A convergence research perspective on graduate education for sustainable urban systems science

Lobo, José; Alberti, Marina; Allen-Dumas, Melissa; Bettencourt, Luís A.; Beukes, Anni; Bojórquez Tapia, Luis A.; Chen, Wei-Qiang; Dodge, Anne; Neal, Zachary; Perreira, Anna; Pfeiffer, Deirdre; Revi, Aromar; Roberts, Debra; Rozenblat, Céline; Shutters, Shade; Smith, Michel E.; Stokes, Eleanor; Strumsky, Deborah; Wu, Jianguo

doi:10.1038/s42949-021-00044-8

Title: A convergence research perspective on graduate education for sustainable urban systems science

Journal Article · 14 December 2021 · npj Urban Sustainability

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-021-00044-8 · OSTI ID:1836436

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Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City (Mexico)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Xiamen (China)
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
University of Guyana, Georgetown (Guyana)
Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore (India)
Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban (South Africa)
University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD (United States)
University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME (United States)

Sustainable urban systems (SUS) science is a new science integrating work across established and emerging disciplines, using diverse methods, and addressing issues at local, regional, national, and global scales. Advancing SUS requires the next generation of scholars and practitioners to excel at synthesis across disciplines and possess the skills to innovate in the realms of research, policy, and stakeholder engagement. Here, we outline key tenets of graduate education in SUS, informed by historical and global perspectives. The sketch is an invitation to discuss how graduates in SUS should be trained to engage with the challenges and opportunities presented by continuing urbanization.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1836436

Journal Information:: npj Urban Sustainability, Journal Name: npj Urban Sustainability Vol. 1; ISSN 2661-8001

Publisher:: Springer NatureCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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