tag:www.guc-hamburg.de,2005:/press/newsNews2023-06-21T09:30:17ZNAGR-zentrale-16991675-production2023-06-18T22:00:00ZNavigating competition and collaboration – GUC 2023 adopts declaration on the way forward for universities<img width="293" height="165" style="float:left" src="https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/zentrale/16992494/guc-gruppenbild-2023-a91e373704705d4e4ae5e0a6aae66ec33a9b09b6.jpg" /><p>For the fifth of its biennial meetings, the Global University Leaders Council brought together 30 university leaders from 21 countries and six continents in Hamburg, 14-16 June 2023.</p>
<p>This year’s GUC focused on how to manage the key processes of competition and collaboration for the benefit of society, science and future generations. Informed by their focused consideration over three days of fruitful discussion, the assembled university leaders adopted a declaration reflecting their concerns and aspirations on the role of competition and collaboration in higher education.</p>
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<p>Hamburg Declaration „Navigating competition and collaboration – The way forward for universities“ (PDF)</p><p>Photo: Claudia Höhne</p>NAGR-zentrale-17150164-production2023-06-01T22:00:00ZGUC Public Event on 14 June<img width="293" height="165" style="float:left" src="https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/zentrale/17160553/edinger-schons-bruhn-733x414-22614915d7bfc28d74964010e8aa4affdf814c79.jpg" /><p>This year’s GUC public event will focus on the relevance of collaboration and competition when it comes to establishing universities as effective platforms for sustainability and social innovation.</p>
<p>How can universities and university leaders shape the way forward when navigating competition and collaboration locally, nationally, and globally? This is the focus of this year's edition of the Global University Leaders Council Hamburg.</p>
<p>GUC’s public event aims at further discussing the council’s topic with regard to the universities’ role in the key areas of sustainability and social innovation. Zarah Bruhn, Commissioner for Social Innovation, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Laura Edinger-Schons, Chief Sustainability Officer of Universität Hamburg will jointly give a keynote on »Innovating and cooperating for a sustainable future: Universities as platforms for social innovation«. Afterwards, speakers will join in a dialogue session with Simone Buitendijk, Vice-Chancellor and President of University of Leeds, Manuel Kreitmeir, Social Entrepreneur, Social Innovation & Sustainability Expert and the Rector of the United Nations University Tshilidzi Marwala. The event will be moderated by Hauke Heekeren, President of Universität Hamburg.</p>
<p>The event addresses both the participants of the Hamburg Council as well as stakeholders from science, politics, economy, civil society and representatives of the media.</p>
<p>Please register to attend before 12 June.</p>
Programme Public Event
<p>14 June 2023, 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm<br>Kirchhof-Saal—House of the Patriotic Society<br>Trostbrücke 4-6, 20457 Hamburg</p>
4:30 Welcome by the organizers<br>Hauke Heekeren, President, Universität Hamburg<br><br>
4:40 GUC Hamburg Lecture<br>“Innovating and cooperating for a sustainable future: Universities as platforms for social innovation”<br>Zarah Bruhn, Commissioner for Social Innovation, Federal Ministry of Education and Research<br>Laura Marie Edinger-Schons, Chief Sustainability Officer, Universität Hamburg<br><br>
5:30 Dialogue session including Q&A with the audience<br>Simone Buitendijk, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Leeds<br>Laura Marie Edinger-Schons, Chief Sustainability Officer, Universität Hamburg<br>Manuel Kreitmeir, Social Entrepreneur, Social Innovation & Sustainability Expert<br>Tshilidzi Marwala, Rector, United Nations University<br><br>
6:30 End of Public Event
<p>Photo: BMBF/Hans-Joachim Rickel; UHH/Esfandiari</p>NAGR-zentrale-16700645-production2023-03-05T23:00:00ZGlobal University Leaders Council Hamburg 2023 will meet 14-16 June<img width="293" height="165" style="float:left" src="https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/zentrale/16700663/logo-guc-2023-733x414-6022e6699fdb328d5d8aae2a50fe7c0263dd470b.jpg" /><p>This year’s council meeting will focus on the way forward for universities when navigating competition and collaboration locally, nationally, and globally.</p>
<p>Competition and collaboration have always been characteristics of the academic world. The two principles have a complex, seemingly contradictory relationship. However, globalization and growing expectations regarding the importance of the research and education sectors have intensified competition between universities both nationally and internationally in recent years.</p>
<p>The Global University Leaders Council Hamburg 2023 will explore the question of how productive the tension between competition and collaboration is for science, for universities and for individual academics. In conjunction with this, it will debate how developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic, conflicts in various parts of the world, and growing populism and anti-intellectualism are affecting collaboration between universities worldwide. As a global forum for university leaders, the council will also discuss how university leaders can manage these developments and use them to the advantage of their institutions.</p>
<p>Based on joint analyses and the shared insights of experienced academic leaders from a wide variety of backgrounds, the GUC will formulate recommendations on how to work toward a sustainable balance between competition and collaboration in academia.</p>
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