conceived and organised in cooperation with the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Vienna University of Technology.

There are the following types of submission:

• Talks and poster contributions for the general scientific sessions incl. artistic research projects
• Art, design and architecture projects
  
• Poster contributions to the ACRP Quality Assurance for 2022 in the presence of the ACRP Steering Committee
  
• CCCA Young Investigator Award 2022
  

A collection of answers to frequently asked questions can be found here.

Together with pioneers of (climate) art and culture, scientists and the audience, we want to discuss the role of the art and culture sector in climate communication.

In the spirit of living transdisciplinarity, the online workshop from transdisciplinary research to transdisciplinary education at the 1st Global Transdisciplinary Conference at Danube University Krems will bring together students, teachers, scientists as well as responsible persons and politicians in the field of education to discuss opportunities and challenges of transdisciplinary cooperation in school and university education.

If you are interested, please contact the AG Education and Communication for Sustainable Development (Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck): kidz21-geographie@uibk.ac.at.

More information can be found here (.pdf).

Discuss with experts on issues of education for sustainable development, academic freedom and civic space, and access to education for migrants. Be there to become a part of an ambitious agenda that will turn these commitments into action!

More information (.pdf)

On Friday, June 18, 2021, the foundations Science et Cité and TA-SWISS will conduct the participatory workshop Focus Climate. With videos in advance, decentralized workshops and livestream will be possible to carry out. In the afternoon the participants can exchange ideas in various workshops in Bern. In the evening, a panel discussion between experts will take place. It will be broadcast via livestream and is thus accessible to a broad audience. The exact schedule will be communicated to the participants in June.

The "Österreichische Klimatag" is a scientific conference that aims to provide an overview of current Austrian research activities in the fields of climate change, impacts, adaptation as well as mitigation. Furthermore, the "Österreichischer Klimatag" has become the central showcase of research activities financed by the Climate and Energy Fund. Furthermore, the "Österreichische Klimatag" serves the networking of natural science, socio-economic as well as humanities and cultural science disciplines and promotes the exchange between basic research, applied research and users. A special focus is therefore placed on the cooperation and dialogue with stakeholders from politics and administration as well as the networking with practitioners, research promoters and business operators. Further information here.

Nach der feierlichen Übergabe des Optionenberichts steht der 3. Dezember 2021 ganz im Zeichen von UniNEtZ II. Hier sollen gemeinsam Ideen oder auch erste Szenarien der transdiziplinären Zusammenarbeit ko-kreativ im Dialog zwischen beteiligten Universitäten und Akteur_innen aus der Gesellschaft entwickelt werden.