Project description
How universities are helping to build an inclusive society for all
The Sustainable Horizons alliance is a union of seven complementary universities that aims to contribute to an inclusive society by supporting researchers, academics and students and responding to societal challenges, in close relation with citizens, amongst other actions. The EU-funded Sustainable Horizons project will support the alliance. To that end, it will help higher education institutions define roadmaps to effectively implement inclusive approaches to open science policies, gender balance plans, sustainability agendas, career management and researchers' societal links. The project's sustainability research approach will anchor on traditional sciences contributing to the challenging new scientific field of sustainability. Ultimately, Sustainable Horizons aims to expand the alliance beyond European borders to have an effective impact on global changes.
Objective
Sustainable Horizon Alliance 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 complementary strength in sustainability scientific fields aiming at inclusive institutional transformation and providing a platform as preferential partners collaborating with surrounding ecosystems. The goals are to support the Alliance created in 2019 and in especially the Widening Countries HEIs (UAlg, BUAS 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, careers management, researcher’s societal links. Our sustainability research approach will be anchors on traditional sciences (environmental, socioeconomics) but with strong interdisciplinarity innovation based on Artificial Intelligence, allowing Entrepreneurship and Employability to impact regional ecosystems. The Alliance will rely on a creative governance model with a balanced top-down and bottom-up approach with the academic/researcher clusters (Science & Technology, Health, Socio-Economics), the leadership (Rectors& Directors), to an effective institutional change that will achieve balance between careers and life, to foster a variety of joint research projects based on excellence and trustful collaboration to allow International competitiveness. Using our HEIs geographic proximity, historic, cultural and linguistic links, we aim to project the Alliance outside Europe (eg. Africa & South America) offering Distance learning PhD supporting locally at global level sustainability and a Healthy Planet.
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8005 139 Faro
Portugal
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21071 Huelva
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300645 Timisoara
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53850 Lappeenranta
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67059 Ludwigshafen
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760 01 ZLIN
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Partners (16)
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0000 Moçamêdes, Namibe
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815 Luanda
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00200 Maputo
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Santiago
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68040 470 Santarem
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6000 ENCARNACION
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470004 Santa Marta
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546 SAO TOME
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N/A Bangui
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800001 Zaria
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47000 Ghardaia
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83523 QENA
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81000 Matara
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11001 Thimphu
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661 MALABO
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274 Mocamedes
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