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INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

Sino-Norwegian Partnership on Sustainable Energy

Alternative title: SINO - Norsk Partnerskap for bærekraftige energiløsninger

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

The Sino-Norwegian Partnership on Sustainable Energy (SiNoPSE) represents an interdisciplinary approach to sustainable energy, merging technology, design and society, in which the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and Tsinghua University (THU) have proven excellence. They are active contributors to industrially focused research and innovation activities, are involved in collaborative projects and provide high-calibre graduates and researchers. SJTU and THU are the leading Chinese universities in sustainable energy, from a technology and societal perspective respectively. THU and SJTU have substantial activities in the energy area with internationally recognized research groups in strategically important science fields and are thus in a good position to contribute in the global transition process towards sustainable energy. China is one of the world's largest markets for low-carbon energy technologies, and China has an important role in driving down prices and increasing the usage of these technologies. How China places itself within low-carbon technologies and sustainable consumption will have great consequences for Norwegian industry interests. Therefore, it is especially significant to have knowledge about Chinese energy policy and transition strategies, as well as functioning networks with researchers in China and researchers studying China. This project created a triple helix collaboration on sustainable energy between NTNU, THU and SJTU, and their local networks of research, industries and cities. The basis for this collaboration were the existing individual institutional partnerships between NTNU, THU and SJTU and the merging of these towards more structured and integrated research, education and innovation collaboration. Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tsing Hua University combined, provided a perfect match for NTNUs thematic strategic research area Energy. The partnership was mainly based on peer-to-peer physical and virtual interfaces between the three universities and their local support clusters of industry, city, research and education networks. As an added value to the research and education cooperation, the university partners were using their cities and industries as living laboratories to conduct empirical validation trials for sustainable energy. An open annual joint Symposium was held to promote the results of our research and education cooperation and to keep a dialogue with our local support networks, including the results of established double degree master programmes and sandwich PhDs on sustainable energy, and summer schools on sustainable energy in cities.

For details see final report. - two double degree master's programmes - 10 NTNU students and PhDs went to China - 2 Chinese students came to NTNU in 2018, 1 came in 2019 - 4 double degree master students from SJTU studied at NTNU - 2 staff exchange from NTNU to THU, 1 from NTNU to SJTU - Peer-to-peer meetings between professors of the 3 universities - Participation in joint conferences - Development of future joint centre applications - 33 joint publications - 3 summer schools - 3 symposia - 1 Young Researcher Seminar (2018, SJTU) - 1 Workshop on High Performance Building Technology (2018, THU) - 1 Scholarly Conference: North China Electric Power University (NCEPU) and NTNU - 1 NTNU Alumni China and NorAlumni Annual Gathering (SJTU, 2018) - 2 SiNoPSE partner meetings (2017, 2018) - 1 Joint PhD seminar (SJTU, 2018) - first semi-annual NTNU China Forum (Spring 2019)

This project aims to create a triple helix collaboration on sustainable energy between NTNU, THU and SJTU, and their local networks of research, industries and cities. As a basis for this collaboration, the existing individual institutional partnerships between NTNU, THU and SJTU will be merged towards more structured and integrated research, education and innovation collaboration. Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tsing Hua University are the leading Chinese universities in sustainable energy, from a technology and society perspective respectively. Combined they provide a perfect match for NTNUs thematic strategic area Energy. The partnership is mainly based on peer-to-peer physical and virtual interfaces between the three universities and their local support clusters of industry, city, research and education networks. As an added value to the research and education cooperation, the university partners will be using their cities and industries as living laboratories to conduct empirical validation trials for sustainable energy. SiNoPSE partners will organise an open annual joint Symposium to promote the results of their research and education cooperation and dialogue with their local support networks, including the results of established double degree master programmes and sandwich PhDs on sustainable energy, and summer Schools on sustainable energy in cities. The symposium will promote side events such as internal meetings between the partners to extend successful cooperation practices from SJTU to THU and vice versa, and to discuss how to overcome experienced challenges in terms of cultural understanding, funding, and cooperation with local industries and authorities.

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INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research