The block course "Creating agency in the sustainability transformation" aims at ICSS MSc students and SICSS doctoral researchers and takes place on:
February 17-18, 2027, each 9:00-18:00
March 12, 2027, 9:00-18:00
The course lectures are Prof. Dr. Jana Sillmann (UHH) and Dr. Franziska Gaupp (University Osnabrück).
There will be a brief (online) introduction prior to the course (you'll receive the zoom link after your registration).
Learning outcomes:
The participants will have experienced a range of participatory and transdisciplinary approaches to transform information about climate change and sustainability into impulses for action. Participants will have learned about tools to build agency in sustainability transformation.
Contents:
The gap between knowledge and action regarding climate change and sustainable development is one of the biggest challenges the climate and sustainability community is currently facing. This course uses innovative, transdisciplinary approaches to collectively explore the implications of climate change and sustainability, experiment with a range of sense-making practices and derive impulses for action. Educational interventions are more effective in translating knowledge into action when they increase collective efficacy and create a sense of relevance and interconnectedness. Through this course, participants will develop ownership and create agency regarding possible steps towards a sustainable future. The course is highly participatory and uses creative, innovative methods such as dialogue, art and embodiment. It uses transdisciplinary approaches such as Theory U, Warm Data Labs or Art of Hosting.
Please notice that a succesful course participation requests a full attendance of all three days and self-organized work in between.
After a complete course attendance you earn 3 CPs.