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Julio Lumbreras
Working for sustainability transformation in an academic environment:
the case of itdUPM
Outline
An introduction to itdUPM
How do we frame Campus contribution to sustainability?
Students & sustainable experiences
A niche within a traditional University regime?
Some examples
Four organizational design issues. Framework
Outline
An introduction to itdUPM
How do we frame Campus contribution to sustainability?
Students & sustainable experiences
A niche within a traditional University regime?
Some examples
Four organizational design issues. Framework
• Large (40.000 Graduate and Post-graduate
Students)
• Decentralized and muti-disciplinar (20 “Schools”)
• Internationally focused
• Strong relations with Industry
Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
UPM evolution on studies and research for development
Origins
20 action-research groups in international development were promoted
.
90s
UPM evolution on studies and research for development
Origins
20 action-research groups in international development were promoted
First steps to create an interdisciplinary centre
Masters Degree in Strategies & Technology for Development
90s
2008
2010
UPM evolution on studies and research for development
Origins
20 action-research groups in international development
First steps to create an interdisciplinary centre
Masters Degree in Strategies & Technology for Development
itdUPM is constitued
90s
2008
2010
2012
Outline
An introduction to itdUPM
How do we frame Campus contribution to sustainability?
Students & sustainable experiences
A niche within a traditional University regime?
Some examples
Four organizational design issuesA preliminary framework
Four Organizational Design Issues
Leadership and governance
StructureIncentivesIdentities
Leadership and governance
What team do we need to pilot the process in terms of capabilities, leadership style...?
“From Egosystems to Ecosystems”
Structure: a network organization
How to create new spaces that really promote cross-unit relationships, fostering a sense of community and an open culture of trust?
Anetworkedorganizationis…
Morethana“sexy”organizationchartbasedonnodesandlinks.Morethanawordthatisrepeatedinsistently.
Anenabling,organicspacewhereinteractionsarecrucial,…whereprocessesandmanagementsystemsarefarfrom
bureaucracies,…wherestrategicbehaviour isfarfromformalplanning,reinforcing
emergentstrategies.
Incentives
Which are the incentives that we really have at our disposal to stimulate internal collaboration?
3 Ms: • Meaning• Mastery • Membership
When only intrinsic motivators are available
Identities
How to wear two or three hats simultaneously (belonging to a node, to a cluster and to a network)?
A new institutional framework had to be negotiated (former institutional options -institutes and research centres- were not conceived for networked institutions)
Some sources of inspiration
Multi Level Perspective (Geels, 2012)
Regenerative sustainability (Robinson, 2014)
Interdisciplinarity and the “star model” (Bursztyn, 2013)
“Design, when everybody designs” (Manzini, 2015)
StudentsSustainableExperiences
ProblemsolvingSensemakingandbehavioral change
Campusasamulti-stakeholderspace(diffusedomain)
Universitycommunity(expertdomain)
Inspired inManzini 2015
How do we frame our contribution?
StudentsSustainableExperiences
ProblemsolvingSensemakingandbehavioralchange
Universitycommunity(expertdomain)
InspiredinManzini 2015
How do we frame our contribution?
Interdisciplinaryresearch and
training
StudentsSustainableExperiences
Dialogicandtransformativeconversations
Partnershipsfor
sustainability
NICHESFORSUSTAINABILITY
Campusasamulti-stakeholderspace(diffusedomain)
Outline
An introduction to itdUPM
How do we frame Campus contribution to sustainability?
Students & sustainable experiences
A niche within a traditional University regime?
Some examples
Four organisational design issues. Framework
StudentsSustainableExperiences
ProblemsolvingSensemakingandbehavioralchange
Universitycommunity(expertdomain)
InspiredinManzini 2015
Interdisciplinaryresearchand
training
StudentsSustainableExperiences
Dialogicandtransformativeconversations
Partnershipsfor
sustainability
NICHESFORSUSTAINABILITY
Campusasamulti-stakeholderspace(diffusedomain)
Examples
StudentsSustainableExperiences
ProblemsolvingSensemakingandbehavioralchange
Universitycommunity(expertdomain)
InspiredinManzini 2015
How do we frame our contribution?
Interdisciplinarresearchand
training
StudentsSustainableExperiences
Dialogicandtransformativeconversations
Partnershipsfor
sustainability
NICHESFORSUSTAINABILITY
Campusasamulti-stakeholderspace(diffusedomain)
Two universities: technical and social science à Interdisciplinary
Partnership university-corporate
Open sessions – open knowledge
Master Degree as ecosystem
StudentsSustainableExperiences
ProblemsolvingSensemakingandbehavioralchange
Universitycommunity(expertdomain)
InspiredinManzini 2015
How do we frame our contribution?
Interdisciplinaryresearchand
training
StudentsSustainableExperiences
Dialogicandtransformativeconversations
Partnershipsfor
sustainability
NICHESFORSUSTAINABILITY
Campusasamulti-stakeholderspace(diffusedomain)
Collaborative design
Focus on real problems
Application of theoretical knowledge
Collaborative process: diffuse and expert design
Green wall between agronomist and architects
Bench between architects and industrial engineers
Testimony: “An amazing experience both from academic and human perspective, thanks to the method to build upon knowledge sharing”
itdUPM today (after 4 years)
Growing figures: more than 200 members; increasing budget, high numbers of applicants to the Master Degree
A wide international network (companies, NGOs, international agencies, other universities…)
And a new infrastructure designed as an enabling and collaborative spaces
Final thoughts
Sustainable ecosystem?à How to increase collective leadership?à How to implement efficient incentives?
Long term impact on behaviour?à From concrete experience to systemic change
How to measure this impact?à Do we need other form of measuring?
www.itd.upm.es @itdupm
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