A Convergence Research Perspective on Graduate Education for Sustainable Urban Systems Science
Jose Lobo, Marina Alberti, Melissa Allen-Dumas, Luis M. A. Bettencourt, Anni Beukes, Luis A. Bojorquez Tapia, Wei-Qiang Chen, Anne Dodge, Zachary Neal, Anna Perreira, Deirdre Pfeiffer, Aromar Revi, Debra Roberts, Céline Rozenblat, Shade Shutters, Michel E. Smith, Eleanor Stokes, Deborah Strumsky and Jianguo Wu | 2021
Abstract
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. 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.