The European-North American Sustainability Research Consortium (ENASRC)
The “Transatlantic Symposium on Sustainable Development: North American and European Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education”, held at MIT in October 2023, has shown the need for an infrastructure to mobilise joint European and North American researchers working on matters related to sustainable development.
The European-North American Sustainability Research Consortium (ENASRC) is an attempt to address this need, building on the success of the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR),Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) and the UK Consortium on Sustainability Research (UK-CSR), but with a focus on North America-European relations.
The Consortium is a membership organisation, with a joint Secretariat in Europe (Manchester and Hamburg) along with one office in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Poster of the European-North American Sustainability Research Consortium (ENASRC)
This network collaborates with the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.
Aims
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The primary objective of the Consortium is to foster cooperation between North American and European scientists and organisations on matters related to sustainable development. This also includes cooperation with countries from other regions. A further objective of the Consortium is to contribute to a greater dialogue between members, by organising joint events and engaging in scholarly research leading to publications in peer-reviewed journals.
The Consortium is truly transdisciplinary and accommodates all aspects of sustainability and associated themes (e.g. climate change, energy, ethics, poverty, gender, etc) catering to a wide thematic basis.
Activities
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The Consortium will undertake the following activities:
- Joint bidding for research projects at national and international funding programmes
- Joint publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Organisation of joint events
- Award of fellowships to North American and European experts for joint visit
Meet our team
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Head of the Transatlantic Consortium
Prof. Dr. (mult.) Dr. h.c. (mult.) Walter Leal
Director of the Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainability and Climate Change Management” (FTZ-NK)
Ulmenliet 20
21033 Hamburg
Room 0.39 / AS4
T +49.40.428 75-6313
walter.leal2 (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de
Executive Director
Laís Viera Trevisan
Research and Transfer Centre FTZ-NK
Ulmenliet 20
21033 Hamburg
Room: 0.33
Lais.VieraTrevisan (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de
Co-Executive Director
Dr. Jelena Barbir
Deputy Director of the FTZ-NK
Head of the Environment and Circular Economy Unit (FTZ-NK)
Research and Transfer Centre FTZ-NK
Ulmenliet 20
21033 Hamburg
Room 0.34
jelena.barbir (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de
Membership and how to join
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Participation in the Consortium is open to any higher education institution, foundation and non-profit organisation interested in undertaking joint works on matters related to sustainable development. There are two categories of membership:
- Standard membership: free of charge, with access to the activities undertaken by the Consortium.
- Premium membership: with a yearly fee of € 2.500 (two thousand and five hundred Euros) or currency equivalent.
A Premium Membership entails the following services:
1. Status as a priority partner in the preparation of research projects and other project applications
2. Status as a priority partner in participating in journal articles
3. Status as a priority partner in the organisation of scientific events
The details and budgets of the joint activities will be discussed on a case-by-case basis. Hamburg University of Applied Sciences will issue Premium Members an invoice for the annual fees of € 2.500 (or currency equivalents).
Both categories of membership are initially for two years and may be renewed for subsequent years if members express the willingness to do so. Calls for renewing the membership will be issued 2 months before they are due to expire. The membership can be terminated with one month´s notice.
Organisations interested in joining the Consortium should contact the main office in Hamburg, so as to discuss how to join, and in which category.
Contact details
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European- North American Sustainability Research Consortium
Professor Walter Leal
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Ulmenliet 20
D-21033 Hamburg
Germany
walter.leal2 (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de / transatlantic (at) ls.haw-hamburg (dot) de
Or
Manchester Metropolitan University
Department of Natural Sciences
Chester Street
Manchester M1 5GD
UK
w.leal (at) mmu.ac (dot) uk
