Michelle Grant: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2021

NameMs Michelle Grant
Address
World Food System Center
ETH Zürich, WEC E 20
Weinbergstrasse 11
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
E-mailmgrant@ethz.ch
DepartmentHealth Sciences and Technology
RelationshipLecturer

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
751-0021-01LWorld Food System Summer School (FS) Restricted registration - show details
Only a strictly limited number of places are available for ETH students in this program.

Participation in this course is based on a competitive application process, only selected students can participate. Details of the application process are available at Link
4 credits6PM. Grant, N. Buchmann
AbstractThis 2 week residential summer school gives university students and young professionals the chance to understand the challenges and opportunities of the world food system and explore their role in creating change. Participants actively engage in lectures, workshops, group work, case studies, field trips and farm work. The course is hosted in Rheinau, Switzerland.
ObjectiveUnderstand: the science, relationships, interactions and trade-offs in food systems; potential interventions; and the cultural, socio-political, economic and environmental factors to be considered when designing interventions. Build skills in: systems thinking, design thinking, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary collaboration, participatory processes. Connect to: a network of expert faculty/ scientists/ practitioners.
ContentThe content will include an overview of the world food system, challenges and solution approaches. The detailed course content will be available in the course flyer, which will available at http://www.worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/education/summer-schools.html
LiteratureParticipants will receive pre-reading material and a pre-assignment to be completed before the course commences.
Prerequisites / NoticeNo prerequisites. Program is open to Masters and PhD students and in special cases upper level Bachelor students. All students (including those from ETH Zurich) must apply through a competitive application process that will open in Feb/March 2021 at http://www.worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/education/summer-schools.html. Participation is subject to successful selection through this competitive process. Participants will be informed of the selection in April 2021.