UNITE! Sustainable Mobility Forum
Focus Area: Sustainable Cities and Water
About the Initiative
The UNITE! Sustainable Mobility Forum brings together the collective expertise of five leading universities. Funded by the Unite! Seed Fund for Teaching and Learning, the project focuses on Sustainable Cities and Water, one of Unite!'s core focus areas.
Key Highlights
- Funding: €20,000 (€4,000 per university)
- Collaboration: 5 leading European universities in the UNITE! alliance (TU Darmstadt, UPC, PoliTO, KTH, and ULisboa)
- Target Audience: 120 Unite! and EIT Master students
- Credit Allocation: 12 ECTS for participating students
Description
Collaborating among five UNITE! Universities, we aim to create a new online exchange module, for about 120 Unite! and EIT Master students called the “UNITE! Sustainable Mobility Forum.” Unite! professors will stimulate a year-round debate about mobility for sustainable and climate-resilient cities, which is one of the Unite! focus areas. Our aim is to cultivate the diverse expertise among Unite! professors of our alliance but also enrich that knowledge through industry representatives and policymakers from the Unite! ecosystem. We aim to ensure an intercultural, international, and interdisciplinary educational value for our students, but also extend the debate to the European public as the transport sector is a key contributor to climate change that we must bring to carbon neutrality as quickly as possible. With 12 ECTS, the new exchange module prepares students to enter the dynamic labour market, providing European and interdisciplinary skills of critical inquiry and innovation.