Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Has knowledge of challenges for the sustainable transition of urban infrastructures
• Has thorough knowledge of a planning tool within water management, climate change adaptation, or transport and mobility planning
• Has knowledge on possible synergies that can be obtained within different infrastructures of the city as well as risks of sub-optimisation between infrastructures that should be avoided
• Has an overview of quantitative and qualitative economic, sociological, environmental and/or technical methods of analysis of solutions in relation to sustainable cities

Skills

• Can analyse and critically reflect on relevant policies, strategies and plans for urban development in terms of their impacts and potentials for sustainable development within a sector as well as across sectors of cities
• Can identify and justify a relevant research problem within the field of sustainable cities
• Can choose, apply and critically reflect on relevant quantitative as well as qualitative economic, sociological, environmental and/or technical methods of analysis
• Can identify solutions and strategies that promote sustainable development within water management, climate change adaptation or transport and mobility planning as well as across the infrastructural sectors in cities
• Can motivate and substantiate the general structure and methods of the project in a scientific context
• Can relate critically to sources and indicate accurate references
• Can communicate the results of the project to a selected target audience 
• Can design a researh project and use relevant theories in order to analyse a relevant research problem
• Can manage a study project in an interdisciplinary and intercultural PBL learning environment
• Can independently structure and reflect on project management activities and carry out subject specific and interdisciplinary study project
• Can apply graphics programmes like Adobe Illustrator, Visio or SketchUp to make relevant illustration(s) for the project 

Competences

• Can correctly apply theories of science and research methods relevant for conducting research within the field of sustainable cities in relation to the chosen research problem
• Can independently initiate and participate in interdisciplinary planning tasks and cooperation across social levels, nationalities and cultures
• Can independently identify strategies for promoting sustainable (urban) development
• Can independently identify the complex combination of synergies and potential conflicts within challenges and solutions for different sectors of the city
• Can identify and engage with relevant actors related to the chosen research problem
• Can independently reflect on and take responsibility for own learning, professional development and specialisation
• Can use online platforms for project management, communication and data management (e.g. Teams, Google Drive)

Type of instruction

Problem-oriented project work in groups

Exam

Prerequisite for enrollment for the exam

• An approved PBL competency profile is a prerequisite for participation in the project exam

Exams