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Books by Michael Ambros

Starting with the results of a needs analysis, we initiated a multi-stakeholder process with five... more Starting with the results of a needs analysis, we initiated a multi-stakeholder process with five workshops in three European countries to develop modules for a joint European master program on Sustainability-driven Entrepreneurship. This process was supported by literature reviews concerning relevant content fields and adequate teaching and learning approaches. The master program will be explicitly competence-, not only knowledge-oriented. Therefore, we were looking for teaching and learning methods that foster sustainability and entrepreneurial competencies like anticipatory thinking, creativity, opportunity-detection, strategic action competence and interpersonal, communication skills. As entrepreneurs, students will address complex real-world sustainability problems within a business setting. The results are now published in this report that outlines the master program concerning content, methods and a possible course structure.

The summary represents the main outputs of the needs analysis, conducted within the Erasmus+ Know... more The summary represents the main outputs of the needs analysis, conducted within the Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliance Competencies for a sustainable socio-economic development (CASE). CASE has the aim to develop innovative ways of teaching, learning and research for tackling the recent challenges of a sustainable socio-economic development.

Conference Presentations by Michael Ambros

A new joint Master’s programme on sustainability-driven entrepreneurship has been developed in a ... more A new joint Master’s programme on sustainability-driven entrepreneurship has been developed in a 3-years transdisciplinary collaboration setting where ten universities and business partners from five European countries have formed an intercultural knowledge alliance, financed by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme. The Master’s programme has been created in qualitative research loops, using interviews, focus groups and questionnaires as well as learning pilots in which different parts of the Master’s programme were tested in a variety of collaboration formats (workshops, seminars, excursions etc.). Using transformative pedagogy (including service-learning, project-based learning, research-based learning), the aim of the Master’s programme is to develop sustainability competencies that enable learners to become sustainable entrepreneurs and to contribute to sustainable socioeconomic transformation.
A draft of the Master’s curriculum will be presented in this roundtable, followed by an interactive dialogue on the basis of some guiding questions:
- What is needed for implementing such a Master’s programme at different universities and how can it be adapted to specific contexts?
- How can students be attracted to the programme?
- How can regional partners, especially enterprises, benefit from the programme and what are the co-operation possibilities?
- How can such a programme contribute to socioeconomic transformation?
Participation in the roundtable can be inspiring by discussions around
- How to organise partnerships at the science-society interface reaching out for meaningful cooperation between universities and practice partners;
- How to initiate and apply transformative learning spaces necessary to foster competencies for sustainability-driven entrepreneurship and socioeconomic transformation;
- How to facilitate transformative and action-oriented learning processes at the individual and collective level empowering people to shape and implement transformation practices.

Papers by Michael Ambros

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 2016

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 2016