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IDEA League Summer School 2021

Climate Change and University Campuses 

 

University campuses potentially may have a high impact on climate change mitigation, as they accommodate various high educated and skilled communities, who are well organised through students’ organisations, research and administrative bodies, and workers' unions, among others. There is an increasing number of attempts to develop university-wide strategic plans and actions to combat climate change. Yet, a limited number of initiatives have been taken to mobilise university communities as active agents to mitigate climate change. This summer school facilitates an online interactive platform, the Climate Combat Lab (CCLab), which brings together students and academics to exchange and develop ideas on developing, testing and disseminating climate change mitigation strategies and action plans for university campuses.

The programme aims to:

  • Identify the drivers of climate change on the university campuses

  • Identify a range of effective practices addressing climate change mitigation

  • Develop a climate change mitigation strategy operationalising a new participatory model for inclusive strategies and actions plans.

Format of the Summer School

Due to the worldwide restrictions concerning Covid-19, this summer school is organized in an online format. 

Expenses

There are no registration, tuition, and accommodation fees. This Summer School is held digitally; there are no travel expenses.

The themes of the summer school are, in turn, to draw attention to climate change, to learn about the strategies implemented, to adapt these strategies to IDEA and ASPIRE university campuses, and to create new solutions through the exchange of students' ideas. In the summer school organized for 3 days, and 5 workshops under each theme were designed. Maps, concept boards, and other materials produced at the end of each workshop can be shared via the digital platform and students can continue to discuss the topics in blog format.

Themes

Programme

Climate Change and University Campuses (25-27 August 2021)

This programme is scheduled according to the Central European Time (CET).

Speakers

In alphabetical order

 
 

Prof. Niklas von der Aßen

Junior Professor

Sustainable Life Cycles in Energy, Chemical and Process Engineering

RWTH Aachen University

Prof. Davis Bookhart

Head of HKUST Sustainability / University Sustainability Coordinator

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Prof. Andy van den Dobbelsteen 

Professor of Climate Design & Sustainability 
Department of Architectural Engineering + Technology

TU Delft

Prof. Ute Habel

RWTH Vice-Rector for International Affairs

RWTH Aachen University

Ms. Naomi Hoogervorst

Senior urban planner

UN-Habitat / Urban Lab / Kenya

Prof. Eugenio Morello

Associate Professor in Urban Design

Department of Architecture and Urban Studies

Politecnico di Milano

Prof. Aaron Praktiknjo 

Head of the Chair for Energy Systems Economics
RWTH Aachen University

Prof. Christa Reicher

Head of the Chair and Institute

Chair of Urban Design and Institute for Urban Design and European Urbanism

RWTH Aachen University

Dr. ir. Ceren Sezer

Research Associate, Speaker Research Cluster Campus Development 

Chair of Urban Design and Institute for Urban Design and European Urbanism

RWTH Aachen University

Ms. Christina Tang

Director of Blue Sky Energy Technology.

Lecture Videos

Workshop I. Governance by Prof Andy van den Dobbelsteen

Workshop III. Design by Prof Eugenio Morello

Workshop IV. Circularity by Prof Niklas von den Aßen 

Workshop V. Education by Prof Davis Bookhart

Welcome Speech by Prof Ute Habel

Keynote Speech by Ms Naomi Hoogervorst

Keynote Speech by Prof Christa Reicher

Combat in Numbers

Partner Universities

10+

University Professors

50+

Students Applied

150+

Participation

How to Apply?

This summer school takes place between August 25-27th 2021 on the CCLab online platform. 

Registration for the summer school is open until:

June 21st 2021.

This online summer school requires no registration, tuition, and accommodation fees.

Who can apply

 

Application is open to Master and Ph.D. Students of the member universities of the IDEA League Alliance http://idealeague.org

  • RWTH Aachen University;

  • Delft University of Technology;

  • ETH Zürich;

  • Politecnico di Milano;

  • Chalmers University of Technology.

This summer school is also open to students from the ASPIRE League (http://www.aspireleague.org) alliance.

  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology;

  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology;

  • Nanyang Technological University;

  • Tsinghua University;

  • Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Login to SiROP

 

In order to apply you need to log in to SiROP with your university account. When your email belongs to a partner university the affiliation is created automatically. For more information please visit IDEA League registration website. 

 
 
 
 

Organisation & Contact

Local Organisation

Energybirds e.V.

RWTH Aachen University Student Association

-name of students-

Uni.Urban.Mobil.

RWTH Aachen University Student Association

-name of students-

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Green TU

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) Student Association

-name of students-

Read More

Student Associations

RWTH Aachen University  Chair and Institute for Urban Design and European Urbanism

Prof. Christa Reicher, Director

Dr. ir. Ceren Sezer, Research Associate

Seher Ulusoy, Student Assistant

Caner Telli, Student Assistant

Supporting Team

Elina Krause, B.A, IDEA League Network Coordinator, RWTH Aachen International Office

Hanna Potulski, MSc, Research Associate, Chair and Institute of Urban Design and European Urbanism

Hannah Wilms, RWTH Aachen, Uni.Urban.Mobil.

Krongkwan Jearwattanakanok, RWTH Aachen, Uni.Urban.Mobil

Jiabo Zhang, RWTH Aachen, Energybirds

Ben Sydlik, RWTH Aachen, Energybirds

Niklas Weitzel, RWTH Aachen, Energybirds

Jan Priesmann, RWTH Aachen, Chair of Energy Systems Economics

Saraf Nawar, TU Delft, Green TU

Thomas Arblaster, TU Delft, Green TU

Marco Guerini, Politecnico di Milano, IDEA League Student representative

Participants & Outcomes

Workshop III. Design - Outcomes

Workshop II. Energy - Outcomes

Workshop IV. Circularity - Outcomes

Interactive Boards - Outcomes

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