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Sustainable Development Goals in Universities: Policies and Rankings

The presentation explores the relationship between University and sustainability, particularly with regard to the UN Sustainable development goals. It is composed of two parts: firstly, a review offers some examples of university policy and networking initiatives on sustainability at international, European and national level; secondly, we show the main results of global rankings measuring sustainability in University campuses, with a special focus on Italian Universities’ performance.

The analysis carried out in this presentation shows that a growing attention exists among universities towards sustainability issues. In 2010, only 95 universities participated in the GreenMetrics ranking, while in 2018 the number rose to 719 universities. Furthermore, in 2019 Times Higher Education has developed the first edition of a ranking focused on Sustainable Development Goals. The top-performing universities in both rankings are in the Anglo-Saxon area, namely United Kingdom and United States. As for the Italian situation, the University of Bologna is the best university in terms of sustainability. It is among the top-15 universities in both rankings.

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Personality, behavior and effectiveness. The case of Presidents in German Universities

The presentation shows the main results of a research study conducted by German researchers on the relationship between rectors’ personality traits – e.g. openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, emotional stability – and the emergence and effectiveness of their leadership. The research is based on hand-collected data of 93 Presidents in 73 German Universities from 2009-2012.
According to the study, among academic leaders’ traits, emotional stability is the most closely related to the choice of a leader. Moreover, the analysis reveals that the most effective leaders have steady direction-setting either with regard to strong structure-giving behavior, or to strong decisional autonomy.
The study suggests that, in order to be effective, academic leaders should evaluate their specific University setting and correspondingly choose low or high structure style of setting up internal bureaucratic processes (i.e. strong structure-giving behavior, or strong decisional autonomy).

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Digital University: Digital services

The presentation explores the impact of digitalization on university systems with a special focus on digital services. First, it offers an overview both at EU and at national level with regard to institutional initiatives such as the 2012 E-Gov Plan and its main results. Second, drawing upon institutional surveys and reports, it illustrates the main national trends coming from the last CENSIS report, from research reports on specific aspects such as the relation between universities and social media, and from projects such as open badges. Finally, it proposes a set of indicators to measure strategies concerning digital services and some key policy messages to implement their systematic assessment.

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Digital University: Digital libraries and open access

The presentation explores the impact of digitalization on university systems with a special focus on digital libraries and open access. First, it offers an overview both at international and national level, by referring to the Berlin Declaration, to the Horizon 2020 framework and to national initiatives launched by CRUI and some Italian Universities. Second, drawing upon institutional surveys and reports, it illustrates the main trends and future perspectives regarding open access and scientific publications. Finally, it proposes a set of indicators to measure the use and the performance of University Library’s electronic resources and some key policy messages to enhance open access awareness in the academic community.

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Digital University: Learning and teaching

The presentation explores the impact of digitalization on university systems with a special focus on digital teaching and learning. First, it offers an overview on university digitalization and open educational resources (OER) at international level. Second, drawing upon institutional surveys and reports, it illustrates the main trends and initiatives, such as learning analytics. Finally, it proposes a set of indicators to measure digitalization in Italian Universities and some key policy messages.

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