Healthy Urban Systems - HUS

The virtual part (MOOC on COURSERA) should be done (watching videos and making online exercises) during the following weeks: MODULE 1 • A multidisciplinary framework - 1-8 March 2024 - 9-14 March 2024 MODULE 2 • Observing, measuring and representing - 15-21 March 2024 - 22-28 March 2024 MODULE 3 • Theoretical frameworks - 29 March - 4 April 2024 - 5-11 April 2024 MODULE 4 • Tools for modeling - 12-18 April 2024 - 19-25 April 2024 MODULE 5 • Scenarios design - 26 April - 2 May 2024 - 3-9 May 2024 MODULE 6 • Policies and governance - 10-16 May 2024 - 17-23 May 2024 The BIP Healthy Urban Systems provides systemic conception and tools of health as the pulse of the new urban agenda for different postgraduate students and long-life learning

Application Deadline

Virtual Part starting date 2024-03-01

Virtual Part closing date 2024-05-23

Total student workload 150

Specific field of studies Inter and transdisciplinary program

Pre-requisite for selection CV Motivation Letter Research Project Outline

Academic pre-requisites for applicants '- Social sciences (sociology, geography, economy, anthropology) - engineering (architecture, computer science, physics...) - Medicine (public health, individual medicine...) - Environment (Biology, environmental sciences...)

Physical Part starting date 2024-07-01

Physical Part Description '- Day 1: Meeting with stakeholders to define the dimensions/scales of the problem (Celine Rozenblat) - Day 2-3: Measure with / statistics/ literature/social networks/ captors (Sandra Perez, Sebastien Gadal. Paul Mukwaya). How to deal with qualitative/quantitative, imprecise, or proxy data? (Benjamin Wayens, ULB). Knowledge integration: Combine dimensions and define interactions (people, environment, …) (Martin Loidl, PLUS; Sebastien Gadal, Nice). - Day 4: Build the comprehensive system. (Gabriele Harrer-Puchner, Vincent Laperriere) - Day 5: Elaborate on urban design and scenarios Policies (Vincent Laperriere & Celine Rozenblat)- Animation of a participatory assembly of citizens - Day 6: Synthesis and preparation of individual report

Physical Part closing date 2024-07-06

Language level required C1

Field of studies related to the course Medicine and Health Social Science and Humanities Computer Science and IT Environmental Sciences Urbanism and Geography

Course location Lausanne, Switzerland

Course language English