Amy Ho from the National University of Singapore discussed new collaboration models for sustainability. Within universities, collaboration could involve forming a new entity to coordinate sustainability initiatives across silos, tying sustainability to budgets and performance reviews. Funding options include external grants that incentivize interdisciplinary research and university funding of community projects through non-profits. Universities can also convene stakeholders to solve sustainability problems, seed fund selected projects, and involve students across universities online to find global environmental solutions. Collaboration within and between universities could work towards grand challenges through networking as a consortium.

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COLLABORATION
VENUE : 32-R&D COMMONS
FACILITATOR : AMY HO
Amy Ho | Director of Environmental Sustainability | amy.ho@nus.edu.sg

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New Collaboration Models – Going Forward
Within the
university
Within the city /
state / country
With global partners
HOW DIFFERENT WILL IT LOOK?

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Collaboration within the University
Operations
Teaching
Research
Structures and Processes
- New entity drawing from
faculty staff, to lead
sustainability initiative (to
overcome inherent silos/
resistance)
- Tying budget and
performance appraisal with
sustainability
Funding
- External eg EU Horizon
2020 as incentive to
promote interdisciplinary
research within university
- Not to be adverse to
university funding in
seeding community
projects (directly or through
Non-Profit Organizations)

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Collaboration within the University
University as
Convenor
-AIM Day (Uppsala
Univ) to solve
sustainability
problems, involving
private sector coys
and univ
researchers. Seed
funding of selected
projects (by univ)
- Involving students
from different univs,
via online exchange
to find solutions on
global environmental
issues
Finding a
Common
Goal / Creating
Sense of
Urgency
- Think big, go
for grand
challenges
(consortium of
ISCN univs)
- Universities
collaborating
with each other
as network