The University of Gothenburg's Sustainability Thesis Award, GUSTA

From left: The GUSTA Award winners of 2022. From left: Pauli Kortteinen, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of GU; Camilla Häggman, Bachelor winner; Janelle Gutke, Bachelor runner/second place; Mikaela Johansson, Masters runner/second place; Mariya Dimitrova, Masters runner/second place; Kassahun Weldemariam; Håkan Pleijel, Member of the scientific committe; Johan Boman, Chair of the scientific committee; Christof Matt, Masters winner (unable to attend)

Award winners 2022

Awardees from Masters Programme

Christof Stefan Matt (Winner)
MFA Programme in Design
Högskolan för design och kultur, enheten för design
Thesis Title: BUILDING RELATIONS WITH NATURE BY DESIGN METHODS
Video link: play.gu.se/media/0_tr6ps9ub
Mariya Dimitrova
Masterprogrammet i folkhälsovetenskap, jämlik hälsa
Sahlgrenska akademin
Thesis title: Classifying Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies: Testing a Novel Integrated Approach
Video link: play.gu.se/media/0_mp24kkb8

Mikaela Johansson
Degree Project for Master in Education and Sustainability
Faculty of education, department of pedagogical curricular and professional studies
Thesis Title: COMPETENCY OVER COMPLACENCY -
A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW OF SUSTAINABLE COMPETENCIES AND ABILITIES WITHIN THE SWEDISH SCHOOL-AGE EDUCARE
Video link: play.gu.se/media/0_1knv8lhv

Awardees from bachelor’s Programme

Camilla Häggman (Winner)
Kulturvård med inriktning mot bebyggelseantikvarisk verksamhet
Institutionen för kulturvård
Thesis Title: ADAPTIV ÅTERANVÄNDNING AV DET BYGGDA KULTURARVET
En undersökning av återanvändning som kulturvårdsmetod för en hållbar framtid
Video link: play.gu.se/media/0_uu0ila92

Janelle Gutke
Samhällsvetenskapligt miljövetarprogram
Thesis Title: “DIRECT CONFRONTATION WITH THE THREAT” –
EN UTMANING FÖR DEN LOKALA KLIMATOPTIMISMEN?
En kvantitativ fallstudie om uppfattad distans till klimathot i Orust kommun
Video link: play.gu.se/media/0_rqaei8r5

About the award

The University of Gothenburg's Sustainability Thesis Award, GUSTA, recognizes and offers awards to outstanding theses written on sustainable development-related topics within the University of Gothenburg. The award is meant to motivate students to critically engage with sustainability issues and search for more knowledge towards a sustainable world. The project addresses all bachelor, magister and masters students in all programmes across the university.

The awardees are selected by a scientific committee that is comprised of eight professors from eight different faculties at the University of Gothenburg. Among others, some of the evaluation criteria include: holistic integration of different dimensions of sustainable development, originality, critical thinking, and contribution to the current knowledge in sustainable development.

Scientific Committee

• Chair: Johan Boman, The Faculty of Science, University of Gothenburg
• Johan Bengtsson, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
• Deliang Chen, The Faculty of Science, University of Gothenburg
• Christian Isendahl: The Faculty of Humanities, University of Gothenburg
• Dawn Sanders, Faculty of Education, University of Gothenburg
• Gunnar Köhlin, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg
• Ylva Norén Bretzer, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Gothenburg
• Birgit Penzenstadler: The IT-Faculty, University of Gothenburg

Contact

Kassahun Weldemariam, GUSTA project leader, Section for sustainability at University of Gothenburg. kassahun.weldemariam@gu.se