GGS Sustainability Symposium
We are planning an interdisciplinary event for
November 27 - December 1, 2023
: the first
GGS Sustainability Symposium
is primarily aimed at junior researchers and seeks to strengthen the dialogue between researchers at JLU on sustainability and thus the innovative capacity of the university.
By participating in the Sustainability Symposium, junior researchers...
- learn to integrate sustainability measures and ideas into their scientific practice,
- practice a reflexive handling of different sustainability concepts in different scientific disciplines,
- identify sustainability as an interdisciplinary point of contact for research collaborations and subsequently implement it,
- acquire skills for future-oriented research (e.g. along the SDGs), and
- make their research practices more sustainable.
Thematically, the symposium will primarily focus on sustainability topics related to the social sciences, economics and law - the core areas of the GGS. The respective departments are already conducting research on the following topics, but we are open to further ideas and requests, and would like to expand this list:
- Sustainable Finance
- Sustainable Corporate Governance
- Sustainability Law
- Peace Research
- Inclusive Education, Diversity and Social Participation
- Environmental sociology
- Social and political science research on sustainable food and food security
In the context of the Symposium, we would like to pay special attention to the openness of different sustainability concepts for inter- and transdisciplinary investigations.
During the 4.5 days, you can expect keynote lectures, workshops, panel discussions, guided as well as free networking formats and expert talks. We at the GGS also see hosting the Sustainability Workshop as an opportunity to act sustainably as an organizing center. With this in mind, we will examine whether digital or hybrid delivery is possible for individual events at the workshop. In addition, e-learning modules will be made available in advance.
Paneldiscussions:
- Paneldiscussion Economics: "Economy and sustainable future designs" (the discussion will be held in English).
- Paneldiscussion Law: Panel Diskussion am Thementag Rechtswissenschaften "Fields of tension between the dimensions of sustainability in law" (the discussion will be held in German or English).
- Paneldiscussion Social Sciences: am Thementag Sozialwissenschaften "How can large interdisciplinary (research) projects on sustainability succeed?" (the discussion will be held in German or English).
Your ideas and your network are needed! Help us shape the first GGS Sustainability Symposium by sharing your ideas and requests on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook under the hashtag #GGSnachhaltig .
We are looking for speakers for our Sustainability Symposium from Nov. 27 to Dec. 01, 2023, who have an expertise in various sustainability topics requested by our members. A variety of formats are planned, including keynote lectures, guided and free networking formats, workshops, and panel discussions. On Instagram, you will find stories with surveys in the near future, which we will also save in our story highlights so that you can still respond to us either directly on Instagram or via email after the respective survey has ended. At the same time, you will find the surveys on our Twitter feed so you can share your ideas and requests with us on your preferred platform.
Thank you for your help.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact:
Mia Feline Wagenbach
Phone: +49 641 99 21374
Email: info@ggs.uni-giessen.de