The bachelor course will feature issues like: (1) the digitalization of the economy, (2) the demand for cyclical patterns of production and consumption, (3) the shift towards sustainable cities and infrastructure, (4) the shift towards clean energy, (5) the demand for flexible and innovative organizations, (6) the need for a new sustainable mindset for business leaders, and (7) the need for an international orientation in business. These points in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) Nos. 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, and 17 (building a cooperative partnership around sustainability).
The main activities of the project are: (1) arranging an academic bachelor course where students in China (Shijiazhuang) and Norway (Halden and Fredrikstad) work in cross-cultural teams on joint projects, and (2) master student exchange of two students from Beijing to Halden studying green energy technology, and one from Halden to Beijing who will study the green economy. The bachelor course will be run in three rounds, each of which will enroll 12 Chinese and 12 Norwegian students. Each course will be structured around intensive workshops for students of one week, one in Norway and one in China, with online cooperation in-between.