Interdisziplinäre Lehre: Meeting Global Challenges
Planetary Health
How is Patient Earth doing?
Registration
The registration takes place via RWTH Online and is possible from Sebtember 15th to October 18th. Further information about the registration process can be found in our FAQ.
All students can register for one module. You can specify two preferences. Please use the numbers “1” and “2”. If you have not been assigned a place in the project after the end of the assignment and are still interested in participating, please contact sibel.yildirim[@]ipw.rwth-aachen.de directly.
(If you have any problems with the registration or with RWTHonline, please contact Mrs. Sibel Yildirim (IPW), also stating your matriculation number: sibel.yildirim@ipw.rwth-aachen.de)
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Registration
The registration takes place via RWTH Online and is possible until October 3rd. Further information about the registration process can be found in our FAQ.
All students can participate in a course. You can choose two preferences. For this, please use priorities 1 (highest) and 2 (second highest). Click here for an example. Please think carefully about how you indicate your priorities. It is not possible to re-register. If you have not been assigned a place in the project after the end of the assignment and are still interested in participating, please contact sibel.yildirim@ipw.rwth-aachen.de directly.
(If you have any problems with the registration or with RWTHonline, please contact Mrs. Sibel Yildirim (IPW), also stating your matriculation number: sibel.yildirim@ipw.rwth-aachen.de. Ms Yildrim will be availbale from October 3rd for problems with the registration process. Manual registration during the registration period is not possible.)
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Academic Responsibility
Health For Future Aachen
Contact Person
Alina Meyer, B.A.
Schedulue
Start
20.10.2021
Zeit
Wednesday, 6:30-8:00 pm
Ort
Digital (Zoom)
Contents
In 2009, international scientists formulated the so-called planetary load limits for nine key natural systems and processes [1]. One of the key messages of the publication was that, along with the decline in biodiversity and climate change, serious global environmental changes endanger sustainable global development.
Our lecture series deals with the question: Which health effects and interdisciplinary challenges are associated with exceeding the planetary limits? For this purpose, the concept and the current scientific status of the planetary load limits are explained in a total of two basic lectures. In addition, we answer the question “What is health?” With a view to individual health and the overall social context.
In the following main part, a planetary load limit and the health consequences of their load will be examined more comprehensively for each event. The lecture format for the main part is an interdisciplinary tandem lecture: For 30 minutes each, a medical professional and a representative from a corresponding non-medical field (e.g. engineering, natural sciences, agriculture) discuss various aspects of a load limit. Each lecture is followed by a moderated discussion with the students. The last lecture examines the importance of exposure limits in the context of mental health, social responsibility, and global justice.
[1]https://www.bmu.de/themen/europa-internationales-nachhaltigkeit-digitalisierung/nachhaltige-entwicklung/integriertes-umweltprogramm-2030/planetare-belastbarkeitsgrenzen/
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the lecture series, the students will know the different planetary load limits and their current status. Additionally, they learn about different health definitions and the concept of planetary health. They will understand the various health consequences that come along with the exhaustion of the respective planetary load limit.
Program
20.10.2021
Planetary Load Limits: The concept and current status
Dr. Georg Feulner
Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung
27.10.2021
Human Health – More than just medicine
PD Dr. med. Andrea Kaifie-Pechmann
Institut für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin, Universitätsklinikum RWTH Aachen
03.11.2021
Heat
Prof. Heidi Sinning
ISP – Institute for Urban Research, Planning and Communication, Fachhochschule Erfurt
Prof. Christian Gunga
Institute of Physiology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
10.11.2021
Modified Climate Zones
Prof. Gerrit Lohmann
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Prof. Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann
Institut für Umweltmedizin, Helmholtz-Zentrum München
17.11.2021
Particle Pollution of the Atmosphere
Prof. Michael Leuchner
Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Physische Geographie und Klimatologie RWTH Aachen
Prof. Barbara Hoffmann
Institut für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
24.11.2021
Antibiotic Residues and Resistance
Karina Witte
Doktorandin an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau
Prof. Nico Mutters
Direktor des Instituts für Hygiene und Öffentliche Gesundheit am Universitätsklinikum Bonn
01.12.2021
Food & Agriculture
Dr. Marco Springmann
Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
Prof. Anja Bosy-Westphal
Institut für Humanernährung, Universität Kiel
08.12.2021
Zoonoses & Pandemics
Dr. Kim Grützmacher
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Dr. Alexander Kersten
Facharzt für Innere Medizin, Universitätsklinikum RWTH Aachen
15.12.2021
Mental Health
Katharina van Bronswijk
Psychologin, Sprecherin der Bewegung „Psychologists/Psychotherapist for Future“
Zwischenüberschrift
xx.xx.2020
Abweichend
Montag 12:00 Uhr
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Depending on the course of studies, module and examination, credit points can be achieved through participation.
Certificate
Certificate of Participation (0 CP, not graded)
Protocol with critical analysis (2 CP, not graded)
Term paper 10-15 pages (3 CP)
Term paper 15-20 pages (4 CP)
