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Dear Sir or Madam,

 

The Universiti Sains Malaysia and the Leuphana University of Lüneburg cordially invite you to participate in the 3rd International Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education, which will take place in Penang, Malaysia on 20-22 November 2009 (www.hesd09.org).

 

After five years of the UN Decade ‚Education for Sustainable Development’ this conference provides the opportunity to critically reflect on what has been achieved so far and which tasks and challenges remain to be addressed. Thus, it seems natural to take stock and consider achievements to date, as well as to identify tasks and challenges and to highlight promising strategies and solutions. The central question remains, what value does integrating questions of sustainability have for teaching and learning in higher education? Education for sustainable development can be an impulse for innovation to advance teaching and learning in higher education, at the same time it requires constant renewal in education for sustainable development itself to meet the manifold challenges.

 

The third international conference - hosted by the UNESCO Chair ‚Higher Education for Sustainable Development’ in cooperation with the Universiti Sains Malaysia - is asking for the specific implications for higher education, focusing on higher education practice, research and teaching/learning. Locating the regional focus of this year’s conference on the Asia-Pacific region will continue the international dimension of the conference and will highlight the intent of cross-cultural dialogue. At the same time, the conference links to the prior two conferences held in Lüneburg/Germany and San Luis Potosi/Mexico and continues the discussions among sustainability in higher education stakeholders.

 

In a 3-day program with lectures, workshops, poster presentations and round tables we will discuss the topic and present state of the art research. Three corresponding thematic lines focusing on impact, innovation and ways of mainstreaming HESD will guide the discussions.

 

We therefore invite all researchers and higher education institutions committed to integrating sustainability into their curricula to contribute to the conference by sharing their experiences and presenting research activities for Sustainable Development in Higher Education. More information on the Call for Papers, the conference program and the schedule can be found in the attached brochure and at www.hesd09.org.

 

 

We sincerely hope to have caught your interest. Looking forward to receiving your abstracts we remain with our best wishes. On behalf of the organizers,

 

 

Prof. Dr. Gerd Michelsen UNESCO Chair HESD, Head of the Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication, University of Lüneburg, Germany

Prof. Dr. Dzulkifli Abdul Razak Vice Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia

 

 

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