We are happy to pronounce our 5th International Sustainability Workshop focuses on Building Global Partnerships for Sustainable Development (SDG no. 17).

SDG 17 aims to “strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development”, however, what does that mean for a university and its researchers in practice? How can global partnerships be built up in order to address SDGs? Together with the International Office, we will discuss the concept of
“Global Responsibility”. The International Office is building up university cooperation around the world, e.g. Myanmar, Afghanistan, Morocco, Egypt or Nigeria. Join our discussion on how global partnerships can help to achieve the Sustainability Development Goals.

When: 29th of October from 1 pm - 3 pm (CEST)

Where: The workshop will be hosted via ZOOM

Why should I participate: Take the chance to actively get engaged by listening, discussing and building up a mindset for cooperation to achieve a more sustainable world.

Science education deals with processes related to the natural and physical world and thus is crucial to shape a modern sustainable society. The engagement of impactful but greener and affordable scientific experiments in early-stage education such in schools or undergraduate studies lay the foundation for an early development of awareness for sustainability.The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) Germany Chapter and the Materials Research Society (MRS) International Chapter at the University of Cologne have the great pleasure to invite you to the “4^th International Sustainability Workshop focuses on Sustainability in Science Education. We bring together students, professors, and researchers, who are actively contributing to science education . 

When: 30^th of July from 3 pm - 5 pm (CEST)

Where: The workshop will be hosted via  ZOOM

Why should I participate: Take the chance to actively get engaged by listening and discussing changes in the education of the next generation.

Have you ever asked yourself if and how your professional career is affected by your gender? Besides nutritious talks, questions like ‘How can we come together to take action?‘ and others will be part of our next workshop. The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) Germany Chapter and the Materials Research Society (MRS) International Chapter at the University of Cologne have the great pleasure to invite you to the “3^rd International Sustainability Workshop focuses on Gender Equality”. Women from different areas will share their experiences and give an insight into Women in Science.

When: 5^th of March from 1 pm - 3 pm (CET)

Where: The workshop will be hosted via  ZOOM

Why should I participate: Take the chance to actively get involved into this timely interesting topic. Hear, discuss and change.

The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) Germany Chapter and the Materials Research Society (MRS) International Chapter at the University of Cologne have the great pleasure to invite you to the “2^nd International Online Workshop on Sustainable Work Environment", which aims to learn and realise sustainability in laboratory.

When: 3^rd November 2020 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm CET.
Where: The workshop will be held via ZOOM.
Why should I participate: To experience an interactive discussion and training session that will enable you to champion the UNSDGs!
How: Please register here or find more information on https://sustainability.uni-koeln.de.

The participation to the workshop is free. Due to the limited number of participants, we will register you on first come - first served basis.

Invited Speakers:
Christina Greever (My Green Lab)
Dr. Stephanie Bölts (EUniWell)

While providing a discussion platform among international students and researchers, the workshop is designed to move from subject awareness and understanding towards critical evaluations of current research topics to the final implementation into research activities of participants.

Interested in learning more on sustainability?

The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) Germany Chapter and the Materials Research Society (MRS) International Chapter at the University of Cologne have the great pleasure to invite you to an International Online Workshop on "Sustainable Growth through Scientific Collaboration", which aims to discuss the importance of sustainability in scientific research and their impact on the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG).

The aim of this two-hour workshop is to raise the general awareness of the nexus between materials, materials research, and sustainable laboratory practices to support the UNSDG.

Outline

02:00 pm Introduction (Prof. Dr. Dr. (h.c.) Sanjay Mathur)
02:10 pm Ceramics Chapter (René Weißing)
02:20 pm MRS University Chapter (David Graf)
02:30 pm The Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs (Dr. Isabel Gessner)
02:40 pm Sustainable Education and Networking (Dr. Aida Raauf)
02:50 pm Sustainability in Industry (Anna Schmidt-Verma)
03:00 pm Open discussion round (Dr. Thomas Fischer)
03:30 pm estimated end of the workshop

Why should I participate: To experience an interactive discussion and training session that will enable you to champion the UNSDGs!
When: The workshop will be held via zoom on 28th September from 2:00 to 4:00 pm CET (9:00 to 11:00 pm JST; 8:00 to 10:00 pm CST; 5:00 to 7:00 am PT; 8:00 to 10:00 am ET).
Who should participate: Scientists interested in learning and implementing sustainable laboratory practices.