AUA Lecture
Series 2024

The theme of this year’s AUA Joint Online Lecture Series is “Engineering Innovations and Transdisciplinary Perspectives for Sustainable Development in Asia.”The 2025 JLS will explore how engineering can drive sustainable development while embracing transdisciplinary collaboration to address complex, interconnected challenges in Asia. In today’s rapidly evolving world, engineering innovations are pivotal in tackling social, economic, and environmental issues. Yet achieving impactful, sustainable change requires diverse disciplines to work hand in hand. Through this lecture series, renowned experts from AUA member universities will share their experiences, research, and practical knowledge on a broad range of sustainable development topics.

Lecture Title: Circular Economy Principles in Building Design

Professor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ferhat Karaca, Nazarbayev University

Date: 20th August 2025

Time: 18:00-19:30 (UTC+8)


*The views and opinions expressed in this lecture series are those of the guest lecturers. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of the AUA or its members or its Secretariat.


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