SDGs Labs <EU>

Scherak, Lukas /Aut.

Jaeger, Larissa /Aut.

Frost, Hannah /contrib.

Grubnic, Danijela/ /contrib.

Gruszka, Katarzyna /contrib.

Rammel, Christian /contrib.

Rieckmann, Marco /contrib.

Bernhardt, Johanna /contrib.

Amaral, Carla Maria /contrib.

Monteiro, Sandra Mariza /contrib.

Anjos, Rosário /contrib.

Cabecinha, Edna /contrib.

Deporta, Tanya /contrib.

Peters, Suhita Osório /contrib.

Saldanha Nunes, Rita

Nunes, Marisa /contrib.

WP 3 Report.

Transformative Learning Environments, Methods and Tools for Implementing the SDGs in the Agribusiness and Food Production Sector.

o.O. <Wien>

2020

Summery
The project ″SDGs Labs - Making the SDGs our business″ is carried out by eight European partners from four countries (Austria, Germany, Italy and Portugal), involving Higher Education Institutions, businesses as well as other actors from the field. It aims at the integration of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into business practices of the agribusiness and food production sector. In order to reach this, the project ″SDGs Labs″ seeks to translate the SDGs into day-today business practices, by employing co-learning and co-creation. Ideally, the SDGs can provide business opportunities and support innovation in the sector.
The project is carried out against the background of increasing sustainability challenges of the agribusiness and food production sector and the high importance and potential of this sector for contributing to the SDGs.
This report outlines the work of work package three (WP3) and its results, focussing on the search for and review of methods and tools supporting the SDGs, as well as their assessment with regard to the applicability in the context of this project and the planned educational formats (′labs′ and ′academy′).
The report highlights how the tasks of this work package have been carried out, as well as its results. It describes the steps undertaken for the analysis and review of methods and tools, by including both desktop research as well as drawing on practical experiences of the project partners. To address a broad range of methods, tools as well as approaches to learning in the context of the SDGs and innovation, while also including various learning environments, the review and analysis task was split up into four sup-topics. The outcome of this resulted in an extensive list of methods, tools and learning approaches, that have been consequently assessed with regard to their applicability and usefulness in the context of this specific project and its planned Co-Learning and Innovation Labs. The categories for the assessment were (derived from quality criteria of the labs) developed during a common workshop (D3.1). The assessment itself was carried out as an internal online-survey, and the results were included in a list of methods (cp. annex of this report).
Moreover, the compilation of a translation framework to translate the SDGs into concrete priorities of action for companies builds upon already existing SDGs translation frameworks, and was started as a beta-version, which will be continuously fed with new knowledge gained throughout the project and adapted accordingly

CONTENTS

1. Introduction 7
1.1. The project SDGs Labs – Making the SDGs our business 7
1.2. Context of WP3 within the project SDGs Labs 8
1.3. Aim of the report 9
1.4. Structure of the report 9

2. Review and analysis of the transformative methods and tools 10
2.1. Methodology 10
2.2. Areas of the research 10
2.2.1. Methods and tools of innovation and transformation in the context of applying the SDGs into business processes and HEIs courses 10
2.2.2. Transformative methods and tools of learning in the context of applying the SDGs into business processes and HEIs courses 15
2.2.3. Linking virtual learning spaces with real social learning experiences 21
2.2.4. Learning environments in order to implement the translation of the SDGs into the workplace 23

3. Workshop on transformative methods and tools for the SDGs 28

4. Assessment of transformative methods and tools for the SDGs 30
4.1. Methodology of the assessment 30
4.2. Results of the assessment 31
4.2.1. Capability and usability 31
4.2.2. Aims 33
4.2.3. Transformation and transferability 35
4.3. Assessment and prioritization of methods and tools for their application 37
4.3.1. In Innovation Labs 37
4.3.2. In Co-Learning Labs 37

5. Translation framework 38

6. Conclusions 44

7. Literature 46

8. Annex 52
8.1. Annex A: short profiles of methods 52
8.1.1. Methods and tools of innovation and transformation 52
8.1.2. Transformative methods and tools of learning 60
8.1.3. Innovations concerning linking virtual learning spaces with real social learning experience 67
8.1.4. Learning environments in order to implement the translation of the SDGs into the workplace 70

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26.10.2020