To deliver on promises made in the name of interdisciplinary education, universities endeavour to prepare students for futures to cope with ‘wicked problems’ that bedevil contemporary society. The promises of interdisciplinary education require that students from different disciplines have the skills both to collaborate and draw on knowledge appropriate for finding ways to address given ‘wicked problems’. However, teaching and learning these skills are not straightforward.
Based on their combined decades of research on interdisciplinary education, Professors Bianca Vienni Baptista, Jen Ross, and Katrine Ellemose Lindvig will sketch the presents of interdisciplinary education as they see them, as well as what they would like to see – their utopias and futures -- for the field.
About the lecturers
A social anthropologist and professor at the University of Vienna, Bianca Vienni Baptista investigates transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary cultures and practices. She also provides courses on capacity-building for university professionals and academic staff designed to strengthen their interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary work.
Jen Ross is a professor of Digital Culture and Education Futures, co-director of the Centre for Research in Digital Education, and Associate Dean (Research Cultures) in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. She teaches and researches on online and open education, including on digital cultural heritage engagement, as well as on digital cultures and futures.
Katrine Ellemose Lindvig is a professor at the University of Copenhagen and studies policy and practice in interdisciplinary education as they play out together in higher education. She focuses on the experiences of faculty and students in interdisciplinary education who need to make sense of implicit and explicit institutional structures they encounter as they teach, learn, collaborate, and research.
Program
13.15-14.15 Presentations by Professors Bianca Vienni Baptista, Jen Ross and Katrine Ellemose Lindvig
14.15-14.45 Questions and discussion
Contact
Questions regarding the event or practical information can be directed to Molly Sutphen, 405 53 242