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Course credits: 5 ECTS (40 h)                                       Endorsed by EDUAM



Overview


In the modern day, it has proven to be essential that professionals from a variety of fields (such as professors, scientists, engineers, and artists) dedicate their work to helping revive a civic mission beyond academia. Today’s society presents a multitude of new, unfamiliar, and often frightening questions. This means that we have a common responsibility in recognising, promoting, and uniting the works of the professionals who contribute towards a better society, and we must be informed as to how to confront problems with a modern and practical mindset.

The most important factor in achieving our goal – essentially guiding the goals of science and modern society to reinforce each other’s positive effects into the future – is to promote a dialogue between Science/Technology and the Humanities. This would enable us to guarantee ethical results when answering complex questions linking technological and societal development. It is crucial to define and understand the scope of the transformations we make. This includes the challenges we create, and the robust changes we must make to society.

This symposium invites you to become part of the solution. You will have the opportunity to broaden and deepen your understanding of the links between cutting-edge scientific research and the problems that confront society in the modern day. You will hear from experts and will be expected to bring your own ideas to the table in debates with leading researchers and participants from diverse backgrounds. You will have the opportunity to formulate real-life ways to solve problems created and faced by society, based on what you learn in our sessions.

The sessions in the course will focus on understanding, interpreting, and applying the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), known in Spanish as the Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODSs), with particular focus on the following 3 goals:
3) Health and Well-Being (Garantizar una vida sana y promover el bienestar)
4) Quality Education (Garantizar una educación inclusiva, equitativa y de calidad)
17) Partnerships for the Goals (revitalizar la alianza mundial para el desarrollo sostenible).



Objectives
Today’s problems cannot effectively be solved from within a single discipline. Therefore, this course aims to foster the interdisciplinary collaborations that are necessary to confront society’s inherently complex and multi-faceted challenges. We hope that all participants will find ways to incorporate their new knowledge, broadened perspective and newly acquired network to execute successful and informed decisions and protocols in their future professional work. Furthermore, this is an important step in inspiring the development of an international movement of interdisciplinary collaboration in the future.

Participants
The symposium is aimed at doctoral students, professors, researchers, and professionals of any discipline and branch of knowledge from the Doctoral School of the Autonomous University of Madrid (EDUAM), and various Latin American universities affiliated with the International Academic Program. The maximum number of participants will be 30.

Methodology and Structure
Each session will include theoretical lessons with case studies, resolution of problems, and group work. In addition, all students will participate in a communication activity and assignment in which they must transmit information in a concise, fast and simple way to a heterogeneous audience.

All symposium materials will be provided before the symposium. Active participation is expected of all students. Sessions and all discussions will be conducted in English.



*Phase 2 (Optional)
If you would like to further expand your investigation, you will have the opportunity to join the mentoring program. You may have the opportunity to see the practical implementation of your ideas, on an international scale. Your project may also be published in a reputable open science journal.

Click here to find out more about Phase 2 of the Sciences and Sociability program.




 




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