Leuphana Conference Week
27th of February until 2nd of March 2017
How could a fair world look like? Nearly 1500 students, the whole first semester at Leuphana University, started investigating in october 2016 in this research field. From the 27th of February until the 2nd of March they present their results on the Leuphana Conference Week to their fellow students – as well as to the whole city of Lüneburg.
English-Speaking Program - Conference Week 2017
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
| 08:30-12:00am | Projektgruppen Session 1 (Joanna Chojnicka, Norman Laws, Anne Barron) Representation of Climate Change in UK media | Indigenous tourism - (post-) colonial tourism? | "Greenwashing on American print media" | Alternative living concepts in the context of sustainable development | Influence of the “Fukushima-disaster” on newspapers representing nuclear power plants | Wangari Maathai and the Greenbelt Movement | C9.102 |
| 09:00-12:00am | Projektgruppen Session 4 (Senan Gardiner, Paul Upham) Usage of one-way plastic bottles among Leuphana students | Would it be sustainable to create new housing space, in order to reduce emissions caused by commuting? | Why is hosting Olympic Games nowadays unpopular in Germany? – To what extent can sustainability contribute to strengthen the approval of future Olympic Games by the German citizens? | An investigation of place attachment and connections to sustainability | C14.102b |
| 09:00-12:00am | Projektgruppen Session 15 (Beatriz Amanda Watts, Michael Palocz-Andresen) Biofuels - powering our future? | Sustainable Development Goal No. 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. How can prisons contribute to society´s sustainable development? Analysis of JVA Uelzen, French prisons and European guideline Rec(2006)2.C | Biogas - How your banana peel can change the world. Imagine how much of this energy can be created with the Mensa leftovers every day. | The DESY Institute - Sustainability through science? | The potential of the bicycle in Mexico-City for enhancing sustainable development | C12.105 |
| 01:00-03:00pm | Projektgruppen Session 19(Laurie Cohen, Josef Berghold) Case study on the right-wing Identitarian Movement | "Just another hoax"? - reasons for climate change denial | C12.105 |
| 03:30-05:30pm | Seminarplenum 8: Common responsibility - shared burden or Who is the change? | C14.006 |
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 01
| 10:00-12:00am | Projektgruppen Session 38 (Senan Gardiner, Paul Upham) Sustainable Fashion - “What are the current reasons of Leuphana students to buy sustainable fashion?” | An estimate of PV area and wind turbine numbers required to power electric vehicles on campus | Sustainable use of energy for airport development: evidence from Frankfurt Airport case study | C14.102b |
| 01:00-03:00pm | Projektgruppen Session 41 (Laurie Cohen, Josef Berghold) Tupac, BLM and why it matters | How mindfulness and compassion training can lead to a sufficient lifestyle | C12.105 |
THURSDAY, MARCH 02
| 10:00-12:00am | Seminarplenum 31: Compassion, Motivation and Activism for Social and Ecological Justice | C14.027 |
| 10:00-12:00am | Seminarplenum 32: Sustainability, energy and complexity | C12.105 |
| 10:00-12:00am | Seminarplenum 34: Present and future of Biomass sustainability | C3.120 |
| 10:00-12:00am | Seminarplenum 35: Climate Change after COP 21 | C12.101a |
| 01:00-02:30pm | Arena: Leverage Points for Sustainability Transformations | HS 5 |
| 01:00-02:45pm | Seminarplenum 42: Sustainability: Variation in conceptualizations and representations | C12.108 |
Any questions about the english-speaking program? Please contact:
Svea Blieffert
Raum: C11.203
Fon 04131.677-1333
svea.blieffert@leuphana.de
09.03.2017
Team Konferenzwoche