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For HEALTH in all urban sustainable POLICIES. The MOOC offers transdisciplinary knowledge (medicine, biology, geography, remote sensing, architecture, planning, urban design, policies with participatory engagement) about what urban systems are, how they can be modeled, and how citizens and policymakers can apply this knowledge to better cope with urban complexity to improve health and well-being.
Instructor: Prof. Céline Rozenblat
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Recommended experience
Beginner level
A strong interest in urban health
Recommended experience
Beginner level
A strong interest in urban health
Understand and assess social, ecological, and psychological factors affecting urban health.
Strengthen skills to model urban health as a complex system.
Engage stakeholders to design resilient, sustainable cities.
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The MOOC Healthy Urban Systems stresses numerous urban health issues and solutions in a comprehensive introduction on Multidisciplinary Frameworks, Observations & Measures, Concepts & Theories, Modeling Tools, Scenarios Design, and Policies and governance.
The up-to-date knowledge is based on various examples, on their implication for the contemporaneous questions, and on the most recent tools and technics of systemic approaches, machine learning, open and FAIR data, participatory, collaborative and action-research. It encourages place-based policies WITH the people and FOR the people in a multi-scale and long-term perspective beyond SDGs’ 2030 and towards the new “Pact for the Future” 2050.
30 international researchers, practitioners and professionals in North and South countries participated to this initiative, that is coordinated and produced by the University of Lausanne – UNIL together with:
- the International Science Council program on Urban Health and Wellbeing (ISC – UHWB)
- the Institute of Urban Environment (IUE), Chinese Academy of Science in Xiamen, China.
- the International Society for Urban Health (ISUH)
- the HUE (Healthy Urban Environments) Collaboratory
- the World Health Organization (WHO), Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health (HQ/ECH)
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What is unique about urban health, is the broad understanding of the root causes of health and disease, as described by planetary boundaries and social determinants of health; how they affect health of citizens and of the city itself, and how urban responses can build synergies and contribute to health, wellbeing and equity as well as ensure that the planet carrying capacity is preserved. Urban health responds both to the ecological boundaries and to the social foundations as illustrated in the Doughnut Economics image by Kate Raworth.
Address urban health through complex multidisciplinary approaches
Use multidimensional and multiscale concepts, methods and ecosystem frameworks
Mobilize and support all players directly or indirectly involved in urban health
Theories of complexity
Different Methods of Modelling: individual (ABM)aggregated (Dynamic systems)
Practice of Holistic Systems Modeling
This MOOC is the third part (out of three parts) of the whole MOOC on Healthy Urban Systems. This PART III is very recommended (but not obliged) to take after the PART I and PART II. Once you understood the main concepts and visions of Urban Health, and the best practices of observation in PART I, the theories and models in PART II, you are better prepared to take this PART III on Design and policies.
This PART III lasts 4 weeks, comprising two modules of 2 weeks each. The number of credits is 2 ECTS. To obtain these credits, you should achieve all the statements required each week. The final elaboration of a policy design and Health Impact assessment on your proper urban health question, will be specifically evaluated.
The University of Lausanne is a Swiss state university founded in 1537. It is focused on Medicine, Life Sciences, Geosciences, Environmental Sciences, Business, Humanities, Social Sciences and Sport Sciences. UNIL is a research-intensive university which encourages interdisciplinarity. It is also renowned for its innovative teaching methods.
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The specialization takes 3 months or 12 weeks to be completed
Nothing specific but strong interest in system thinking and public health
We recommand you follow the MOOCs in their order PART 1, PART 2 and PART 3
6 ECTS will be awarded for participants who complete all necessary assignments
Understand and assess social, ecological, and psychological factors affecting urban health.
Model urban health as a complex system
Engage stakeholders to design resilient, sustainable cities.
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