The Upper Rhine Cluster for Sustainability Research (URCforSR) engages the Universities of 'Eucor - the European Campus' in Basel, Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Mulhouse and Strasbourg, the University of Koblenz and Landau with its location Landau as well as various universities of applied sciences and research institutes as associated partners.
The higher long-term objective of this project is the establishment of a research association with at least European significance. On the one hand the development of joint excellent, cross-border and interdisciplinary research activities is planned, on the other the realization of a beacon of knowledge for the society.
The research activities are geared to the comprehensive subject matter “Governance of Sustainable Growth“, which is subdivided in five fields of investigation, all of which are meant to contribute to the overall topic:
• Governance
• Energy, infrastructure & social change
• Transformation & innovation
• Resource management
• Multiculturalism & multilingualism