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‘What should secondary school pupils know about your climate change research?’

Across all faculties of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, scholars from diverse disciplines are generating crucial insights on climate change. While scientists in Geosciences and Natural Sciences uncover the physical mechanisms driving our changing climate, scholars across all other faculties contribute equally vital perspectives. Legal experts examine policy frameworks and environmental law, economists model pathways to sustainable development, cultural researchers analyze narratives of environmental justice, political scientists study governance structures for climate adaptation, and social scientists investigate the behavioral dynamics of change, to name but a few examples.

However, this rich interdisciplinary knowledge rarely reaches secondary schools. Many high school teachers remain unaware of cutting-edge research from diverse disciplinary fields. Even when teachers are aware of this research, they often lack the time or disciplinary expertise to translate complex scholarly insights into classroom-ready materials.

We believe this needs to change—and you can help make that happen!

In this design session, we invite scholars from all disciplines represented at UU to brainstorm with us on how your expertise can be translated into meaningful educational materials for secondary education. Together, we will begin by formulating what students should know about the topics of your research agenda and explore how this knowledge can be made accessible, translated, and connected to the national standards, so that it can be used in the classroom.

In doing so, we aim to support secondary school teachers in teaching about climate change and help you share your research with a broader audience of young learners.

See you there!