To bring about change and solve actual problems in the world today, education and innovation need to come together. The way to achieve this is through challenge-driven education, an approach whereby courses and programmes are shaped around genuine societal challenges. The education is often project-led, and can relate to anything from urban planning to clean … Continue reading “Challenge-driven education the focus in Africa”
The horrific images and constantly updated death toll following the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have provoked strong feelings of empathy and despair. Hope is needed and, unprompted, I look around for research into the area – and come away even more convinced that research is absolutely vital. But the images also prompt questions. How … Continue reading “Research is vital”
Almost daily the media tell us about more shootings, more gun deaths, more bombings. It is awful, and it affects us all in one way or another. It can engender feelings of unease, incomprehension and suspicion. A sense of fear in the pit of the stomach. The other day, the ever-escalating violence even hit KTH’s … Continue reading “The violence affects us all”
