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The set-up of suitable infra-structures which may support efforts to
integrate sustainability initiatives within higher education
institutions, usually called “Green Offices” has proven to be a sound
procedure. See for instance:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652619318098.
No matter how they are formally called (Green Offices, Offices of
Sustainability or Office of Sustainability Services), they provide an
invaluable assistance towards ensuring that matters related to
sustainable development at universities are not only pursued
systematically, but also in a continuous way. But even though Green
Offices are important tools to better integrate sustainability as part
of university operations, there is a paucity of specialist events where
their activities may be discussed in an integrated way.
Based on this need, the World Symposium on Green Offices (WSGO 2022) is
being organised by the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and
Manchester Metropolitan University, under the auspicies of the
European School of Sustainability Science and Research
https://esssr.eu/, and the Inter-University Sustainable Development
Research Programme https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-nk/programmes/iusdrp/.
The World Symposium on Green Offices (WSGO) will be held as an online
event from 09.00 to 16.00 on Wednesday, 7th December 2022. This will
take place in parallel to the “World Sustainable Development Teach-In
Day” 2022.
The event will run from 10:00 to 16:00 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)
https://time.is/UTC. In order to cater for the participation of
delegates from the various geographical regions, and time zones, the
first set of presentations will be made by colleagues working in the
Asia and Pacific Region, then Africa and Middle East, followed by
Europe and, finally, the Americas.
Expressions of interest to contribute to the event, initially consisting
of a 300 words abstract describing the planned paper and with the full
contact details of the authors, may be submitted to the IUSDRP team at:
<SDG-Publications@haw-hamburg.de>.
The deadlines are as follows:
Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 30th April 2022
Deadline for the submissions of papers: 30th September 2022
Accepted papers will be published in the book “Supporting the
Integration of Sustainability Initiatives in Higher Education: the role
of Green Offices”. The book will be published as part of the “World
Sustainable Development Series” https://www.springer.com/series/13384
with Springer which, with 34 books published to date and with
contributions from over 800 authors from 60 countries, is the world´s
leading peer-reviewed book series on sustainable development. Further
details will be shared with the authors of the accepted contributions.
Rgds,
The Organising Team