Symposium "Competence Building on Sustainable Development in Undergraduate and Post-Graduate Programmes"

The event is being organised by the Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics, the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR), the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme and the UK Consortium for Sustainability Research (UK-CSR). It is primarily aimed at European participants, but delegates from other parts of the world are also welcome to attend it, and use this unique opportunity to document and disseminate their work.

As an output and long-term documentation of the event, selected papers will be published in the book
"Competence Building on Sustainable Development in Undergraduate and Post-Graduate Programmes", which will follow on the success of the "Encyclopedia of Sustainability  in Higher Education" which is a "living edition" and the "Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals", the world´s largest editorial project on sustainable development ever undertaken.

The book will be part of the World Sustainability Series the leading peer-reviewed book series on matters related to sustainable development. The last volume, "Educating the Sustainability Leaders of the Future", has just been launched: The peer-reviewed nature of the book means that contributions to them have been officially counting over the years for promotion and tenure purposes. To date, over 3.000 sustainability researchers have had their work published in the series.

The earlier submission of abstracts is strongly encouraged. The deadline for submissions of abstracts should not be regarded as the date the abstracts are due. Rather, it is the last possible day. 

Therefore, authors who submit their abstracts at  a later stage should be mindful of the fact that presentation slots may be taken, and only poster presentations may be possible. Please submit your abstract as soon as you can, to avoid possible problems.

Expressions of interest to attend the event, initially consisting of a 200 words abstract outlining the paper and with the full contact details of the author(s) should be sent to the ESSSR/IUSDRP team at: info@iccip.net

The deadline for submission of abstracts is 10th December 2023. Full papers are due by 30th April 2024. The details will be discussed with the selected authors.
 

This event is part of  of the Continuing Professional Development Programme on Sustainable Development, undertaken by the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR) and Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP). An official certificate of participation, useful for professional development purposes and to be shown to employers, will be issued to participants, with the equivalent of 20 hours, including attendance to the event and preparation time. The issuing of the Certificate is included in the registration fees.

The event is self-funded, and in other to offset the costs with staff time, organisation, and preparation of the book, a registration fee of Euro 280 (plus taxes) will be charged per delegate. The fee also includes the coffee breaks and lunches during the days of the Symposium.