SciCultureD — transdisciplinary collaboration towards a more innovative and equitable society, and sustainable environment
▶Summary
Post-COVID-19, access to quality education and innovative transdisciplinary approaches have been key to Europe's recovery. The ScicultureD project helped tackle "wicked problems" like climate chan...
▶Objectives
The project addressed societal and environmental challenges. Its objectives included 1) To develop a student-centred, innovative, intensive science, arts and humanities European-wide course for HEI students and other stakeholders. The courses combined real-world and collaborative online learning. 2) To build upon existing networks (such as RESEO & EUSEA) in order to increase the transdisciplinarity of such networks to include educators and entrepreneurs for them to collaborate on innovative projects and research initiatives that improve the health, well-being and cohesiveness of EU society & its environment. 3)To encourage the concepts of design and systems thinking, co-creative approaches, entrepreneurship, the creative economy, and innovation amongst educators, professionals, HEI students and academics to impact the wider community and environment. 4)To build a culture of transdisciplinarity that highlights the benefits of cooperation between different fields, which is reflective of inclusive and sustainable societies; 5) To embed inclusivity and diversity mechanisms, active citizenship, citizen science and participatory research approaches, European Green Deal values, and SDGs ( 3–5, 11, 13, 16– 16–17).