Lecture series "Digital Sustainability Transformation of, by and for the TUM"
Content
The virtual lecture series focuses on two central challenges of our time - digitalization & sustainability.
The basic idea of the event is to shed more light on both transformation processes and, in particular, to address the mutual opportunities and potentials, as well as the risks and problems. The event's specific focus will be on the areas of universities and education. The focus here is always on how TUM can promote, investigate, and practice sustainable digitalization or digital sustainability.
Structure
The lecture series will take place online in the summer term 2021, always on Mondays, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. All events are open to the TUM community and accessible to the broader public interested in digitalization, sustainability, and higher education. All talks and discussions will be conducted in English. Please access the webinars via this link:
- Zoom-Link: https://tum-conf.zoom.us/j/64468501789
- Password: digisusTUM
All sessions will be recorded and made available on the Bavarian School of Public Policy's YouTube channel.
Our Experts
Lara Lütke-Spatz works at the Munich University of Applied Sciences and is Managing Director of the Hochschule & Nachhaltigkeit Bayern Network. Here, Lara coordinates and connects university and societal actors on topics related to sustainability and sustainable transformation. Her expertise lies in the fields of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), university governance towards sustainability, and sustainability leadership.
Miranda Schreurs is Professor of Environmental and Climate Policy at the Technical University of Munich. Her research focuses on a wide range of issues relating to sustainable environmental, climate, and energy policies. Miranda is, inter alia, Deputy Chair of the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Council and Co-Chair of the Bundestag Commission on the Storage of Highly Radioactive Waste. At TUM, she heads the Sustainability Task Force.
Roundtable discussion
The path to a sustainable university: What is being done? What are the next steps?
Our Experts
Florian Rampelt is Deputy Head of the Office of the Hochschulforum Digitalisierung and Managing Director of the AI Campus at the Stifterverband. In the Hochschulforum Digitalisierung, he works in the field of peer-to-peer strategy consulting and the European activities of the Hochschulforum. With the AI Campus, Florian Rampelt is actively involved in building a learning platform for artificial intelligence in close collaboration with several partner institutions.
Talk and discussion
Future Skills, Empowerment, and Openness as Key Drivers of Sustainable Digitalisation in Higher Education
Our Experts
Christian Felber is a pioneer and initiator of the Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie (Economy for the Common Good) project. Since 2019, he has been a Senior Fellow at the IASS Potsdam. His book, Gemeinwohlökonomie (Piper, 2018), made it to the Spiegel bestseller list for non-fiction books in 2021. With his ideas and approaches, Christian Felber aims to promote an ethical market economy that prioritizes the common good over individual profit.
Talk and discussion
Economy for the common good: An economic model for the future with particular regard to digitalization
Our Experts
Isabel Gomez works in Communications and PR at Cradle to Cradle NGO, a Berlin-based nonprofit organization that aims to establish Cradle to Cradle as an approach towards true sustainability and resource protection in our society. Previously, Isabel worked as a business and finance journalist for ten years.
Talk and discussion
Cradle to Cradle – a holistic approach to the circular economy
Workshop
Zoom-Meeting: https://tum-conf.zoom.us/j/61928910752
Meeting-ID: 619 2891 0752
Kenncode: digisusTUM
Our Experts
Marie Blachetta works as a speaker for Corporate Digital Responsibility at Initiative D21 e.v. She is the editorial manager of the Online Magazine Corporate Digital Responsibility, project leader of the Digital Future Challenge, and passionate about raising awareness about CDR in organizations and society at large.
Jens-Rainer Jänig is the founder and managing partner of mc-quadrat, which consults and serves large enterprises and public institutions in internal and external corporate communication. He is also a board member of Initiative D21 e.V., Germany's largest non-profit network for the digital society. He has been a Corporate Digital Responsibility Enthusiast since 2015 and has served as the editor of the Online Magazine Corporate Digital Responsibility since 2020.
Talk and discussion
Corporate digital responsibility in the context of universities
Our Experts
Dr. Thorsten Schulz is deputy chairman, science manager, and lecturer at the Chair for Preventive Pediatrics (TUM). The main topics of his research are strategies for and outcomes of preventive actions (especially in children and youth). As a lecturer, he teaches ‘anatomy and physiology’, as well as the fields of ‘prevention and health promotion’, primarily through physical exercise. Through his efforts to develop a systematic students’ health management system, TUM4Health was established under his leadership in 2017.
Barbara Reiner is a sports and health scientist. She works as a scientific research assistant at the Institute of Preventive Pediatrics. She earned her doctorate in the field of preventive screenings for children and young adults with congenital heart disease, specializing in cardiovascular health, motor skills, and health-related quality of life. Since 2017, she has been involved in the development and implementation of TUM’s students' health management and is part of TUM4Health.
Nils Olson is a sports scientist, a former trainer, and a sports therapist. At TUM, he serves as a scientific research assistant at the Institute of Preventive Pediatrics, focusing on the physical and mental health of students. He was awarded a doctorate at TUM, where he analyzes the health-related impacts of studying at universities. Since 2019, he has been working for TUM4Health.
Talk and discussion
Potentials and Risks: Health-Related Issues Among Students. How digital semesters influence the students’ study-(work-)life-balance – implications from the Corona crisis
During the discussion, Kirsten Bannert and Marein Orre from the TUM Center for Study and Teaching will present the TUM4Mind project, which focuses on the mental health of students and provides concrete offers for TUM students.
Especially in times of Corona and digital learning, the realization for students that they are not alone with their worries and problems is particularly valuable and helpful. For this reason, TUM4Mind offers not only interactive lectures by experts, but also time for the exchange of ideas and information.
Our Experts
Claudia Peus is Professor of Research and Science Management at the Technical University of Munich and has been Founding Director of the TUM Institute for Lifelong Learning (TUM IL3). Her research focuses on questions of leadership and leadership development in the digital age, the management of research organizations, and diversity in organizations. She is a member of various advisory boards, including the Board of Trustees of the Wertekommission (Value Commission). She advises organisations from business and science on topics such as leadership, diversity, and talent management. In 2020, Peus was named one of „Germany’s Most Inspiring Women“. Since October 2017, she has served as Vice President for Talent Management and Diversity at the TUM.
Eva Sandmann is a research associate at the Chair of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science at the Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS). In research and teaching, she focuses on topics related to ethics and responsibility in the context of science and technology. Since 2008, she has served as the gender equality officer for TUM’s Stabstelle Chancengleichheit (Equal Opportunities Office).
Roundtable discussion
What about diversity and gender equality at universities like TUM?
Our Expert
Thomas Auer is Professor for Building Technology and Climate-Friendly Construction at TU Munich. In research and teaching, he addresses holistic building optimisation, considering future developments in relation to the European Union’s sustainability goals. The focus is on energy efficiency and its impact on the built environment, particularly in the scaling of buildings (form, materiality, technology) as well as in the scaling of districts or cities (urban form, infrastructure, etc.).
Presentation and discussion
Roadmap for the decarbonization of the university
Our Experts
Andreas Wanke worked as a political scientist at the Environmental Policy Research Centre (Forschungszentrum für Umweltpolitik) at Freie Universität Berlin from 1990 to 2001. Since 2001, he has served as coordinator for energy and environmental management at the university. Since 2015, he has been head of the Sustainability and Energy Management Unit, which manages and implements the university´s commitment to sustainability in research, teaching, and on campus. The unit is assigned directly to the Executive Board of FU Berlin.
Talk and discussion
Freie Universität Berlin on the way towards climate neutrality: experiences and strategic options
Our Experts
Monika Egerer is a professor of Urban Productive Ecosystems at the Technical University of Munich. She is the project leader of the research project “Bienen, Bestäubung und Bürgerwissenschaft", associate editor of the Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems specialty section "Urban Agriculture“, and passionate about establishing more action around biodiversity conservation and sustainable food systems in cities and society at large.
Ferdinand Ludwig is a professor for Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture at Technical University of Munich TUM since 2017. He is an interdisciplinary researcher and designer in the field of living architecture, leading Research Group Baubotanik at TUM.
Talk & discussion
Greening the city: ecology, design, and participation
Our Experts
Tobias Michl is a Sustainability Officer and Head of the Sustainability Office at TU Munich. In this role, he is responsible for coordinating, initiating, and networking sustainability activities at TUM.
Yasmin Djabarian is a programme manager at the Stifterverband and the Hochschulforum Digitalisierung. Her work focuses on aspects of digitally supported teaching, student participation, and innovation processes at universities. She is a member of the coordinator team for university teaching and the contact person for the student Zukunfts-AG DigitalChangeMaker.
Stefan Ramesohl is co-head of the Digital Transformation and Circular Economy research unit at the Wuppertal Institute. Together with Kerstin Fritzsche, he also heads CO:DINA, an interdisciplinary network that aims to put digital transformation at the service of socio-ecological change. His research focuses on exploring the opportunities and challenges of digitalization for socio-ecological and industrial transformation processes, as well as the design and governance of sustainable digitalization through innovation management.
Roundtable discussion
What does a digital AND sustainable future of universities look like?