Course content

The purpose of the course is to connect international, cross-disciplinary education programs directed to climate change and environmental impacts in global cities. We aim to improve knowledge transfer from advanced research and high-resolution computing to higher education and further to stakeholders and hope to increase influence of urban stakeholders on the content and design of educational programs.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

The student will gain knowledge from the areas of sustainable city transformation, including SDGs (sustainable development goals), governance models, participatory approaches and digital tools.

Skills

The student will become more competent in understanding the practical applications of urban sustainability in the arctic area. The student will be encouraged to critically analyze the new methods of citizen participation through the transformation path by VR and AR solution for society and the potential of recycling material. They will work in teams, solving the concrete project challenges with different stakeholders involved.

General competence

The student will gain a general overview of the complexity of implementing different urban scenarios toward sustainable city transformation, including the opportunities and challenges associated with initiating co-creation and deep participation amongst highly diverse stakeholders.

The course aims to give future stakeholders of Smart and Sustainable Cities knowledge and abilities to work with urban socio- environmental interactions in the era of climate change.

Learning methods and activities

Workshop with active-based learning.

Recommended previous knowledge

Interest in and knowledge about future sustainable and resilient smart cities, urban planning, civil engineering, climate science, social science, remote sensing, digital communication, and UN SDGs:11,13

Course materials

Information will be given in the course.