Network’s Annual Meeting Includes Interdisciplinary Skills Workshop

The annual meeting of the Sustainable Healthy Cities Network convened on August 25th in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The first component of the meeting was a course for graduate students on Interdisciplinary Environmental Study of Urban Sustainability.  32 students from all 8 of the participating universities gathered to learn the Network’s research design and practical application of a research framework to help inform policy and action.

Students learned how interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral approaches can address grand challenges in urban settings.  Tours to distributed infrastructure sites around the University of Minnesota and the City of St. Paul highlighted real-world solutions.

Engaging with Network faculty and city partners in the next few days will introduce students to best practices for working across academia, private sector, government, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).