The World Challenges Programme at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) aligns education, research, and engagement agendas with key global development issues. We access new thinking and develop different ways to approach these challenges, and therefore create opportunities for knowledge transfer between practitioners, academics, students, and the public through a variety of actions.
World Challenges are ‘wicked problems’ – messy, ambiguous issues with no clear solution. Wicked problems involve a variety of stakeholders and occur in the context of food waste, biodiversity, ecology, climate change, migration, social exclusion, and gender discrimination. The theme of world challenges is an accelerator for programs at Università della Svizzera italiana which connect science to communities and environment.
Integrated educational programs of the World Challenges Programme:
- Bachelor Specialization:
ICSE Intercultural Communications and Sustainable Economics - Master elective course:
Tackling World Challenges
Official website at University of Lugano: The World Challenges Programme (WCP)
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To hear more about the World Challenges Programme, listen to the RSI radio interview with Roberto Manzi (Business Development Manager) and Michael Gibbert (Academic Director of WCP) from June 2018:
(in Italian, first 10.15 minutes)
https://www.rsi.ch/rete-uno/programmi/intrattenimento/millevoci/Una-ricerca-accademica-per-la-citt%C3%A0-il-caso-di-via-Nassa-a-Lugano-10532765.html
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