University of Iceland

About the project at the University of Iceland.


Examples of initiatives/ learning activities that align with the ActSEHN principles of learning:


The course of educational settings: usage of case based and place based approach, the whole course organized for the students, to introduce the different learning settings, research of the learning setting (location) according to given questions and combining it with their own background.

Environment and Natural Resources programme: Multidisciplinary MA program, excepting students from all backgrounds and in the first year, an intensive learning of key aspects of sustainability from multiple disciplinary perspectives: economy, ecology, society, ethics, etc. On the second year the students decide which direction they want to take in their thesis work (usually combining two disciplines and getting two advisors). The students are free to take any course in the university and build their final project according to their area of interest.


How this initiatives related to principles set to be achieved by AchSHEN:

  • Development of a participatory approach.
  • Student ownership on the process of knowledge creation.
  • Multidisciplinary cooperation.
  • Project based learning.