SHEs - Sustainable Horizon, an European Higher Education Institutions (HEI) Project, will contribute to an inclusive society, supporting researchers/academics deeply thinking, respecting nature, practical problem-solving professionals, adapting to new challenges. We are six young HEIs, open to innovation, located in small cities within EU periphery, from South Extreme (Faro-Pt, Huelva-Es), Central (Zlìn-Cz, Ludwigshafen-De), Eastern (Timisoara-Ro) to North (Lahti-Fi) carried out activities of co-production with relevant economic regional impact. The goals are to support the institutional change in especially the Widening Countries HEIs (Pt-UAlg, Ro-BUAS, Cz- UTB) to, within the network and with the best practices, define road maps to effectively implement inclusive approaches to open science policies, gender balance plans, sustainability reports, researcher’s societal links. Our sustainability research approach will be anchors on traditional sciences (environmental, socioeconomics) but with strong interdisciplinarity innovation, allowing Entrepreneurship and Employability to impact regional ecosystems. Using our HEIs geographic proximity, historic, cultural and linguistic links, we aim to use SHE as a model of institutional change in HEIs associated partners (eg. Africa, Asia & South America) offering Distance learning PhD supporting locally at global level, sustainability and a Healthy Ocean and Planet. The data generated during the project will potentially be used by academia, industry and society at large interested in carbon-free innovative methodologies for approaching and mitigating carbon footprints and achieving them without significant detrimental effects, fostering also sustainable water quality management, in blue growth and circular economy – regionally and globally.
- Name of organisation
- Universidade do Algarve
- Type of organisation
- Research and academia
- Type of action proposed
- Citizen engagement, citizens-science, youth-led initiatives, communities of practice, ocean and water literacy, outreach, awareness raising and participatory approaches
- The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
- Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversityPrevent and eliminate pollution of our ocean, seas and watersMake the sustainable blue economy carbon-neutral and circularOcean and waters knowledge systemPublic mobilisation and engagement
- List of Partners
UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE
UNIVERSIDAD DE HUELVA
UNIVERSITATEA DE STIINTELE VIETII REGELE MIHAI I DIN TIMISOARA
LAB-AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY
HOCHSCHULE FUR WIRTSCHAFT UND GESELLSCHAFT LUDWIGSHAFEN
UNIVERZITA TOMASE BATI VE ZLINE
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 150000
- Basin coverage
- Cross-basin
- Website link
- VRATEODOSIO@UALG.PT
- Country
- AngolaChileMozambique
- Other country
- European Union, Sao Tome and Principe