Transitioning to sustainable academic conferences needs more experimentation and reflection

Raven, Rob; Hadfield, Paris; Butler, Brianna; Eagleton, Jennifer; Giraud, Gael; Jacob, Merin; Markard, Jochen; Schiller, Katharina; Swilling, Mark; Tshangela, Mapula

doi:10.1017/sus.2023.15

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30215

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Transitioning to sustainable academic conferences needs more experimentation and reflection
Authors:	Raven, Rob Hadfield, Paris Butler, Brianna Eagleton, Jennifer Giraud, Gael Jacob, Merin Markard, Jochen Schiller, Katharina Swilling, Mark Tshangela, Mapula
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1017/sus.2023.15 10.21256/zhaw-30215
Published in:	Global Sustainability
Volume(Issue):	6
Page(s):	e16
Issue Date:	2023
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	2059-4798
Language:	English
Subject (DDC):	000: Generalities and science
Abstract:	In response to increasing demands to move away from carbon-intensive academic conferences, and a need to address social justice issues, the author-team designed, implemented, and experimented with a new conference model. Three key-design choices informed the model. First, instead of the common single-host-single-location approach, we established a partnership between three universities across three continents. Second, we adopted a hub model of three online conference days, followed by three non-hybrid, in-person only conference days. Third, we sought to accommodate global participation by organizing each of the online conference days during daylight hours in the respective time zones. We find that the model promotes less air travel and improved global south participation. Our approach adds to a growing number of experiments with new modes of academic conferencing in a world that is facing climate and inequality crises.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/30215
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	School of Engineering
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Sustainable Development (INE)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Engineering

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Raven, R., Hadfield, P., Butler, B., Eagleton, J., Giraud, G., Jacob, M., Markard, J., Schiller, K., Swilling, M., & Tshangela, M. (2023). Transitioning to sustainable academic conferences needs more experimentation and reflection. Global Sustainability, 6, e16. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2023.15

Raven, R. et al. (2023) ‘Transitioning to sustainable academic conferences needs more experimentation and reflection’, Global Sustainability, 6, p. e16. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2023.15.

R. Raven et al., “Transitioning to sustainable academic conferences needs more experimentation and reflection,” Global Sustainability, vol. 6, p. e16, 2023, doi: 10.1017/sus.2023.15.

RAVEN, Rob, Paris HADFIELD, Brianna BUTLER, Jennifer EAGLETON, Gael GIRAUD, Merin JACOB, Jochen MARKARD, Katharina SCHILLER, Mark SWILLING und Mapula TSHANGELA, 2023. Transitioning to sustainable academic conferences needs more experimentation and reflection. Global Sustainability. 2023. Bd. 6, S. e16. DOI 10.1017/sus.2023.15

Raven, Rob, Paris Hadfield, Brianna Butler, Jennifer Eagleton, Gael Giraud, Merin Jacob, Jochen Markard, Katharina Schiller, Mark Swilling, and Mapula Tshangela. 2023. “Transitioning to Sustainable Academic Conferences Needs More Experimentation and Reflection.” Global Sustainability 6: e16. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2023.15.

Raven, Rob, et al. “Transitioning to Sustainable Academic Conferences Needs More Experimentation and Reflection.” Global Sustainability, vol. 6, 2023, p. e16, https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2023.15.