Global Sustainability and the Responsibilities of Universities

Luc E. Weber and James J. Duderstadt (eds)

Economica, Glion colloquium Series No 7, London, Paris and Geneva.

The VIII Glion Colloquium was held in June 2011 to consider the roles that could be played by the world's research universities in addressing the various challenges of global sustainability in the broadest sense, e.g., climate, environmental, economic, health, poverty and geopolitical. Of particular interest was the degree to which the imperatives of global sustainability were driving change in higher education around the world. This included considerations not only of how research universities were adapting to the imperatives of global sustainability (e.g., social diversity, resource management, academic programs, research and scholarship), but also how they could develop new curricula, student experiences, research paradigms, social engagement and international alliances to better address the challenges of global sustainability, while producing globally identified citizens. The Colloquium also considered longer-term possibilities that might pose even greater threats to global sustainability and how universities could prepare their graduates for such eventualities

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  • Published 2012, London, Paris & Geneva
  • Economica, 283 pp, $60
  • Glion Colloquium Series #7

  • ISBN 978-2-7178-6113-6

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    EUROPE
    • Prof. Patrick AEBISCHER, President, Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne
    • Prof. Alain BERETZ, President, University of Strasbourg
    • Prof. Thomas BIERSTECKER, Graduate Institute of International Studies and Development, Geneva
    • Prof. Ralf EICHLER, President, Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
    • Prof. Bernd HUBER, President, Ludwig- Maximilians-Universität, Munich; president LERU
    • Prof. Pascal MORAND, Dean, ESCP, Paris
    • Prof. Maria Helena NAZARE, President elect European University Association (EUA)
    • Prof. Howard NEWBY, Vice-Chancellor, University of Liverpool
    • Prof. Luc WEBER, Rector emeritus, University of Geneva
    • Prof. Georg WINCKLER, Rector, University of Vienna, past president European University Association (EUA)
    OBSERVERS AND GUESTS
    • Dr. Michel BENARD, University-industry relations, Google Europe
    • Prof. Yves FLUECKIGER, Vice-Rector, Uni. of Geneva
    • Prof. Jean PAVLEVSKI, Founder and CEO Economica publishing Co.
    • Prof. Jean-Marc RAPP, President European University Association (EUA)
    • Dr. Fritz SCHIESSER, President, Board Federal Institute of Technology
    NORTH AMERICA
    • Prof. Jared COHON, President, Carnegie Mellon
    • Prof. J. Jim DUDERSTADT, President Emeritus, University of Michigan
    • Dr. Roberta JOHNSON-Killeen, Executive Director, National Earth Science Teachers Association
    • Prof. Linda KATEHI, Chancellor, UC-Davis
    • Dr. Timothy KILLEEN, Associate Director for Geosciences, National Science Foundation
    • Prof. Heather MUNROE-BLUM, Principal, McGill, Montreal
    • Prof. Rafael RANGEL, Chancelor, Tecnologico de Monterrey System
    • Prof. Charles M. VEST, President National Academy of Engineering, President Emeritus MIT
    ASIA-OCEANIA
    • Prof. M. S. ANANTH, President, IIT Madras, India
    • Prof. John NILAND, President Emeritus, University of New South Wales, Australia
    INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
    • Prof. Yuko HARAYAMA, Deputy director, Directorate for Science, technology and industry, OECD
    • Dr. Anne-Marie LEROY, Senior Vice-President and General Counsel, The World Bank Group