OLA Project Team

Germany: HfWU Nürtingen-Geislingen (project coordinator) and HSWT Weihenstephan-Triesdorf (university partner)

• university website, project coordination and grant holder
• university website, project partner
• Joint IMLA study programme

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  Dr. Ellen Fetzer, Project Coordinator: Ellen Fetzer holds a doctoral degree in landscape architecture from Kassel University, Germany. The focus of her work at Nürtingen-Geislingen University is on computer-supported collaborative learning and education for sustainable development in various contexts and settings. She further coordinates the international Master programme in landscape architecture. She is currently the president of ECLAS, the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools. Ellen leads the TELOS ERASMUS project. Motivation for TELOS project: Enhancing systems thinking, critical thinking and creative imagination for turning conflicts into opportunities

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  Prof. Dr. Dirk Funck, Team Member: Prof. Dr. Dirk Funck is a lecturer for Multichannel-Retailing, Sales, Social Innovation and Methodical Basics at Nuertingen-Geislingen University in the south of Germany. His interests in research and transfer lie in the topics of "Medium-Sized Retail", "Sustainable Community Development" and "Social Innovation". He is leading the DAAD-funded project “Middle East Productive Landscapes” (MeProLand). After his studies, doctorate, and research activities at the University of Göttingen, Dirk spent eight years in leading positions in medium-sized retail cooperation. In 2011, he was appointed professor at the University in Worms. In 2014, he moved to Nuertingen-Geislingen University. Dirk was elected Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Rid Foundation for Medium-Sized Bavarian Retailers in 2011. He also works for the foundation as a trainer and coach. Motivation for TELOS project: Teaching means touching someone's life.

Hungary

• MATE - Hungarian University for Agriculture and Life Sciences (university partner)
• KulturAktív (NGO partner)

Italy

• Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (university partner)
• Fondazione Flaminia (NGO partner)

Greece

• Agricultural University of Athens (university partner)
• Commonspace (NGO partner)

USA

• University of Maryland (university partner)

Netherlands

• LE:NOTRE Institute (NGO partner)