Permission from lecturers required for all students.
Please note: This is an intensive block course held in Rheinau, Switzerland. The course will take place during two weeks in August 2021 (final dates tbc). Participants are selected through an application process administered by the World Food System Center.
This 2 week residential summer school gives university students and young professionals the chance to understand the challenges and opportunities of the world food system and explore their role in creating change. Participants actively engage in lectures, workshops, group work, case studies, field trips and farm work. The course is hosted in Rheinau, Switzerland.
Objective
Understand: the science, relationships, interactions and trade-offs in food systems; potential interventions; and the cultural, socio-political, economic and environmental factors to be considered when designing interventions. Build skills in: systems thinking, design thinking, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary collaboration, participatory processes. Connect to: a network of expert faculty/ scientists/ practitioners.
Participants will receive pre-reading material and a pre-assignment to be completed before the course commences.
Prerequisites / Notice
No prerequisites. Program is open to Masters and PhD students and in special cases upper level Bachelor students. All students (including those from ETH Zurich) must apply through a competitive application process that will open in Feb/March 2021 at http://www.worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/education/summer-schools.html. Participation is subject to successful selection through this competitive process. Participants will be informed of the selection in April 2021.
Performance assessment
Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again)
Repetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit.
Additional information on mode of examination
Participants must apply to the summer school and will be selected through a competitive, merit based process. Participants must complete the program in full, including pre-course work, to receive the credit points. The course will be assessed through a pre-course assignment and an on-course group work case study.
Learning materials
No public learning materials available.
Only public learning materials are listed.
Groups
No information on groups available.
Restrictions
General
Permission from lecturers required for all students
Places
Limited number of places. Special selection procedure.
Performance assessment as a semester course