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22/2023 Dritte Änderungssatzung zur Grundordnung der Hochschule Rhein-Waal vom 13.02.2023
No full textDays of Antidiscrimination 3
No full textThis brochure shows the results and impressions of the five-day event “Days of Antidiscrimination 3” at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, which took place from November 28 to December 2, 2022. The Vice-President for Internationalisation and Diversity and the AStA jointly organized this exchange of all university members and, with this report, make visible the voices of the participants, the expertise of the academics and activists and the contributions of the students
Steering sustainable events performance: Towards a more balanced assessment of sustainable associations events
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Perpetual economic growth tests the limits of what earth can provide, but it also spurs new awareness for sustainable thinking and action. Duties such as corporate social responsibility reporting as well as shifting customer demands are placing increased pressure on the association events industry to acknowledge the importance of sustainability and implement sustainable event management strategies.
Association events tend to have an economic, social and environmental impact on the places in which they occur. These impacts can be both positive and negative. They can also have substantial leveraging and multiplier effects, can be used to elevate awareness of sustainability even further and, most importantly, help transform this awareness into action, for example by influencing stakeholders’ behaviour and minimising behavioural gaps.
The events and meetings industry has traditionally relied on economic performance measures, eschewing social and environmental costs and benefits. However, recent studies have underlined the necessity for a more holistic approach. This approach is fleshed out in the present research. It aims to offer stakeholders, decision-makers, event managers, associations and congress organisers a strategical instrument with which to identify the economic, social and environmental impacts of a planned event in order to utilise them in a targeted, sustainable fashion within the respective field of operation. The strategic measures for optimising event impacts were derived from the results of the empirical study. Moreover, these measures will serve to anchor the sustainable association event strategy within business operations as well as internal and external communications. Gifford’s Dragons of Inaction can be applied to determine possible barriers and, finally, to strive to minimise the gap between sustainability consciousness and sustainable behaviour. To this end, the effectiveness of cooperating attitudes, behaviour-oriented forms of intervention such as intentions or incentives for actions, and perceived consequences can be assessed and evaluated in terms of their essential dimensions.
Methodology
A number of research steps have been undertaken within this model, beginning with a literature review. This laid the foundation for subsequent empirical studies conducted as semi-structured expert interviews, followed by an online Delphi forecast as well as a survey among participants of an association event of the German Scouts (DPSG).
Findings
As shown in the primary research in both studies, social and economic measures are regarded as most important, environmental measures are most often adopted instead. Not all dimensions are considered to be part of sustainability. Social and economic aspects are considered necessary for an association’s success and are considered important strategic instruments connected mainly to positive implications on a psychological level such as image, trust and satisfaction. As it is seen as a competitive advantage and the terminology is unclear to many in the event industry, communication efforts must be targeted in order to facilitate implementation and, later, allow for the possibility of measuring sustainable event management. Holistic aspects should be made clear in order to support initiatives and ideally reduce the behavioural gap between sustainability awareness and actual behaviour.
Associations like the German scouts are risk-averse by nature. They function as custodians of a sector or profession and their standards demand continuity as well as consistency. Innovation, however, is associated with risk, experimentation and (superfluous) change. Both primary and secondary research efforts have shown that barriers to innovation include a lack of time, resources (money or staff in particular), or simply innovation know-how. Therefore, implementing change or, in this case, more sustainable measures in event planning, requires an individual, tailor-made approach which is pro-active and problem-solving in order to promote broader implementation of the already developed Green Events Guidelines throughout the whole association.
The findings of this mixed-method approach were used to develop a model to integrate, assess and steer event management sustainability from the perspective of event planners and associations, and propose a new concept for converting theory into applied practice for the industry.
Bibliography
Getz, D. (2019), Event Impact Assessment. Theory and methods for event management and tourism, Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers
Gifford, R. (2011a): The Dragons of Inaction. Psychological Barriers That Limit Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, American Pschologist, Vol. 66, No 4, S. 290-302
Große Ophoff, M. (2012): Green Meetings und Events: Nachhaltiges Tagen in Deutschland, in: Schreiber, M.-T. (eds.): Kongresse, Tagungen und Events. Potenziale, Strategie und Trends der Veranstaltungswirtschaft, München: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag.
Oblasser, C. and Riediger M. (2015) Nachhaltiges Veranstaltungsmanagement mit Strategie, Berlin: Verlag Wissenschaft and Praxis.
Raj, R. and Musgrave, J. (2009): Event Management and Sustainability, Oxford: Cabi International
Education for Sustainable Development: gamification of a concept on nitrate leaching from agricultural soils and identifying conflicts of interest.
No full textThe consequences of climate change and their potential conflicts of interest concerning their amendment are widely portrayed and represented through education for sustainable development. the amount of information they need to digest to apply themselves. Gamebased Learning through Gamification can serve as a softer alternative to introduce and familiarize learners with, although due to technical limitations, games do not completely replace reliable passive learning methods of learning such as books, lectures, and field practices. The aim of Project Nitratscouts is to develop educational modules concerning Nitrate infiltration from agricultural soils such as the groundwater boardgame, which facilitates learning about nitrate in groundwater, compliance with environmental quality standards, animal husbandry and manure as fertilizer, while also introducing them to agricultural decision-making regarding crop production. The tool offers several ways for playing, enabling players to perceive underlying the issue of Nitrate in groundwater from different perspectives. The tool was tested with 44 participants, in 17 single and 8 competitive game modes. Feedback was collected through survey results, performance evaluation cards, and participants’ verbal remarks and comments. The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to test the methods adopted to create the tool, describe feedback observations on collection by evaluating the learning effect about conflicts of interest based on quantitative and qualitative analyses of quantitative survey responses, performance evaluation cards, examine similarities of verbal feedback and cluster it into groups regarding multiple aspects such as relevance of random events, design and acquired perspective on conflict of interest, and discuss lessons from received feedback
MODEL SELECTION AND OPTIMIZATION FOR SWEET CHERRY BLOSSOM AND NORWAY SPRUCE BUDBURST IN THE PHENOLOGICAL GARDEN - HAUS RISWICK KLEVE
No full textPhenological models are tools used to predict the timing of phenological events based on environmental factors such as temperature, precipitation, and daylength. This research focuses on enhancing the accuracy of phenological event prediction by applying and refining models for two distinct plant species: Sweet cherry (SC) and Norway spruce (NS Early and late provenances). The analysis employs six models included different kinds of models for each species and ultilizes weather and daylength data of Kleve spanning 2013 to 2021. The objective is to evaluate model performance in the context of Haus Riswick; optimizing their precision through the factor inclusion, parameterization or ensembling method to localize the models to Haus Riswick in Kleve. Comparative assessment reveals that forcing models based on the Growing Degree Day concept or single-phase empirical models outperform chilling-forcing models in predicting the onset of SC blossoming and NS bud bursting models. Notably, the inclusion of the daylength term significantly influences the accuracy of sweet cherry models, whereas this term is not as pronounced in Norway spruce models. After being tested, applied models were calibrated to fit the models into the phenological observed data of Haus Riswick; the calibration process yields substantial improvement in both species‘ projection, reducing Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) to approximately 2-3 days for sweet cherry and 3-5 days for Norway spruce. Although some uncertainties persist in the simulation of these calibrated models, this methodology contributes to rending the models for both species in Haus Riswick more congruent with local conditions, enhancing their credibility. Ensembling approach is adopted for the Norway spruce budbursting models, where six diverse models are combined to compensate individual limitations. This ensembling method, involving averaging the forecasts of individual models, yields a more refined and dependable prediction (RMSE reduced to 5 days)
2/2023 Erste Änderungssatzung zur Zugangsordnung für den Masterstudiengang Information Engineering and Computer Science der Fakultät Kommunikation und Umwelt an der Hochschule Rhein-Waal vom 27.10.2022
No full text3/2023 Erste Änderungssatzung zur Prüfungsordnung für den Bachelorstudiengang Agribusiness der Fakultät Life Sciences an der Hochschule Rhein-Waal vom 13.12.2022
No full textAdvantages and disadvantages of mulching in market garden systems
No full textThe need for sustainable and resilient food production is constantly increasing. Methods such as cover cropping, the use of mulches and non- or minimal tillage are recommended in large-scale agriculture, yet are not typically found in standard versions of market gardening, as developed by J.M. Fortier. In order to redesign the market gardening system towards more sustainability, the advantages and disadvantages of mulching, possible allelopathic effects from cover crops and mulches, and a possible on-site production of transfer and insitu mulch, were investigated. For this purpose, a literature review was carried out and afterwards a market garden rotation including cover crops was designed. The review results suggested that positive (crop-promoting) as well as negative (crop- and weed-reducing) allelopathy from cover crops exist and are includable into the system as a form of integrated weed management system. It was found that the advantages of mulching outweigh the disadvantages and that it is possible to redesign the market garden system towards more sustainability
Monetary policy and its impact on exchange rates and foreign trade in Türkiye within the last decade
No full textAfter having overcome the effects of the Global Financial Crisis quickly, the price stability in Türkiye has deteriorated. In line with an expansionary course, the value of the Turkish lira depreciated and price levels started rising. Therefore, this paper will focus on the impact of monetary policy on exchange rates and foreign trade in Türkiye since 2012. For this purpose, the Mundell-Fleming model is introduced, which is a short-run macroeconomic model that assesses the effects of fiscal and monetary policies under different exchange rate regimes. Aggregated macro data on different indicators, which are representing key variables, is analyzed by using descriptive analysis. The empirical results were interpreted and discussed in line with the underlying model. The main findings of the paper suggest that Turkish monetary policy had a negative impact on exchange rates and thus on trade, especially since 2017 after the change of governmental system