Several CUCo-affiliated researchers will be involved in the Utrecht Summer School PhD course Transformative Research for Sustainability Challenges.

The course takes place between May 12 and May 23, 2025.

The registration deadline is November 7, 2024.

Course description

Participants are guided through a process designed to surface and examine fundamental assumptions that underpin their research approaches to inspire future trajectories both within and beyond their PhD. 

This course is taught by a range of scholars in Utrecht University (UU), University of Twente (UT), Wageningen University & Research (WUR), and Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC), who will guide students through critical concepts, methodological innovations, and tricky dilemmas that have challenged and enabled their own work. The course content focuses on four main aspects of transformative research identified in the 71 Visions Report. This course has run three times before and received an Education Innovation Award in 2021. It is supported by Utrecht Summer School, WIMEK, EWUU Alliance, and Urban Futures Studio, Utrecht University.

The introduction to the course is split across two half-days to explore: what is “transformative research”, and what roles does it entail? This will be followed by four full-day trainings and one final day of harvesting collective insights.