Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• account for selected, sectorial, cutting-edge and emerging technological innovations
• explain the role of the new technologies in the advancement of science
• account for how technological problems and advances often create a demand for new scientific knowledge
• discuss the societal relevance of particular emerging technologies
• account for the potential risks of particular cutting-edge technologies

Skills

• analyse how cutting edge science suggests new kinds of behaviors, including those not imagined before that lead to new technological trends and developments.
• evaluate how the availability of new technology sparks scientific advancement
• methodologically analyse how technology solves practical problems and serves human needs and also creates new problems and needs

Competences

• analyse emerging technological products and processes
• communicate with scientist, technicians, engineers and technologists using moderately technical terminology
• identify and promote technological innovations for sustainable transitions

Type of instruction

A combination of lectures and workshops that include selected presentations from researchers and developers in science and technology that are representative of cutting-edge and relevant technological innovations. Alternatively organised as a project-oriented study group.

Exam

Exams