Are you interested in working on challenges with direct societal impact, which transcend disciplinary and institutional boundaries? Do you want to train your creative thinking, collaboration, and change-making skills while putting your disciplinary knowledge to practical use? And do you like small-group interactive workshops, development-oriented teaching, and solving a real-world challenge with and for external stakeholders? Then the Transdisciplinary Master-Insert (TDMI) is a great option for you!
The TDMI is an award-winning program here at UT, offering you the option to expand your MSc training with transdisciplinary training to help “Shaping Responsible Futures”. You can pick any one, two, or three of our courses (see below) 1) in your free electives, 2) in your restricted electives if approved by your program, or 3) extracurricular.
If you are interested, please
- Check our website for more information and registration options.
- Join our coming information session on October 1st, 12:45-13:30, in DesignLab, CONNECT. Register here.
- Reach out to master-insert@utwente.nl if you have questions.
Overview of courses:
Creative Intelligence (Q2, 5 EC)
Create tools and materials to support creative group activities involving people from a diversity of disciplinary backgrounds.
Challenge this year: Organize creative transdisciplinary workshop on generative AI for all students and staff of the UT
Responsible Futuring (Q3, 10EC)
Proactively take up societal challenges and design interventions that co-shape societies for pluriversal futures.
Challenge this year: TBA
Learning Systemic Change (Q4, 5EC)
Learn how to manage the change-making process by designing, developing, and deploying holistic systems thinking.
Challenge this year: TBA
The Master-Insert Team
master-insert@utwente.nl