title: Sustainable development as a challenge for undergraduate students: the module "Science bears responsibility" in the Leuphana bachelor's programme : commentary on "a case study of teaching social responsibility to doctoral students in the climate sciences".
abstract: The Leuphana Semester at Leuphana University Lüneburg, together with the module "Science bears responsibility" demonstrate how innovative methods of teaching and learning can be combined with the topic of sustainable development and how new forms of university teaching can be introduced. With regard to module content, it has become apparent that, due to the complexity of the field of sustainability, a single discipline alone is unable to provide analyses and solutions. If teaching in higher education is to adequately deal with this complexity, then it is necessary to develop inter- and transdisciplinary approaches that go beyond a purely specialist orientation.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication/UNESCO Chair "Higher Education for Sustainable Development", Leuphana University Lüneburg, Scharnhorststraße 1, 21335, Lüneburg, Germany, michelsen@uni.leuphana.de.
authors.forename: Gerd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Michelsen
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004463:Ecology / Q000941:ethics*; D004995:Ethics, Professional / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013334:Students; D013663:Teaching