
News: HvA’er Irena van Nynatten-Janikowska receives medal for commitment to honours education
April 25, 2025

AUAS has won an award for PARTNERS IN PEACE, received from NCHC and NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Jørgen Watne Frydnes with Dr Kevin Dean, Chair Partners in Peace of NCHC, with Drs. Irena van Nynatten-Janikowska AUAS Honours.
https://www.nchchonors.org/news/news.asp?id=685086
Partners in Peace and UN SDGS Tampa-Amsterdam.
Theme is Harmonizing Heritage; history, diversity, creativity. I presented two global leadership projects: Partners in Peace and UN SDGS Tampa-Amsterdam. Drs. Irena van Nynatten-Janikowska

Living in a Globalized Society: Globalization As a Tool for Understanding
We are living in an increasingly global society and the effects of globalization, big and small, are being felt everywhere. But what is this thing called globalization and how can we use the study of our interconnectedness to help us understand some of the economic, cultural, and political changes we are seeing in our local communities and our world?

Will artificial intelligence save or destroy education?
Artificial Intelligence will change the way we write and the way we work.
Will it also change the way we learn and think? What are the dangers and opportunities
of AI?

Knowledge Café – Exploring Cultural Identities
The Knowledge Café is a tool to develop Global Citizenship, as a way of living that recognizes our world as an increasingly complex web of connections and interdependencies, with Global Citizenship being “an ethic of care for the world”. Exploring global citizenship themes helps learners grow more confident in standing up for their beliefs, and more skilled in evaluating the ethics and impact of their decisions.

Collaboration through Diversity – Event recording now available
“Kia Ora” or “I see you” perfectly explains the goal of the ‘Collaboration through Diversity’ event held last Thursday 14 September at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, which had the pleasure of inviting Susannah Gordon, Ambassador to New Zealand Embassy The Hague Netherlands, representatives to the International Criminal Court, and COIL partners from the Auckland University of Technology to share their knowledge of cultural awareness and the dynamics of working in multicultural teams.

Knowledge Café – The Power of the Single Voice
You have the power to speak for others when you speak for yourself. When you give vision and determination to the level of “voice” you speak for many, often for people you don’t even know. It only takes one voice to create change. In this knowledge café you will improve your speaking and listening skills, and intercultural awareness.

