The goal of this workshop is to enhance teaching and learning capacities by modernizing curriculum and developing jointly taught courses and to increase research capacities at Central Asian universities by creating regional knowledge hubs in UN SDGS of Climate Action and Sustainable Cities and Communities.
Detailed Schedule for the workshops:
June 12: Arrival to AUCA dormitory
18:00 Meeting of the participants, instructors, and AUCA hosts
June 13: Climate Change Science
9:00 Introduction of the lectures and format (Fang)
9:30 Keynote speech & panel discussion (Groffman)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Climate Intervention (Parker and Hendrey)
16:00 Curriculum reflection and adaptation
18:00 Daily summary and introduction of next day
June 14: Sustainable Development
9:00 Keynote speech & panel discussion (Fan)
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Building collaboration with joint programs (Pulatov and Alimbekova)
16:00 Curriculum reflection and adaptation
18:00 Daily summary and introduction of next day
June 15: Research Design and Proposal Writing
9:00 Keynote speech & panel discussion (Gurevitch)
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Curriculum reflection and adaptation (Karimov and Kulmatov)
16:00 Group discussion and proposal writing
18:00 Daily summary and introduction of next day
June 16: Land Cover and Land Use Sciences/GIS
9:00 Keynote speech & panel discussion (Chen)
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Urban Ecology field trip (Kulenbekov and Mambetova)
14:00 Breakout room discussion and proposal writing
June 17: Applied Ecology and Adaptation
9:00 Keynote speech & panel discussion (Hendrey)
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Climate Research in the field (Kelgenbaeva and Sultanaliev)
14:00 Breakout room discussion and proposal writing
June 18: Final Reflection and Adaptation
9:00 Panel discussion and Q&A (Kussainova, Sarsembin and Kenbayeva)
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Group discussion and breakout room discussion
16:00 Wrap up workshop and exit survey (Wei Fang)
18:30 Farewell social at AUCA
June 19: Departure
