{"id":6704,"date":"2018-04-03T17:30:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T15:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fr\/events\/making-a-difference-universities-as-living-labs-and-agents-of-change\/"},"modified":"2018-04-03T17:30:44","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T15:30:44","slug":"making-a-difference-universities-as-living-labs-and-agents-of-change","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fr\/events\/making-a-difference-universities-as-living-labs-and-agents-of-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a difference: Universities as living labs and agents of change"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\"><p>The social contract between universities and the society\u2019s they serve is changing. It used to be enough for universities to do research and educate students. Increasingly, however, we are being asked to engage tangibly and actively with the problems faced by the societies which fund us. I will explore the challenges and opportunities facing universities attempting to respond to this demand with regard to sustainability. Based on an agenda which moves beyond harm reduction to what we call regenerative sustainability (human activity that improves both human and environmental wellbeing), and using examples from UBC, Copenhagen Business School, Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Toronto, I will outline an agenda for transforming the campus into a living laboratory of sustainability, where faculty, staff and students, along with private, public and NGO sector partners, use the university\u2019s physical plant, as well education and research capabilities, to test, study, teach, apply and share lessons learned, technologies created and policies developed.<\/p><p><i><strong>John Robinson<\/strong> is a Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs, and the School of the Environment, at the University of Toronto; <\/i><i>an Honorary Professor with the Institute for Resources, Environment &#038; Sustainability at The University of British Columbia; and <\/i><i>an Adjunct Professor with the Copenhagen Business School. At the University of Toronto, he is also Presidential Advisor on the <\/i><i>Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability. Prof. Robinson\u2019s research focuses on the intersection of climate change mitigation, <\/i><i>adaptation and sustainability; the use of visualization, modeling, and citizen engagement to explore sustainable futures; sustainable <\/i><i>buildings and urban design; the role of the university in contributing to sustainability; creating partnerships for sustainability with <\/i><i>non-academic partners; and, generally, the intersection of sustainability, social and technological change, behaviour change, and<\/i><\/p><p><i>community engagement processes.<\/i><\/p><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6705,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_image_focal_point":[],"show_featured_caption":false,"ulux_newsletter_groups":"","uluxPostTitle":"","uluxPrePostTitle":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"event_start_date":"2018-04-17 17:30:00","event_end_date":"2018-04-17 19:00:00","event_speaker_name":"Dr. John B. 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