Teaching for Sustainability: Supervising Interdisciplinary Theses

Beskrivning

The relationship between supervisor and student is sacred – paving the way for a good outcome regarding time, effort, enjoyment, contribution, and learning for all involved. In this seminar, we explore various approaches to support your supervision of interdisciplinary theses and arrive at your personal supervision plan.

In our changing world, researchers and students will want to address real-world problems from an interdisciplinary perspective, recognising the power and limitations of such an approach. Lund University is teaming with opportunities for interdisciplinary research and collaboration, for example, the new LU Profile Areas, Strategic Research Areas, as well as the LU Agenda 2030 Graduate School and Postdoc Excellence Programme. The new LU Strategy for Education highlights the importance of Education for Sustainability (EfS) and students are clamouring for the knowledge and skills to be able to tackle sustainability challenges beyond the classroom. Thus, we can expect more opportunities and more requests to supervise interdisciplinary theses.

An interdisciplinary thesis is an independent student project, which integrates knowledge, methods, and insights from two or more disciplines to examine a complex, often real-world, problem, yielding a richer understanding than a single disciplinary perspective. Whether or not you have experience supervising student theses, there are various approaches that will enhance your interaction with a student embarking on an interdisciplinary thesis – mind mapping, systems thinking, methodological triangulation, concept saturation, Socratic questioning, among others.

During the seminar, we will discuss:

Integrating disciplinary knowledge and methods
Setting knowledge and project boundaries
Dealing with complexity
Fostering effective communication and collaboration techniques
Implementing co-supervision or peer supervision
The workshop is hosted by the Division for Higher Education Development at Lund University. Moderated by Steven Curtis (Pedagogical Developer), the seminar is interactive with opportunities to discuss and share experience with others.

The seminar will be in English.

Period	2023 okt. 12
Typ av evenemang	Seminarium
Plats	Lund, SverigeVisa på karta