Curriculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE

Mag. Dr.rer.nat. CLEMENS MADER Nationality: Austria; Birthday: 1980 February 14th

UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ REGIONAL CENTRE OF EXPERTISE - EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GRAZ-STYRIA HEINRICHSTRASSE 36, 8010 GRAZ, AUSTRIA

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EDUCATION 01/2006 – 06/2009 KARL-FRANZENS-UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ, AUSTRIA PhD: Principles for Integrative Development Processes towards Sustainability in Regions, Grades (with distinction): Innovation and Sustainability Management, Human Geography

10/1999 – 10/2004 KARL-FRANZENS-UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ, AUSTRIA Mag.rer.nat - Final Diploma in Environmental System Sciences Focus: Regional Geography; (Master Level) Awarded Diploma Thesis: Integration of Sustainability into Universities – Good Practices and Benchmarking for Integration

07/1998 SECONDARY SCHOOL EISENERZ School - leaving examination

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE From 11/2009 UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ, AUSTRIA Assistant Professor, Director of Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development Graz-Styria (RCE Graz-Styria);

From 04/2010 UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD, FACULTY OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES, SERBIA Visiting Professor, Course: Globalization and Cross Border Cooperation

10/2009 UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA, GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS EDUCATION PROGRAM, JAPAN Visiting Scholar, Course: Methods for Sustainability Processes in Regions and Business

05/2009 – 10/2009 UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC AND DRAMATIC ARTS GRAZ, AUSTRIA Sustainability Management; Analysis of potentials for sustainability integration in education, research and outreach;

08/2008 PlaNYC 2030, NEW YORK CITY, USA Empiric Research; Research interviews on PlaNYC 2030 (sustainability plan) with Key Actors (public & private) in New York City

02/2008 SEKEM DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION & HELIOPOLIS ACADEMY, CAIRO, EGYPT Empiric Research; Establishment of RCE Cairo; Research on Social Entrepreneurship

01/2006 – 04/2009 UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ, AUSTRIA Managing Director of Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development Graz-Styria (RCE Graz-Styria); Foundation & Management of RCE- Graz- Styria in framework of United Nations University RCE program Researcher & Lecturer at Department of Geography and Regional Science: Sustainable Regional Development, Education for Sustainable Development, Intergenerational Education, Change Management, Sustainable Entrepreneurship

09/2006 – 12/2006 CHANGE FACILITATION s.r.o, BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA, Virtual Internship – Scientific Lead, Survey on “Change Management in Development Organisations – Fad or Fact?”

06/2005 – 08/2005 ETHsustainability CENTER, FEDERAL STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZURICH (ETH), SWITZERLAND Project Associate, Analysis for a sustainable ETH Zurich; Process of integration of sustainability into education and research of ETH Zurich

11/2004 – 12/2005 OIKOS INTERNATIONAL, ST.GALLEN, SWITZERLAND President, oikos International Student Organisation for Sustainable Economics and Management; Responsibilities: Coordinating and expanding the international network of oikos groups in Europe, USA, Asia and Africa; Fundraising, Accounting, Project Management, International Conference & Workshop Organisation; Webmaster;

10/2003 – 10/2004 UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ, AUSTRIA Project Associate, assisted Prof. Dr. F. Zimmermann, Vice Rector for Research and Knowledge Transfer in research projects, and the sustainability process of the university; Launch of a Sustainability Task Force at the University of Graz; Assisted and monitored application preparation of Special Research Program: “regicen – Sustainable Development of Regions in Central and South-Eastern Europe”

08/2002 – 12/2003 ECOLOGICAL LAND DEVELOPMENT STYRIA, HARTBERG, AUSTRIA Internship & Project Assistant, moderating rural communes in Local Agenda 21 (LA21) Processes; produced project reports and assisted several LA21 project meetings

10/1998 – 05/1999 MILITARY SERVICE, ST.MICHAEL, AUSTRIA Truck Driver

MEMBERSHIPS & FUNCTIONS From 02/2009 UN Global Compact Network, Focal Point Austria Member of the Steering Committee From 08/2008 Academy of Management, Divisions: Entrepreneurship, Organization Development and Change, Organization & Natural Environment From 06/2008 Austrian Social Science Research Group on LTER Programm (LTSER Austria) From 05/2007 Member of Sekem Austria From 03/2009 Member of the Advisory Board From 01/2006 Member of Human Development and Capability Organization (HDCA) From 10/2004 Member of Alumni Organization “Environmental System Science” (dt. USW Alumni) From 05/2007 Member of the Board From 11/2001 Member of oikos Graz – Students for Sustainable Economics and Management From 03/2008 Advisory Board oikos Graz 11/2004 – 12/2005 oikos International President, Switzerland 11/2001 – 11/2003 Founding president of oikos Graz 03-04/2009 Member of the Delegation of Austrian Commission for UNESCO at Mid-Term Conference Education for Sustainable Development, Bonn, Germany, March 31- April 02 2009 10/2005 – 02/2009 Member of Society for Organizational Learning (SoL) 08/2007 – 09/2008 Committee – Engineering Education in Sustainable Development Conference 08 (EESD08) 12/2006 – 08/2007 Member of Expert Commission “Criteria Catalogue for Sustainability Award in Higher Education” Austrian Federal Ministries for Education and Environment 05/2001 – 10/2004 President of Student Union of Geography Studies at the University of Graz 2

COURSES, SEMINARS, AWARDS & GRANTS 08/2008 oikos PhD Summer Academy at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland 06/2008 UN Decade Award by the Austrian UNESCO Commission 12/2006 Change Facilitation s.r.o, Berlin, “Introduction to Change Management Course” 11/2005 Award by the Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, Austria – Environmental System Science Studies, for excellent diploma thesis of the academic year 2003/04 05/2005 ETHsustainablility Center, Zurich, CH, Educators Seminar for Teaching Sustainability 10/2004 Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (DV-NLP Certificate P15398) 05/2004 Grant by the Karl-Franzens University of Graz for Diploma Thesis 10/2002 – 02/2004 Courses of communication and social competences at the University of Graz 05/2002 Conversation and Motivation – Seminar with MotiVision

RECENT PROJECT LEAD & INVOLVEMENT From 10/2009 EU Socrates/Grundtvig Programme: “The transition journey –sustainability to touch” Evaluator & Advisor From 01/2009 EU Tempus 3 Project: Fostering Entrepreneurship in Higher Education (FosEntHE) From 01/2009 EU e-learning Project: LENSUS 3 – Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development From 10/2008 FWF Research Project: ProVision: Langfristige BürgerInnenbeteiligung in Graz [engl: Long- term participation in the city of Graz] 11/2007 – 04/2009 PhD Student & Project Management: Transdisciplinary Change Processes in Regions funded by the Austrian National Bank 09/2007 – 06/2008 Project Lead: Sustainability Trail in Trofaiach in cooperation with the local youth center 07/2007 – 04/2009 Project Lead: Information packages for the Styrian Sustainabilty Website

LANGUAGES German: mother tongue; English: fluent (TOEFL: 95/120); French: advanced;

LECTURES & MODERATION: Speeches in the field of “Education for Sustainable Development” and “Sustainable Regional Development” in: Curitiba - BRA 2010/05 5th International RCE Conference, Organizing Committee, plenary & moderation Brussels – B 2010/05 Vrije Universiteit Brussels - crosstalks Trieste – I 2010/03 International Society of Doctors for the Environment Graz – AUT 2010/03 Global Humanitarian Forum Geneve Prishtina – KOS 2009/07 JADE Conference on Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development Montreal – CAN 2009/05: 5th World Environmental Education Conference, 4th International RCE Conference Bonn – D 2009/04: UNESCO Mid-Term Conference of the UN Decade on ESD Salzburg – AUT 2008/10: Opening: Austrian UN Decade Education for Sustainable Development Office St.Gallen – CH 2008/10: oikos Conference: "Core or Elective? Social Responsibility in Higher Education" Basel – CH 2008/08: International Sustainability Conference 2008 Kuala Lumpur - MY 2007/08: World Innovation Forum – Innovating towards Sustainability Würzburg – D 2007/05: Conference of Organisation of Human-ecologists Maribor – SLO 2007/04: International Advanced Research Workshop on Higher Education and Sustainable Development Graz – AUT 2005/04: UNESCO Launch Conference in Higher Education of the UN Decade on ESD Further speeches and workshop moderations in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ES), Vilnius (Lit), Prague (CZ), Hamburg, Bayreuth, Lüneburg, Trier (D), Paris (F), Brussels (B), London (UK), Cairo (EG)

Lecturing: From 11/2009 UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ, AUT Lecturer (8 h/s [dt.SWS]), Intergenerational course on “Sustainability Processes in Business and Regions”; Integrative Development Processes towards Sustainability in Regions; NGO Development & Social Entrepreneurship;

04/2010 UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD, FACULTY OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES, SERBIA Lecturer (2 h/s), “Globalization and Cross Boarder Management”

10/2009 UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA, GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS EDUCATION PROGRAM, JAPAN Lecturer (2 h/s), “Integrative Development Processes towards Sustainability”

10/2005 – 01/2009 UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ, AUT Lecturer (4 h/s [dt.SWS]), Environmental System Sciences: Sustainability in Higher Education; Intergenerational course on “Sustainability Processes in Business and Regions”; Integrative Development Processes Towards Sustainability in Regions; NGO Development & Social Entrepreneurship;

07/2006, 07/2007 UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA, UTRECHT INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL “ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT”, SLO Lecturer, Topic: Tools for Sustainability in Theory and Practise

05/2005 ETHsustainablility – CENTER FOR SUSTAINABILITY, ETH ZURICH, EDUCATORS SEMINAR FOR TEACHING SUSTAINABILITY, BRAUNWALD, CH Lecturer, Students’ Participation in Higher Education for Sustainability Integration

PUBLICATIONS

MADER C. (2010 in print) Links between RCEs and Higher Education Institutions, p.82-84; In: Fadeeva et.al.; Five Years of Regional Centres of Expertise on ESD, United Nations University, Yokahama, 184p

MADER C., STEINER G., ZIMMERMANN F.M., SPITZECK H., (2010 in print) Sekem – Humanistic Management in the Dessert, In: Spitzeck H. et.al., Humanistic Management in Practise, New York, Palgrave Publishing,

MADER C., SUKIC H., STRAUB E., (2009) Kunst (-Uni) Vermittelt Nachhaltigkeit In: Schrimpf S. (Edt.) KUGelschreiber – Magazin der Kunstuniversität Graz Nov.09/4, Graz, p. 3-4.

MADER C., (2009): Das Grazer Modell für Integrative Entwicklungsprozesse In: Lieb G. (Edt.) Grazer Geographische Mitteilungen 45-09, Graz. p.4-8.

MADER C. (2009): Principles for Integrative Development Processes Towards Sustainability in Regions; University of Graz, 150p.

GOERSDORF E., MADER C., PIZZERA J., ZIMMERMANN F.M., (2009): Creating regional (e-) learning networks; p. 67-90, in: Sartzetakis E., VCSE Virtual Campus for Sustainable Europe – Best Practice Guidebook, VCSE, Prague, 123p.

MADER C. (2008): Regionalzentren – Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (RCEs) Was? Noch nie gehört? p.15-16, in: Glocalist Review nr. 211-212/2008, Hrsg: Christian Neugebauer, Glocalist Medien, Wien 52p.

MADER C., ZIMMERMANN F.M., STEINER G., (2008): Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development – Establishing an RCE for university-society cooperation towards sustainable development, In: Proceedings of 2nd International Sustainability Conference 2008 – Creating Value for Sustainability (CD)

MADER C., ZIMMERMANN F.M., STEINER G., RISOPOULOS F., (2008): Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) Graz-Styria - A Process of Mobilization facing Regional Challenges. p. 402-415 In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education Volume 9, Issue 4

HARMON J., STONER J., ZIMMERMANN F., HOLLWITZ J., STEINER G., MADER C.: (2007): Towards Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions. In: Proceedings of the Eastern Academy of Management. International Conference on Managing in a Global Economy XII: Culture: Integration and Innovation, Amsterdam Netherlands

MADER C., SCHLACHER G.; (2006): Exchanging Knowledge and Good Practices of Education for Sustainable Development within a Global Student Organization; in Adomssent M. et.al. (Eds.): Higher Education for Sustainability. New Challenges from a Global Perspective, VAS – Verlag für Akademische Schriften, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 271 p.

MADER C.; (2005), p. 13. Conference Proceedings: Introduction: The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development – Students Role and Contribution to Make a Difference, Graz, pp. 514

ZIMMERMANN F.M., MADER C.; (2005): Integration von Nachhaltigkeit an der Karl-Franzens Universität Graz; in Stoltenberg, U.: Nachhaltigkeit ist machbar – La sostenibilità si può fare, VAS, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, pp. 250 – 254 (german); pp. 255 – 259 (translated italian version)

MADER C.; (2004): “Integration of Sustainability into Universities – Good Practices and Benchmarking for Integration, GRIN Verlag für Akademische Texte; pp. 86 Since 2002 Editor of: „newsletter oikos graz & RCE Graz-Styria & grazer geographie & oesf stmk nachhaltigkeit“ „ZUkunftsWEGE“ – Magazine for Sustainable Development; 3 – 2002; „oikos Graz – Grazer Studenten gründen Initiative für Nachhaltigkeit“, Graz, pp. 17