University of Freiburg hosts Sustainable Development Goals University Day
Taking as its theme “How can global partnerships be shaped in a decolonial way in higher education?” this year’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) University Day of the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 16that the University of Freiburg. The event is being organised by the Africa Centre for Transregional Research in cooperation with the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute. The Baden-Württemberg Minister of Science, Petra Olschowski, will give a keynote speech on the decolonialisation of partnerships in higher education. The Mayor of Freiburg, Martin Horn, will give a welcome address on behalf of the city.
The rector of the University of Freiburg, Prof. Dr. Kerstin Krieglstein, will give a lecture on the role of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the University of Freiburg. A panel discussion, flash talks, various workshops and a closing discussion will examine the theme of this year’s SDG University Day in depth,
with the participation of among others:
Dr. Grace Diabah, co-director Ghana at the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa, University of Ghana
Prof. Dr. Melinda Madew, Evangelische Hochschule Ludwigsburg
Dr. Dorothea Rüland, Secretary General of the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study, formerly Secretary General of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Prof. Dr. Daniela Kleinschmit, Vice-President for Internationalisation and Sustainability, University of Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Rosa Lehmann, University of Heidelberg
Dr. Déogratias Maruhukiro, Burundi Initiative of the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, University of Freiburg
Assunta Muthoni, Master’s degree student at the University of Stuttgart
Sandra Ángel Moreno, Master’s degree student at the University of Freiburg
What: Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) University Day of the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg
When: 16 June 2023, 10.00 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Where: University of Freiburg Aula, Kollegiengebäude I, Platz der Universität 3, 79098 Freiburg
The event is primarily aimed at all university members of any level from throughout Baden-Württemberg.