News
New Projects at the ZfS
In February, we launched three forward-looking projects at the intersection of instructional design, society, and digital transformation:
Building Bridges Between the University and Society
Together with students, faculty, and external partners from civil society, we are developing an interactive platform in collaboration with the ICN project “Transdisciplinary and Transformative Sustainability Education” (TTNB) and the E-Learning Department, which promotes exchange, collaboration, and practice-oriented learning formats. The interactive platform is designed to highlight the diverse university-wide outreach activities with civil society, bring them together, and facilitate networking and collaboration.
Contact: zfs-plattform@zv.uni-freiburg.de
Bringing Future Skills to Life – Skills for Transformation
How can future-oriented skills such as resilience, critical thinking, agile working, and democratic literacy be taught in a concrete and engaging way? In this project, we are developing innovative, interactive learning formats designed to help students choose specific courses from our curriculum in this area and prepare them for the challenges of tomorrow.
Contact: zfs-future-skills@zv.uni-freiburg.de
Systematically embedding future skills
As part of a subproject of the “Center for Curricular Co-Creation” (CuCo UFR), we are developing an interdisciplinary framework for future skills and supporting degree programs in integrating future-relevant competencies into their curricula and teaching. Our initiative is one of several project activities in which teaching support units and degree program initiatives within the UFR are working together in an agile manner on innovation-oriented degree program development.
Contact: zfs-cuco@zv.uni-freiburg.de
Further information and details about the projects will be available soon on our website. If you have any questions, ideas, or suggestions, please feel free to contact us. Here you can find the respective Project contacts.
Programme for the Summer Semester 2026
Building Future Skills – Thoughtful, Creative, and Practical
Under the guiding principle “Building Future Skills – Thoughtful, Creative, and Practical,” our current programm helps students further develop key skills for their studies, careers, and social responsibility. The focus is particularly on decision-making, communication, and self-organization, as well as the reflective use of artificial intelligence. We also incorporate this guiding principle into the Sustainability Certificate: The current program offers students the opportunity to learn about concrete solutions to current challenges and to test these solutions themselves in specific practical contexts.
Dates
21.05.2026
Systems Thinking and Self-Efficacy: The Example of Biochar
Sustainability Certificate: Education for Sustainable Development – Practical Tips for Teachers
3:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m., Waldgarten Zähringen
12.06.2026
Service Learning – Engagement and Power – What does my Field of Engagement have to do with Social Inequality?
Remaining spots available for all students (optional participation, no ETCS-credits), registration in HISinOne
12:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m., Peterhof, Room 3
18.06.2026
Action Day as part of “Engaged June”
Kickoff event with community partners
Service Learning Booth and Hands-On Activities: How Can I Combine My Studies with Community Service?
4:00 p.m.- 07:00 p.m., Platz der Alten Synagoge
19/20.06.2026
Service Learning -Workshop: Practical communication
Remaining spots available for all students (optional participation, no ETCS-credits), registration in HISinOne
12:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m., Peterhof, Room 3
26.06.2026
Service Learning – Workshop: Educational Work that is Critical of Discrimination
Remaining spots available for all students (optional participation, no ETCS-credits), registration in HISinOne
12:00 p.m. – 06:00 p.m., Peterhof, Room 3
13.07.2026
Courses in the lecture-free period summer semester 2026:
Registration period for bachelor’s and law students (BOK/SQ)
Starting at 9:00 a.m., registration in HISinOne
24.07.2026
Implementing Integrated Solutions Locally: The Example of Agroforestry
Sustainability Certificate: Education for Sustainable Development – Practical Tips for Teachers
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Am Schönberg
12.11.2026
Building Community in the Seminar Room
Sustainability Certificate: Education for Sustainable Development – Practical Tips for Teachers
2:00 p.m. bis 06:00 p.m., Kollegiengebäude 1