KLIMA-N

Universities play a key role in the social transformation process as places where future decision-makers are trained and as (discourse) spaces that can serve as a field of experimentation for sustainability. Against this background, a cooperation of four Thuringian universities as part of the research project KLIMA-N will bundle the respective competences of the universities, make them mutually available in the network and further develop them based on a division of labour.

In the KLIMA-N: Network for Greater Sustainability in Thuringia. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), the pilot projects carried out at each of the four locations will be publicised to the other participants and adapted to the respective universities so that the results achieved can have an impact across universities through the network. The respective projects are not limited to the universities, but integrate stakeholders from administration, business and civil society and thus develop social impact in the region and beyond. Teaching, research and transfer go hand in hand and aim to transform the participating universities and the region towards greater sustainability.
Institutionalisation steps and incentive mechanisms ensure that the transformation process is anchored in the respective universities in the long term - even beyond the funding period.