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Sustainability Week

8–12 December

Welcome to Sustainability Week 2025!

Halmstad University’s first sustainability week will be held on 8–12 December. It will consist of five days of lectures, exhibitions and activities highlighting the area of sustainable development. Throughout the week, sustainability will be the focus around the campus. You are welcome to participate, be inspired and gain new knowledge!

Programme

A few of the activities during Sustainability Week are student activities, while the rest of the programme is open to all visitors. Most activities are held on campus. The programme may be updated before the week begins.

December 8

December 8 at 13:00–13:10
Opening ceremony
Sustainability Week will be inaugurated with speeches by Vice-Chancellor Susanna Öhman and Halmstad Student Union President Isabelle Widén.
Location: Lab City
December 8 at 13:15–14:15
Lecture: Sustainable development from a societal and individual perspective
Professor Claes Malmberg talks about sustainable development from a societal and individual perspective. The lecture lasts approximately one hour and is followed by a question and answer session.
This activity is held in Swedish.
Location: S1002 or live streamed in S1022
December 8 at 12:30–13:00
Panel discussion: Sustainable student life
Representatives from Halmstad Student Union talk to students about what it takes to achieve balance in student life and a sustainable study period.
This activity is held in Swedish.
Location: Lab City

Activities offered throughout the week

Exhibition: SMHI: Testimonials from the New Climate Zones in Sweden

During Sustainability Week, as well as the week before and the week after, the exhibition Testimonies from the New Climate Zones will be on display in the glass corridor. The exhibition has been produced by SMHI in collaboration with Karlstad University.

Location: Glass corridor, by the main entrance

Exhibition: Halmstad University’s environmental impact

During Sustainability Week, there will be an exhibition on the environmental impact of the University’s activities, as well as on environmental impact in Sweden in a number of categories.

Location: in the corridor between the S building and R building

Exhibition: Waste Management Projects

During Sustainability Week, the exhibition Better an asset than rubbish will be on display, showcasing good examples and results from a completed project in which waste stations in student areas have been marked with symbols from Avfall Sverige (Waste Sweden) to increase circular material recycling.

Location: S building, entrance

About Sustainability Week

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Theme week on sustainable development

For the autumn semester of 2024, the University launched its sustainability focus for undergraduate programmes. New students admitted to programmes included in the sustainability focus are taking an elective course based on the UN’s Agenda 2030 and the global goals for sustainable development. Ten of the undergraduate programmes were included in the autumn semester of 2024, and 26 of the programmes are included from the autumn semester of 2025. The sustainability focus will grow in the coming years. New students starting their studies will take a sustainability course in most undergraduate programmes.

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The weeks tie in with the University’s vision

During the sustainability weeks on campus, visitors will come together around the theme of sustainable development and have the opportunity to gain new insights and knowledge about sustainable social development from multiple perspectives. The weeks tie in with the University’s overall vision that the institution should create value, drive innovation and develop people and society for the future, including by creating conditions for, and contributing to, more sustainable social development.

The University’s vision, goals and strategies

Collaboration partners 2025

More about sustainable development at the University

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Sustainable Development Policy

Sustainability and sustainable development are some of the greatest challenges of our time, and every decision, measure and action has a sustainability dimension. Halmstad University has adopted a policy for sustainable development and supports the Climate Framework for Swedish Universities and Colleges developed by the Swedish Association of Higher Education (SUHF).

The University’s Sustainable Development Policy

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Sustainability focus in education programmes

From the autumn semester 2024 onwards, approximately one third of the undergraduate programmes include the University’s sustainability focus, where students take an elective course based on the UN’s Agenda 2030 and the global goals for sustainable development. The courses coincide with sustainability weeks on campus.

The sustainability focus will grow in the coming years. In most undergraduate programmes, new students starting their studies will take a sustainability course.