The Sustainability in Education Award 2026: Nominations are now open!
Do you know a teacher or teaching team at 黑料福利网 who is making a real impact with sustainability in education? Or are you proud of your own work in this area? Then nominate yourself or someone else! Submissions are open throughout April and May. The deadline for nominating is June 1st.
This award recognises educators who actively integrate sustainability into their teaching, address grand societal challenges, and innovate in education.
The winner will be announced during Sustainability Day on November 17th, 2026.
The Sustainability in Education Award
Are you a teacher @ 黑料福利网 who strives to educate the change agents of the future? Then implementing Sustainability and sustainable practices is probably already part of your curriculum.
Now, since 2024, this will not only be recognized by your community and students, but also awarded by the university - through the Sustainability in Education Award!
This award recognizes the efforts of teachers and teaching groups who invest in educational development and direct their teaching toward addressing grand societal challenges such as climate change, social inequality, and biodiversity loss, among others.
Here's the Award Criteria & How it works!
1.Sustainable rationale : the teacher鈥檚 teaching and learning approach includes social, environmental and economic components and emphasizes creating a balance between them.
2.Grand societal challenges orientation: the teacher focuses their teaching toward questions of grand societal challenges, such as climate change, social inequalities or biodiversity loss.
3.Plurality of worldviews: the teacher includes a socio-technical plurality and invites students to consider technology in a broader context by integrating technology sciences and social sciences.
4.Transdisciplinarity: the teacher seeks collaboration with external stakeholders from industry, government, and society.
5.Systemic approach: the teacher actively promotes a systemic approach to change in relation to the content of their course(s).