Educa­tion4Change - Impulses for sustainable higher education in 2026

How can students be empowered to question critically, act with foresight and develop creative solutions for social and professional challenges?

The new short input series Education4Change offers the opportunity to exchange ideas with interested parties from various Saxon universities on innovative approaches to sustainable higher education.

Sustainable university teaching means more than just imparting knowledge: It enables students to question critically, think strategically, act with foresight and solve complex problems in an increasingly dynamic world characterized by global crises. This is exactly where Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HBNE) comes in - a learning concept that combines knowledge, values and problem-solving skills to strengthen sustainable and responsible action.

In one-hour digital lunch events, experts and practitioners from various disciplines will provide impulses and present good practice examples of how transformative teaching and learning formats can be designed and how university teaching prepares students to help shape a sustainable future. There will be room for discussion and questions.

The new short input series Education4Change offers the opportunity to exchange ideas with interested parties from various Saxon universities about innovative approaches to sustainable higher education.

The topics range from didactic approaches and transformative learning formats to institutional anchoring and specific teaching ideas. The format brings together people from different disciplines and provides them with new perspectives and concrete suggestions that they can use to anchor ESD sustainably in their teaching.

Online via Zoom: Participation link

Dates & topics

• 04.03.2026 I 13.00-14.00: Holistic implementation of sustainability in higher education - The ORANGE model as a path to systemic transformation, impulse generator: Prof. Dr. Julia Krause (HTW Dresden, Chair of International Industrial Sourcing and Sales)
• 20.04.2026 I 13.00-14.00: Global perspectives on spatial development. Presentation of a course concept including case-based learning,
  Keynote speaker: Dr. Neelakshi Joshi and Dr. Alejandro de Castro Mazarro (Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development e. V.)
• 30.04.2026 I 13.00-14.00: Digital storytelling in the context of sustainability, keynote speaker: Ariane Schneider (TUD, Chair of Geographic Education)