701-1504-00L  ETH Sustainability Summer School

SemesterSpring Semester 2021
LecturersC. Bratrich, P. Krütli, A. Rom, E. Tilley, C. Zurbrügg
Periodicitytwo-yearly recurring course
Language of instructionEnglish



Courses

NumberTitleHoursLecturers
701-1504-00 GETH Sustainability Summer School
Course dates: September 4 - 17, 2021.
The course will be held in parallel on ETH Zurich and KNUST campuses in a hybrid format.
90s hrsC. Bratrich, P. Krütli, A. Rom, E. Tilley, C. Zurbrügg

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AbstractThe ETH Sustainability Summer School provides young researchers with the opportunity to work on current and sustainability-related topics in interdisciplinary and intercultural teams. Focus is given not only to teaching theoretical knowledge but also to solving specific case studies.
ObjectiveWithin ETH Zurich's Critical Thinking Initiative (CTI), students further develop their critical thinking and communications skills including: the capability to analyse and reflect critically, to form an independent opinion and develop a point of view, as well as to communicate, argue and act in an effective and responsible manner.

Based on this concept, the ETH Sustainability Summer School is providing its students with the following qualifications and learning outcomes:

- Interdisciplinary and multicultural competence: Students gain basic knowledge in scientific disciplines beyond their own and learn how to work effectively in interdisciplinary and multicultural teams.

- Methodological competence: Students gain basic knowledge of different scientific methods beyond their selected study discipline.

- Reflection competence: Students learn to critically reflect their own way of thinking, their own research approaches, and how academia influences and interacts with society at large.

- Implementation skills: Students will apply creative technologies in solution finding processes to gain knowledge and prototyping-skills to increase hands-on experience by applying knowledge in concrete cases.

This year's event on solid waste management is a collaboration between ETH Sustainability, the ETH for Development (ETH4D) Initiative and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana), and will take place at KNUST in Kumasi, Ghana.

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Prerequisites / NoticeThe Summer School 2021 is a collaboration between ETH Sustainability and the ETH for Development (ETH4D) Initiative. It provides students and young researchers the opportunity to develop and test solutions for a real-world challenge related to solid waste. Students will work in interdisciplinary teams. The summer school will be organized as a hybrid version, held in parallell at ETH Zürich and at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi / Ghana.

We will invite Bachelor, Master and PhD students from ETH Zurich and students from KNUST with a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines.

Candidates will be selected from all disciplines. Submitting a motivation letter and CV is a prerequisite for the application. Applicants will be evaluated on their academic strength, creativity, technical-related expertise, and their dedication to contribute to solving the world's most pressing challenges.

Depending on the Covid-19 situation, the course might have to be cancelled or its format may change.

Performance assessment

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Performance assessment as a semester course
ECTS credits3 credits
ExaminersC. Bratrich, P. Krütli, A. Rom, E. Tilley, C. Zurbrügg
Typeungraded semester performance
Language of examinationEnglish
RepetitionRepetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit.

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ProgrammeSectionType
Physics MasterGeneral ElectivesWInformation
Environmental Sciences MasterTransdisziplinary Case StudiesWInformation