THE ISSUE OF SUSTAINABILITY IN CHINA AND EUROPE

Date:    January 10, 2014, 13:00 – 15:00
Venue:  Klaus-Murmann-Auditorium, Leibnizstrasse 1

For the first time, this event brought together Chinese and European approaches to sustainability. The three lectures were followed by a panel discussion, focusing in particular on the joint interests of China and Europe, their differences and the reasons for these, how integrated research projects can contribute to a realisation of sustainability strategies, and what we can learn from each other.

Introductory remarks: Prof. Dr. Angelika Messner, Head of Kiel's China Centre

Welcome note: Prof. Dr. Birgit Friedl, Vice President Kiel University

Prof. Dr. Martin Visbeck, Speaker of the Cluster of Excellence „Future Ocean“, Kiel

Dr. Eva Sternfeld, Head of the Center for Cultural Studies on Science and Technology in China, Technical University Berlin

Jan Felix Köbbing, Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald

The event was well attended.

The lectures were followed by a panel discussion.

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