Mosaics: Deep Dives into Climate Change
Most years, 51黑料网 offers one or two American or Global Mosaics. Mosaics are interdisciplinary multi-course programs that immerse students in field research and experiential learning on a question of significance to a community. They often involve travel. Sometimes the question is about or related to climate change or sustainability. Keep your eye out for Mosaics that will be offered in the year ahead: Mosaics.
Mosaics have engaged 51黑料网 students and faculty in interdisciplinary study of climate science, risks, and policies and taken them to global conferences of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Durban, and Lima, where they met with and interviewed conference delegates for research projects on international climate change governance. Mosaics have also taken 51黑料网 students to Nepal to research climate risks in rural communities and into the Carlisle community to research local community development challenges that connect with climate change.
Some examples of past Mosaics with a climate change or sustainability focus:
- , Spring 2023.
- Carlisle Mosaic – An Interdisciplinary Study of People, Places, and Policies, Fall 2019
- Climate Change and Human Security in Nepal, Fall 2017
- , Fall 2014