Posts tagged ‘challenge-based learning’

Research and teaching project: sustainability transitions in the federal state of Brandenburg (2023-2025)

The project ‘Sustainability transitions in the federal state of Brandenburg’ analyses how actors in the region implement or contest sustainability policies in the areas of water, forests, energy and food. What ideas and practices do experts, governments and local future-makers develop when establishing new ways of living and producing in the region? The project is based on a series of research seminars that draw on the philosophy of challenge-based learning. Students explore challenges and scenarios for problem solution in fields of their choice, in collaboration with local stakeholders, using the methods of document analyis, interviews, and field trips.

Sustainable transition in the State of Brandenburg. An example of challenge-based learning in social studies

On 15 February, 2024, Dr Amelie Kutter gave a talk at the conference ‘Higher Education Teaching with Critical Friends’ at European University Viadrina, on the subject…

Windrad-Gondel im Hof des Neue Energien Forum Feldheim

Research and teaching project: How does sustainable transition work?

The European Union has started to align its cohesion and investment policies with sustainable development goals, and so have the federal German government and the government of the State Brandenburg. But, how are sustainability agendas understood and implemented locally, by actors who have commited to specific projects of sustainable transition, so-called change-makers? What sense do they make of multilevel sustainability governance? Students of European University Viadrina address these questions in a series of classes on sustainable transition in the State Brandenburg designed and directed by Amelie Kutter.