Drive change within local communities by tackling global challenges with newfound critical problem-solving strategies. On this three-week course from Deakin University, discover how you can be a catalyst for change right where you are. Explore practical strategies and gain valuable insights to address pressing global issues at the grassroots level.
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Become an innovative change-maker for your community
Resolving complex issues can feel daunting when facing them on a global scale. But often the most impactful way to handle such challenges begins within our local communities.
Utilise systems thinking to organise local change
At the start of this course, learn more about global challenges affecting local communities, from climate change to socioeconomic inequality.
Gain the tools to identify the most pressing problems impacting your organisation or community and respond with innovative strategies. Using holistic approaches to problem-solving, you’ll drive agency and inspire collaborative action towards sustainable solutions.
Empower advocacy and collaborative action to create social and environmental change
In three weeks, you’ll learn to complete organisational analyses and apply collaborative techniques to build (inter)communal and (inter)organisational relationships that facilitate meaningful progress.
Further your learning with Deakin University
This program is a part of the Global Challenges and Collaborative Action programme at Deakin University. You’ll be supported by a team of experts from Deakin’s School of Communication and Creative Arts (SCCA) who’ll guide you through an immersive digital learning experience.
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to put your knowledge into action by collaborating with the community to tackle real-world global challenges. You’ll also be able to grow professionally in community and economic development, government services, and organisational management.
Syllabus
Week 1: Introduction to global challenges – and what to do about them
Week 2: How to think (with partners about problems)
Week 3: Identifying an invested community
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Practice systems-thinking techniques
- Identify implications of global challenges for organisations and organising
- Create community-based strategies for collaboration
- Develop (inter)communal and (inter)organisational relationships for collaborative action
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for individuals interested in gaining critical problem-solving and collaboration skills to tackle global challenges from a local perspective and for Deakin University students from the series, The Arts of Changing the World (AGC).
