“All the biggest problems that we face now (…) like global climate change or the pandemic, require collaborative efforts, not just the multiplication of the same sort of person a million times over.” - Peter Galison, founder of The Black Hole...
Today, around 56% of the world's population - 4.4 billion people - live in cities. This trend is expected to continue and the urban population is expected to more than double its current size by 2050, by which time around 70% of the population will...
The main objective of this course is to understand, from a human rights perspective, the main challenges to guarantee the right to migrate and the right to asylum within growing anti-immigrants social and political contexts. From a critical...
IES Abroad's Global Pillars - Sustainable Living, Equitable Living, and Human Well-Being - Integrate most of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). The Global Pillars Courses utilize these pillars as a reference framework to adopt a problem...
“Migration is an expression of the human aspiration for dignity, safety and a better future” – Ban Ki-moon1.
There is a common, erroneous perception that international migration is threatening due to the sheer number of immigrants as well as the...
“Migration is an expression of the human aspiration for dignity, safety and a better future” – Ban Ki-moon.
There is a common, erroneous perception that international migration is threatening due to the sheer number of immigrants as well as the...
In this course we will take a look at the “Green City” Freiburg. The multi-faceted issues of sustainability will be presented and discussed. We will equally address environmental, economic and social sustainability. Through lectures and field trips...
Freiburg is top when it comes to urban planning: it is the most sustainable city in Germany - a child and bicycle-friendly town, the No.1 feel good location. It is internationally renowned for the Rieselfeld and Vauban model districts as well. What...
Students will learn through applying theoretical frameworks to case histories, talking with start uppers and entrepreneurs during field studies and business talks, testing themselves with assigned exercises, and working in teams during workshops.
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This course provides students a solid understanding on the fundamentals of drawing and painting with watercolors. It focuses on observation, with an emphasis on the creative interpretation of nature and open-air painting. The workshop offers some...