Sustainability in education at Erasmus University Rotterdam means paying attention to economic, social and ecological development. The goal is that graduates of our university, the leaders of the future, understand the challenges that we should overcome for our society and environment.
Erasmus University Rotterdam offers different bachelor and master programmes and courses in which sustainability plays a major role.
Bachelor students at Erasmus University Rotterdam have to follow elective courses. If they are interested in sustainability issues, then there are many courses to choose from in order to deepen or broaden their knowledge on topics such as responsible consumption and production or climate change.
- Cheap: A Critique of Capitalism in the Web of Life
- Degrowth (ISS faculty)
- Economics of Fashion and Sustainability
- Economic Geography of Creativity and Urban Development
- Economics of Sustainability
- Economics of Sustainability (EUC)
- Ecophilosophy: Beyond Sustainability and Environment
- Environmental Economics
- Ethiek, duurzaamheid en compliance (Dutch)
- Finance for Positive Change
- Food and nutrition
- Global Challenges
- Global Environmental Politics
- Governing just sustainability transitions
- Organizations & Social Movements
- Plant Physiology & Sustainable Agriculture
- Pluralist Economic Perspectives on Climate Change
- Principles of Ecology
- Sustainability in the Visual Arts and Crafts
- Sustainable Development in Historical Perspective
- The Climate Crisis: Ecology, Economy & Politics in the Anthropocene
Our students can choose from several minors about sustainability and related issues. Have a look at all the minors of EUR or view a selection below.
EUR minors
- Deepening Minor: Global Health
- Economics of Well-Being
- Fashion Industry
- Global Poverty, Local Solutions
- Key concepts for Ecological Encounters
- Learning by Doing: Consulting to Social Entrepreneurs
- New Economic Thinking & Social Entrepreneurship
- Port Management and Maritime Logistics
- Positive behavioral change in the digital age
- Re-imagining Tomorrow through Arts & Sciences
- Sustainability Transitions
- Think Green: Ecological and Economic Perspectives for a Sustainable Environment
External minors
Delft
- Climate Change, Adaptation and Mitigation
- Offshore Wind Energy
- (Re)Imagining Port Cities: Understanding Space, Society and Culture
- Sustainable Urbanism: The Green-Blue City
LDE
The minor Public Health consists of modules that cover important contemporary challenges, such as environmental care, mental healthcare and the care of youngsters and of elderly citizens. Within each module, different lecturers will speak about these themes, which will underpin the diversity of urban challenges.
The masters on sustainability are only taught in English.
- Agrarian, Food and Environmental Studies (AFES)
- Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship
- Economics of Sustainability
- Global Business & Sustainability
- Societal Transitions
- Strategic Urban Planning & Policies - Managing Socio-Spatial Dynamics for Sustainable Cities
- Urban Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change
- Urban Governance of Inclusive Sustainable Cities
The two available majors are:
For ambitious students, Erasmus University Rotterdam offers honours programmes. Innovative solutions for sustainability challenges are created from multiple angles in these interdisciplinary programmes.
Are you a professional who wants to gain more insight into sustainability issues? Have a look at our executive education.
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Ecophilosphy (course, not specifically listed as executive programme)
- ESG reporting expert
- Sustainable finance
- Sustainability in de Financiele Marktpraktijk (course, not specifically listed as executive programme)
These MOOC's are in English:
- A Business Approach to Sustainable Landscape Restoration
- Circular Economy: An Introduction
- Driving business towards the Sustainable Development Goals
- Eearth Economics
- Landscape Restoration for Sustainable Development: A Business Approach
- Local Economic Development
- Planning for Climate Change in African Cities
- Principles of sustainable finance
Find a sustainable course or paper with the SDGs mapper
The SDG Mapper is used to classify the extent to which our education and research is related to the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations. It shows which of the seventeen goals have a high or low number of publications and courses and thereby, for example, can provide insights to start the conversation when formulation of impact ambitions at a school level. Important to note is that it does not say anything about EUR being sustainable or having impact.
The algorithm that is used for the SDG Mapper, is open sourced and available via GithubOpens. Currently only English-language academic articles and course descriptions are included from PURE, our Current Research Information System (CRIS) and OSIRIS in this alpha version. Dutch-language articles and course descriptions will be machine translated to be included in the next version. The SDG mapper algorithm is validated by researchers from the International Institute of Social Studies. In addition, it is currently compared the EUR algorithm with that of Elsevier and Leiden CWTS.
Climate & Ecological Literacy to Action workshop
In 2023 an immersion workshop series on the Climate & Ecological Literacy to Action for employees and students was organized. This workshop series provided insight and high-impact approaches to carbon emission reductions, biodiversity support and ecosystem harmonization. The participants designed a realistic and actionable plan with a team in their area of expertise. The workshop series, led by Joey Johannsen (RSM), was supported by Sustainability Liaison Network, Sustainability Programme, RSM, DIT platform and it will be continued in 2024. Read more on MyEur.
