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Chapter- ‘Universities in the early Decades of the third Millennium: Saving the World from itself?’ and 1 HOPE-TDR Regional Project Proposals

March 9, 2025

**SEE Chapter link [below] in support of Operationalising 1 HOPE-TDR  project proposals across global regions and  associated terms of reference, integrated as 'cultivating an active care for the world and with those with whom we share it' [UNESCO], is a copy of an invited chapter titled 'Universities  in the early Decades of the third Millennium: Saving the World from itself?. 

Summarised in the Abstract, the chapter, published in 2020, argued "for the re-conceptualisation of the university/higher education purpose and scope focusing on the development of an interconnected ecological knowledge system (recognising the interdependence of the 17 UN global goals) with a concern for the whole Earth -and beyond."

As divisive forces are increasingly placing institutions and society, indeed the world, at risk, the importance of 'seeing the big picture' and potential consequences of human folly, appears to be even more urgent and relevant today as it was a few years ago!

Main themes (and chapter page references) include:

  • The university in the first two millennia: historical perspectives and takeaways (pp. 230-233)
  •  Existential challenges facing the planet and society in the twenty-first century (pp. 234-237)
  • War: "Humanity's Greatest Failure" (pp.237-238)
  •  Social progress and the university (pp.238-239)
  • Toward a new worldview (pp. 239-245) 
  • The international 'One Health for One Planet Education initiative' (pp.245-247) 
  •  Re-imagining the university in the twenty-first century (pp. 247-249) 
  • Reflection on teaching and learning in the ecological university (pp. 249-252)
  • The university: saving the world from itself?
  • Concluding comments: choosing our future (pp.256-260)
  • References (pp.260-266)

**SEE: https://onehealthinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/02.10.2024-re-Universities-in-the-Early-Decades-of-the-Third-Millennium.pdf

 

Provided March 9, 2025 by author and copyright holder: 

*George Lueddeke, PhD, MEd, Dipl. AVES (Hon.) – Adviser in Higher, Medical and One Health Education and leads the international |One Health for One Planet Education and Transdisciplinarity initiative (1 HOPE-TD), Southampton, United Kingdom 

*Dr. Lueddeke is a member of the Advisory Board - One Health Initiative.

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