A convergence research perspective on graduate education for sustainable urban systems science

• Published in: npj Urban Sustainability Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 1 - 5
• Main Authors: Lobo, José, Alberti, Marina, Allen-Dumas, Melissa, Bettencourt, Luís M. A., Beukes, Anni, Bojórquez Tapia, Luis A., Chen, Wei-Qiang, Dodge, Anne, Neal, Zachary, Perreira, Anna, Pfeiffer, Deirdre, Revi, Aromar, Roberts, Debra, Rozenblat, Céline, Shutters, Shade, Smith, Michel E., Stokes, Eleanor, Strumsky, Deborah, Wu, Jianguo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 14.12.2021; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Nature; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 4014/4005; 706/648/160; cities; Climate change; Consumption; Earth and Environmental Science; Education; Environment; Environmental education; environmental studies; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS; Graduate studies; Natural resources; Perspective; Scientists; Students; Sustainable Development; Systems science; towns; Urban areas; Urban Ecology; Urban Geography; Urbanism; Urbanism (inc. megacities; Urbanization; United States > US; Arizona
• ISSN: 2661-8001; 2661-8001
• DOI: 10.1038/s42949-021-00044-8

Sustainable urban systems (SUS) science is a new science integrating work across established and emerging disciplines, using diverse methods, and addressing issues at local, regional, national, and global scales. Advancing SUS requires the next generation of scholars and practitioners to excel at synthesis across disciplines and possess the skills to innovate in the realms of research, policy, and stakeholder engagement. We outline key tenets of graduate education in SUS, informed by historical and global perspectives. The sketch is an invitation to discuss how graduates in SUS should be trained to engage with the challenges and opportunities presented by continuing urbanization.