The University of Malta through its Centre for Environmental Education and Research (CEER) is one of the Founding members of the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR). The other founding members include Haw Hamburg University (Germany), Uppsala University (Sweden) Lodz University (Poland), Coimbra University (Portugal) and Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). The kick off meeting was held on the 17 and 18 January in Hamburg.
Dr Mark Mifsud represented CEER in the official launch. CEER’s main remit will be to coordinate the development of postgraduate courses and digital learning programmes in the study area.
Dr Mark Mifsud represented CEER in the official launch. CEER’s main remit will be to coordinate the development of postgraduate courses and digital learning programmes in the study area.
The overall mission of the ESSSR is to provide a framework upon which teaching and research within the remit of sustainability science may be further developed at European universities, by means of joint, digitally-oriented teaching programmes, research projects, Ph.D. training and quality scientific publications to be published in high caliber journals.
The main aims of the ESSSR include:
- to provide a platform for universities to discuss the contribution of Sustainability Science and Research towards the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- to mobilise universities working on sustainable development, to gather, deliberate and implement joint initiatives, especially on-line courses, research projects and specialist publications, which show how Sustainability Science and Research can help to achieve the SDGs
- to contribute to the education of the next generation of sustainability scientists, by means of online courses and joint PhD programmes on sustainability science, and
- to link European sustainability researchers with their counterparts in other parts of the world (north-south and south-south cooperation) on sustainable development.