Follow-up Carte Blanche: How Techy is Sustainability

Frank Nack was elected UvA Lecturer of the Year in 2018 and with his Carte Blanche, he developed the Honours module 'How Techy is Sustainability', which started in 2020-2021. Next semester, the course is on the curriculum again. It's high time for a follow-up! Frank Nack , lecturer and, at the time, programme director of the Master's programme in Information Studies, looks back together with us: " As I became Lecturer of the Year in 2018 , I was astonished to see that the winning prize was to develop a new interdisciplinary course. My idea was to generate a fluid, interactive learning environment in which the students and I could change between different forms of learning depending on their needs." - Sustainability and technology. Nack continues: "The aim was to investigate sustainability, with the focus on how far technology can facilitate sustainability. The course How Techy is Sustainability , therefore, concentrates on questions such as: What is the role of technology and what can it provide to help build a sustainable society? How far can a sustainable society go and under which circumstances is technology a necessary part?" - Constant exchange of ideas. In the first 5 weeks of the course, the core aspects are investigated.