UZH Symposium - Posters

We are delighted to present a wide range of posters on the theme of sustainability from member Universities.

KU Campustown: Leveraging University Youth to Improve the Local Community - D'Arcy Drachenberg

1. KU Campustown: Leveraging University Youth to Improve the Local Community

KU partnered with the city of Seoul and the local administrative district to create a vibrant 'Campustown' community, aiming to revitalize and improve the social and material infrastructure around and adjacent to KU. Leveraging the vitality and energy of students, KU Campustown has facilitated positive interactions with the local community and stimulated the economy around KU.

Prize Winner.

Birmingham In Action: The University of Birmingham's New Fundraising and Volunteering Campaign - Joseph McDowell, Katie Powell, Becky Thornton

2. Birmingham In Action: The University of Birmingham's New Fundraising and Volunteering Campaign

Birmingham in Action is addressing five key global challenges. The campaign aims to transform lives for our generation and the next raising £400 million and securing one million hours of volunteering by 2025 from students, alumni, staff, and charitable funders.

First Nationwide Street Count of Homelessness in Singapore - Ng Kok-Hoe

3. First Nationwide Street Count of Homelessness in Singapore

Singapore's first nationwide street count of homelessness prompted a national conversation and mobilized a broad base of support from government agencies, NGOs, and the public.

Curious about Science? Story of Science and Sustainability - Science Lab UZH - Morana Mihaljević

4. Curious about Science? Story of Science and Sustainability - Science Lab UZH

Getting young people (potential future students) interested in science is challenging. Science Lab UZH is an initiative to foster interest in natural sciences in young people.

Birmingham Business School: Working for a Responsible Future Caroline Moraes

5. Birmingham Business School: Working for a Responsible Future

Birmingham Business School has developed and cultivated a Responsible Business (RB) strategy, including its vision to promote curiosity and thought leadership for responsible business, and a commitment to the UN's Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).

Policy Innovation Lab - Francesco Mancini

6. Policy Innovation Lab

The LKY's Policy Innovation Lab provides a creative space to support students developing concrete solutions that are data-driven, new technology-oriented, and user-centered to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

A Civic Engagement Module: Implementing Sustainable Development Julian Paenke

7. A Civic Engagement Module: Implementing Sustainable Development

The enquiry and practice-based learning module "Civic Engagement" is exploring how the UN's SDGs filter down from a global level of decision making into actual policy making. Prize Winner.

On Making University Workspace Clean, Efficient, and Safe Using 5S Technique - Kapil Gupta, Valentine Khumalo, Madindwa Mashinini

8. On Making University Workspace Clean, Efficient, and Safe Using 5S Technique

Towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, by using the Japanese technique '5S' to make university's workplace clean, efficient, and safe for all stakeholders and visitors. People's Choice Winner.

A Dear, Green Place: Towards a Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan for the University of Glasgow - David Duncan, Daniel Haydon

9. A Dear, Green Place: Towards a Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan for the University of Glasgow

The UofG launched a climate change strategy for widespread consultation. With overwhelming support from staff and students, UofG set out plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2035.

Warwick Solar Farm - Supporting The University of Queensland to Offset its Energy Needs - Jessica Gallagher

10. Warwick Solar Farm - Supporting The University of Queensland to Offset its Energy Needs

UQ is committed to sustainability leadership and will become the first university in the world to generate 100% of its electricity from its own renewable energy asset: the Warwick Solar Farm. Prize Winner.

11. The Tyseley Energy Park

This park is designed to provide integrated solutions for the city that connect resource/waste streams to the production of energy and low emissions and low carbon transport fuels. The aim is to develop an energy system which exploits waste streams to generate energy and fuels. Prize Winner.

Empowering Students to Promote Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions: Sustainability Week Switzerland - Marie-Claire Graf, Philipp Markus, Dario Siegen

12. Empowering Students to Promote Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions: Sustainability Week Switzerland

Sustainability Week Switzerland is committed to bringing sustainability into all aspects of Swiss higher education institutions and support them to become sustainability role models for Swiss society overall. Prize Winner.

Broadening the Boundaries of Climate Action: A Case Study on University Food Culture - Allison Tjaden, Sally DeLeon, Lee-Ellen Myles

13. Broadening the Boundaries of Climate Action: A Case Study on University Food Culture

The University of Maryland reaches beyond traditional strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from campus operations by transforming the campus food system.

Creating an Age Friendly University - Nancy A. Pachana

14. Creating an Age Friendly University

UQ is committed to the 10 Age Friendly University principles and embarked upon an ambitious journey to become the first Age Friendly University in the Southern Hemisphere. Prize Winner.

Let Students Lead: Getting Sustainability Projects Moving on a Busy Campus - Sara Petchey

15. Let Students Lead: Getting Sustainability Projects Moving on a Busy Campus

The Sustainability Committee of UZH's Faculty of Science launched a new approach to envisioning and enacting campus projects. In the first two cycles, the development of a guided nature trail on campus, a student garden, and a campus clean up day were funded and facilitated.

Creating a Sustainable Academic Library in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution - Maria Frahm-Arp

16. Creating a Sustainable Academic Library in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The UJ library is re-imagining the role of the library in three goals; all staff are involved and skilled for future fit jobs, all library operations are economically sustainable and the impact of the library is environmentally sustainable.

From World-Leading Research to Operational Excellence, our Holistic Approach to a Sustainable Fleet - Monica Guise

17. From World-Leading Research to Operational Excellence, our Holistic Approach to a Sustainable Fleet

A world leader in fuel cell research, the University of Birmingham has developed one of the most sustainable vehicle fleets in the UK.

Sustainable Laboratories Program and RICS SKA: Gold Accreditation at University of Birmingham - Daniel Smith, Lydia Dutton

18. Sustainable Laboratories Program and RICS SKA: Gold Accreditation at University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham has sought to reduce the impact of laboratories (labs) through a Sustainable Labs initiative, RICS SKA certification for refurbishment underpinned by Campus and Lab performance analysis. As a result, the University has saved over £40,000 p.a. and avoided over 450 tonnes of CO2 emissions. Prize Winner.

Triple E ratings: Restoring Confidence in Sustainable Finance - Simone Quatrini

19. Triple E ratings: Restoring Confidence in Sustainable Finance

As part of a joint research project between UZH and ETH Zurich, a new generation of sustainability ratings based on a novel impact assessment model will be developed.

Using Technology to Teach Students across the U21 Network about the Global Problem of Gender Based Violence Caroline Bradbury-Jones

20. Using Technology to Teach Students across the U21 Network about the Global Problem of Gender Based Violence

The aim of this U21 project was to develop an empirically based, interdisciplinary online resource for healthcare students to prepare them to deal with gender-based violence (GBV). Prize Winner.

Global Bioeconomy Alliance - Leading Research and Education for a Worldwide Bioeconomy - Gary Schenk, Ben Hankamer, Damian Hine, Peta Ashworth, Ian Godwin, Volker Siebe

21. Global Bioeconomy Alliance - Leading Research and Education for a Worldwide Bioeconomy

In partnership with the Technical University of Munich and Sao Paulo State University, UQ formed the Global Bioeconomy Alliance to exchange experiences, discuss the major topics of a biobased industry in research and education and develop joint initiatives to promote Bioeconomy.

Knowledge for Climate: an international Network for Climate Change Adaptation, Research, and Education - Nadia Castro, Veruska Muccione, Christian Hugel

22. Knowledge for Climate: an international Network for Climate Change Adaptation, Research, and Education

Coordinated by UZH, a network of ten research institutions from Latin America, South Asia, and Switzerland engages in innovative research and education in the field of CCA and has adopted a joint knowledge production approach.

Tackling Water Challenges in a Changing World to Provide Clean and Safe Water - Stefan Krause

23. Tackling Water Challenges in a Changing World to Provide Clean and Safe Water

To improve the preparedness and resilience to water challenges such as drought, flood, and pollution interdisciplinary research collaborations investigate water resource conflicts in large Asian river estuaries with their megacities and coastal communities, involving livelihoods and long-term ecological and economic value of crucial coastal ecosystems.

Living in a Plastic World – Understanding the Environmental Fate of Plastics to Direct Solutions to the Global Plastic Pollution Problem - Stefan Krause

24. Living in a Plastic World – Understanding the Environmental Fate of Plastics to Direct Solutions to the Global Plastic Pollution Problem

Developing an interdisciplinary platform across the science-humanities interface that integrates expertise across the environmental, chemical, social and medical sciences, engineering, business, law and governance.

Biodiversity and Sustainability - Owen Petchey

25. Biodiversity and Sustainability

UZH’s Global Change and Biodiversity University Research Priority Program covers questions around the role biodiversity plays in sustainability and in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals and has contributed to answering them.

Impact of Drought and Desertification on the Livelihood and Health of the Wayúu Indigenous People of La Guajira, Colombia - Douglas Fernandes Gomes DaSilva, Isabelle Schluep, Marcus Hall

26. Impact of Drought and Desertification on the Livelihood and Health of the Wayúu Indigenous People of La Guajira, Colombia

It is well acknowledged that indigenous groups suffer from high rates of poverty due to isolation or marginalization, low levels of education and high rates of disease. This research focuses on the Wayúu people living in La Guajira, Colombia.

27. A Systems Approach to Air Pollution (ASAP) in East Africa

The ASAP program brings together UK and East African researchers in air pollution, engineering, urban planning, economic geography, public health, social sciences and development studies to provide a framework for improved air quality management in East African cities.

A Case Study on Successful Inter-Disciplinary Cross-Faculty Collaboration for the Development and Initial Launch of Environmentally Sustainable Fuel Cell Vehicle - Eric Shiu

28. A Case Study on Successful Inter-Disciplinary Cross-Faculty Collaboration for the Development and Initial Launch of Environmentally Sustainable Fuel Cell Vehicles

A successful integration of knowledge an expertise at the University of Birmingham: Marketing and innovation management experts helped chemical engineering experts identify how hydrogen fuel vehicles fit in the social and market needs.