PRO-SLO - Professional Social Licence to Operate PhD School
PRO-SLO provides hybrid doctoral training on Social Licence to Operate with lectures, field engagement in mining communities, and mentor-guided methodology development.
Europe needs more experts to master the complex issues of a Social Licence to Operate (SLO), as currently many raw materials projects are severely delayed due to opposition from communities.
To bridge this gap, an alliance of SLO experts from research, universities and industry designed and delivers a tailored PhD school. It is based around challenges provided by the industry, facilitated by innovative teaching and learning methods.
The aim of the project is to equip PhD students and mining professionals with industry-demand skills required for sustainable development within the mining and raw materials sectors, which is to master the complex issues of a Social Licence to Operate (SLO). The aim of the PRO-SLO project is to bridge the gap between raw materials operations and economic, social and ethical discourse and to provide the raw materials industry with future leaders for SLO issues by training PhD students to master the complex SLO process, and act as ambassadors for the raw materials industry.
The project incorporates innovative teaching/learning methods, supplemented with field excursions, behavioral-experiments and challenge-based assessments to ensure participant competence. Mentors from industry aid the informal/formal learning exchange.
Funding programme: EIT RawMaterials
Total Project Budget: 1.06 mio
Our budget: 0.29 mio
Our role: Project Coordinator (RIC Leoben)
Partner: 10
Duration: 36 months
Start Date: Oct 2023
Responsible: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Michael TOST
Contributors: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Michael TOST
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