Transfer & Development
International Master in Sustainable Development and Management (EU ALFA Programme)
- Duration: Aug 2005 – Aug 2007
- Target group: Academics
- Geographical coverage: international (Latin America, Europe)
- Intended use of results: Development of an International Master’s Programme Sustainable Development and Management; preparation for implementation at 9 European and Latin American Universities.
- Online resources that describe the project:
- Van Dam-Mieras, R. & Lansu, A. & Rieckmann, M. & Michelsen, G. (2008): Development of an Interdisciplinary, Intercultural Master’s Program on Sustainability: Learning from the Richness of Diversity. In: Innovative Higher Education 32 (5), 251-264
E-Learning Academic Network“ (ELAN)
Within this project a module “Introduction to Sustainability” has been designed, tested and evaluated.
- Duration: Apr 2007 – Dec 2008
- Target group: Academics and non-academic sector
- Geographical coverage: interregional (Lower Saxony)
- Intended use of results: Development of a transferable introductory module, also non-academic target groups like entrepreneurs, to be used for manifold blended learning contexts.
Virtual Campus for a Sustainable Europe (VCSE)
The VCSE Project comprises an innovative virtual campus of higher education institutions, which surpasses the gates of academia and invites relevant “societal actors” in a public dialogue on how “e-learning” may serve as a new, inter-disciplinary, trans-disciplinary and intercultural instrument in dealing with sustainable development on a European level.
- Duration: Feb 2007 – Jan 2009
- Target groups: undergraduate students, academia, other societal actors
- Geographical coverage: European


