Responding to the need of postgraduate education for Planetary Health: Development of an online Master's Degree.

ABSTRACT: Planetary Health has emerged as a new approach to respond to the existential risks that the clime and global environmental crises pose to human societies. As stated by various stakeholders, the challenges involved in Planetary Health are of such magnitude that education must be at the forefront to obtain a meaningful response. Universities and higher education institutions have been specifically called to embed the concept of planetary stewardship in all curricula and train the next generation of researchers and change makers as a matter of urgency. As a response to this call, the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) developed the first online and asynchronous Master in Science (MSc) in Planetary

SUBMITTER: O'Callaghan-Gordo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9643718 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature