About the course: urban transitions
The Interdisciplinary Community Service Learning 1 (iCSL1) course aims to drive urban transitions; we make crucial changes in our city to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
It's not just about individual solutions in energy, mobility, circularity, and other areas. Instead, it's about understanding how these solutions integrate into the urban system and interact with one another.
In this course we will focus on three themes: 1) sustainable energy systems; 2) urban healthy food systems; 3) inclusive public spaces for mental strength.
What will you do in this course?
✓ Explore different viewpoints on real-world challenges, from:
- Different academic fields, through you fellow students' diverse disciplinary backgrounds
- Non-academic actors, such as citizens, policy makers, and other stakeholders
✓ Reflect on the similarities, differences and frictions between these viewpoints
✓ Creatively integrate the diverse viewpoints, e.g. by using art, music and literature
What will you learn?
This course will provide you with new insights and a deeper understanding of the relations between theories and practice. You will develop career-oriented skills, such as critical thinking, problem solving and cultural understanding. You will be able to identify and integrate various societal issues and the perspectives of different societal actors in practice, though co-creation in real-life situations. Thereby, you will learn how a transdisciplinary approach can contribute to research directions for current societal challenges.
