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TEMA Department of Thematic Studies ”Educate agents for Change” tema.liu.se

TEMA Department of Thematic Studies ”Educate agents for Change” www.tema.liu.se. MISSION:. Purpose The Department of Thematic Studies is for over 30 years committed in its pursuit of interdisciplinary research to be of vital social and environmental importance in thematic fields of knowledge.

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TEMA Department of Thematic Studies ”Educate agents for Change” tema.liu.se

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  1. TEMADepartment of Thematic Studies”Educate agents for Change”www.tema.liu.se MISSION:

  2. PurposeThe Department of Thematic Studies is for over 30 years committed in its pursuit of interdisciplinary research to be of vital social and environmental importance in thematic fields of knowledge. • The Department of Thematic Studies has provided a unique institutional framework dedicated to training students and nurturing innovative research ideas between and beyond disciplinary boundaries. • We aim towards transformative knowledge creation, involving national and international perspectives, in solving complex problems with societal, cultural and environmental implication. • We act as an interface helping to meld research excellence with educational pursuits, actively involving other societal and stakeholder interests. • We foster our students and junior researchers with the capacity to become experts through creative and synergetic thinking at the frontiers of scientific and societal development. THE DEPARTMENT OF THEMATIC STUDIES

  3. Values • We encourage critical thinking, a collaborative spirit between junior and senior researchers, and intellectual pluralism. • Our academic pursuits are based on intra- and inter-disciplinary dialogue involving the social and natural sciences, and humanities. • Focus on creative solutions and innovative tools for solving socially relevant problems at the forefront of research and scientific challenges. THE DEPARTMENT OF THEMATIC STUDIES THE TEMA INSTITUTE

  4. The Department of Thematic Studies hosts: • Units/Graduate Programs:Child Studies; Gender Studies; Technology and Social Change; Water and Environmental Studies • Centers:Center of Gender Excellence; Nordic Research School in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies; Swedish-International Research School in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, Center for Climate and Policy Research; Center for Man, Technology and Society; Center for gender and equality • International Master Programs:Child Studies; Sustainable Development • Under Graduate Program:Environmental Studies • Subjects and inter-disciplines:Child Studies; Geography; Gender Studies; Environmental Science; Thematic Natural Science; Technology Studies THE DEPARTMENT OF THEMATIC STUDIES

  5. www.liu.se

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