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Polymeric Materials & Sustainable Development

An academic School-Building Effort as of 1991

Lecture series on “Polymeric Materials & Sustainable Development”
by Prof. R. W. Lang (JKU Linz):

  • University of Leoben, Austria (1993-2009)
  • Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria (since 2010)
  • Bayreuth International Summer School, Germany (since 2014)
  • University of Freiburg, Germany (2016)

Introductory Talk by Prof. R. W. Lang at K2016 on the thematic day
“Youth and Education”:
“Sustainable Development and Academic Education & Research”
Sunday, October 10th, 10:30

A Main Responsibility of Academic Education & Research

Education is the most powerful tool to change the world!
Nelson Mandela

The most distinguished academic responsibility in engineering disciplines is to serve the education and the development of qualified professionals for industry and science, for public positions, and – last but not least – the next generation of academic professors.
In that sense, research projects are means rather than ends, serving the prime purpose of personal professional development.
The nexus to Sustainable Development needs to become an indispensible element of any engineering education and research activity.
Reinhold W. Lang