Partner universities:
- University of Oldenburg COAST-Center for Environment and Sustainability Research (IVS coordinator): Thomas Klenke, Leena Karrasch
- Open University of the Netherlands: Raoul Beunen
- Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark: Lise Schroder, Henning Sten Hansen
- Universidade Aberta, Portugal: Sandra Caeiro, Sara Pereira
- University of Bucharest, Romania: Alexandru Andrasanu, Cristina Toma
- University of the Aegean, Greece: Iosif Botetzagias