Climate change is complex. This complexity mainly emanates from the need to integrate disciplinary knowledge and expertise, both technological and managerial, in an interdisciplinary context to find buildable solutions that improve actual urban resilience strategies. However, training and education in professional silos, and the resultant fragmentation of the academy are significant barriers to integration. This lack of integration is one of the reasons behind the low process towards a low carbon society.
O4 report presents the methodology, which was adopted to develop a tool and process to activate a knowledge integration and exchange within an interdisciplinary learning environment. It describes and justifies the approach to developing an innovative learning approach founded substantially on a novel application of cognitive maps and meaningful learning activities (MLAs) in exploring sustainable strategies for climate change.
The full report and supporting documents for the Pre-ordinated Cognitive Structure are available on the InCLIMATE eLearning platform.