Courses tagged interdisciplinary

This track is a joint programme on European integration by the Utrecht University’s Summer School and the International Summer University of the University of Tartu. The aim of the course is to ...

The Baltic States share an intricate history of repression and liberation and are now thriving culturally and economically. Learn about the history and identity of these countries and their connection...

This track offers three different yet complementing approaches to the world of business from a European perspective. First, you will be introduced to the European Union and its historical, s...

In this track we study the social implications of popular music and jazz. We question whether popular music can subvert stereotypical representations of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity; and how impro...

How can systemic drivers of global challenges be identified? What are transformations and how do they come about? How can different forms of experimentation - across multiple disciplines - and adaptiv...

Our world has an abundance of so-called complex systems. These are typically large collections of connected elements that influence each other. Examples are the brain; society; traffic; the financial ...

Do you want to become a veterinary expert in the livestock sector? Are you interested in advancing animal health and animal welfare in relation to public health and the environment? Then sign up ...

This course offers you a challenging introduction to conflict resolution and mediation skills. The main focus of the course is to make you familiar with the backgrounds of human conflict beh...

How do artists master their art? Does painting in oil result in different working procedures and visual effects compared to other media? Which material and technical properties determine the creative ...

Additive manufacturing (3D printing) uses a layer-by-layer principle for manufacturing. This one-week course will provide insight in the opportunities of additive manufacturing technologies and 3D (bi...

How do artists master their art? Does painting in oil result in different working procedures and visual effects compared to other media? Which material and technical properties determine the creative ...

Experienced CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) or EMI (English Medium Instruction) teachers learn to become fully-fledged CLIL trainers. This practical, hands-on course encourages teacher...

Students will learn how issues of sustainability are dealt with in the legal order at the international, national and at the European Union level. The summer school will address how the law can b...

Changes in technology and society strongly influence modern survey research. This course covers the essentials of modern survey methodology and analysis and is organized by the Department of Methodolo...

Migration has made European countries ethnically and culturally more diverse. While migrants try to find their way in a new and sometimes hostile environment, host populations also have to adapt to mi...

This course will provide fundamental knowledge about Decision Management and Business Rules Management. Organizations execute numerous decisions each day, based on an increasing amount of data. Techno...

River flooding, coastal dynamics, land subsidence, salt water intrusion, livelihoods, governance and environmental law are all important topics for the sustainable management of coastal river deltas w...

The global burden of Mental Health is large and continuously growing. Many persistent somatic health problems are affected/accompanied by persisting psychological conditions such as depression, stress...

This course gives an introduction on basic theories regarding intercultural communication. These theories will be linked to different contexts, ranging from education and business, to migration and me...

In this course, students will be introduced to the basics of conducting research in the field of Intercultural Communication. Common pitfalls of intercultural and multilingual research and possible pr...

What we do in the present is profoundly influenced by our expectations of our futures. Join us for an interactive course to understand how techniques of futuring contribute to realizing societal trans...

The accelerating datafication of society constitutes challenges and opportunities for humanities research. Participants of this course get acquainted with some of the (methodological) fundamentals of ...

Welcome to the LANDac Annual International Summer School. Large-scale acquisition of land in the Global South has received a great deal of interest in the last few years. Especially followin...

Process mining is a rapidly growing field of research. This is testified by an established research community, numerous publications and thousands of organizations applying process mining. B...

This course will provide both theoretical background and hands-on experience with business process management (BPM), improvement and innovation. On the one hand it is important for organizations to ha...

Financial technology, often shortened to FinTech, is an umbrella term for innovative technology in the financial sector. This summer course focuses on two disruptive technologies: blockchain and machi...

What does the city of the future look like? Since the beginning of the 21st Century the majority of the world population lives in an urban area. The summer school Smart Sustainable Cities discuss...

In this course the key issues of Islamic Banking and Finance will be discussed. What are the rules that need to be respected? Based on these rules, financial contracts and assets have been developed, ...

Our summer course is aimed at advanced master students and starting PhD students with the goal to teach them on recent advances in neural circuit development and plasticity from an interdisciplinary p...

Global trends in Demographics and Migration is a two-week summer course that examines developments in global and regional changes in the population composition (declining birth rates and ageing) ...

Visual music is one of the most exciting current developments in the digital arts. From the live audiovisual performances by HKU alumni Tarik Barri for Thom Yorke, to the sublime installation art of R...

Urban Sound Design is an emerging sub-discipline within urban planning and design. Discussions about sound in our environment tend to focus on the problematic attributes, such as the noise of traffic ...

This summer course is a joint activity from University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) and University College London (UCL). During this summer course, participants will learn the key character...

As organisations are challenged by the increasing pace of new technology, strong digital leadership is needed. Digital transformation is the increasing adoption of digital tools and technologies by an...

In this summer school, you will learn how to apply technology in the design of teaching in secondary and higher science education and how to study its effects, by closely observing student learning. S...

Effective communication is key for high performing professionals. But many students do not learn advanced communication skills during their studies. Two experienced professionals teach you the most va...

As a professional and an individual you will encounter problems you can't solve on your own but only solve through collective action. Think of problems such as worldproblems like climatechang...

This two week course will inform you - from different perspectives - about the factors that keep older people healthy and participating in society. In this multidisciplinary course on healthy aging we...

Can popular music subvert stereotypical representations of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity? Or does pop instead reinforce white and heteronormative patriarchy? In this course we analyze a range of so...

This summer course provides a multidisciplinary perspective on games and play in contemporary culture, combining perspectives from various disciplines within the humanities, social sciences and comput...

A global food revolution is urgently needed for a healthy, sustainable, and a fair food supply for the rapidly growing and urbanizing human population with increasing living standards, increasing...

How can systemic drivers of global challenges be identified? What are transformations and how do they come about? How can different forms of experimentation - across multiple disciplines - and adaptiv...

This course is about experimentation to catalyse systemic change and confront global challenges: (1) why is experimentation essential as we search for transformative solutions for addressing global ch...