GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION -
Practices in Partnership and Daily Activities
September 15-17, 2010
University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, Finland
Forum organized by the University of Eastern Finland and the Savonia University of Applied Sciences
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The University of Eastern Finland and the Savonia University of Applied Sciences are pleased to invite you to attend the Forum on Global Responsibility in Research and Education, which will take place on September 15-17, 2010 at the Kuopio Campus of the University of Eastern Finland. The Forum activities will be videoconferenced to the Joensuu and Savonlinna Campuses of the University of Eastern Finland and to the Iisalmi and Varkaus Campuses of the Savonia University of Applied Sciences. On a separate agreement, the Forum activities may also be videoconferenced to other organizations.
Education and especially research-based higher education are important ways towards better practices for making this globe more sustainable and spreading the idea of global responsibility. Through the keynote presentations, parallel sessions and poster presentations, academics from different scientific fields will have the opportunity to discuss the dimensions and underpinnings of sustainable development and global responsibility in environmental, economic and socio-cultural aspects.
The aims and objectives of the Forum are:
- to bring together scientists, scholars, teachers, students and pupils who are interested in global responsibility, internationalization and sustainable development,
- to help them better promote sustainable development in scientific research and higher education
- to support the capacity building of higher education partners in the developing world (Eastern Finland universities and their partner higher education actors especially in Africa)
- to build networks
- to disseminate information and best practices and to produce sustainable development and global responsibility material for web sites
- to increase the participation of staff and students, and to promote the empowerment of citizens
- to increase mutual understanding and awareness of multiculturalism.
The Forum language is English, on Friday both English and Finnish.
Participation in the Forum is free of charge.