Accelerated learning about institutions, economics, and the environment in the Anthropocene – the Zhejiang Summer Workshop case

Abstract

ABSTRACT Accelerated learning for the Anthropocene is a recursive process of receiving, processing, and deliberating about the changing state of human-nature relationships in a world, which is characterised by economic growth, social tensions, environmental stress, and increasing interconnectivity. It requires a basic understanding of the role of economics, institutions, and values from a complexity science perspective. This paper is an example of an accelerated learning case. As a response to a 36 hours summer workshop on ‘Institutions, Economics and the Environment in the Anthropocene’ we reflect on the role of economics, institutions, and values for making intelligent decisions in increasingly complex environments and provide an outlook for the future format of learning. An essential insight is that we need more transdisciplinary knowledge exchange at academic institutions, as it is a tool that helps navigating through an increasingly complex world.