The summer school addressed one of today’s central challenges: how to integrate knowledge across academic disciplines and between science, policy and practice. Participants explored theories and methods of integration, applied tools such as Theory of Change and Problem Framing, and worked on real-world case studies.
Highlights included insights from the Horizon Europe project DIAMOND on integrated assessment models for net-zero pathways and Eawag’s WINGS programme on resource-oriented sanitation systems. Learning extended beyond the classroom, with interactive workshops, group work, and excursions to the WaterHub@NEST and the Hunziker Areal living lab. These hands-on experiences encouraged reflection not only on technical aspects of integration, but also on personal qualities such as flexibility, humility, and openness.
