Create innovative solutions for future proof cities through critical & creative research, multidisciplinary and international collaboration and co-creation as a strategy for innovation.

Cities worldwide are developing interventions and strategies to cope with challenges like climate change, social inequality and economic insecurity. Making cities more resilient towards such challenges by designing more sustainable, inclusive and future proof solutions for current (urban) practices is the focus of the programme Creating Resilient Cities.

Comparative research and working abroad
Making cities more resilient is a complex challenge. During this programme you learn to contribute to that by developing an applicable solution through applied research in Rotterdam and a partner city abroad. While working on your research project you will gain deeper understanding of resilience, learn to approach a resilience challenge from the perspective of your own profession, develop the capacity to design a solution through multidisciplinary and international collaboration and learn to share results through workshops and interactive meet-ups.

Three competencies

These competencies are key making cities more resilient:

Competency 1: Increasing Urban Resilience
To increase urban resilience, professionals will need to research, analyse, compare, design, create, and debate different theories on resilience and explain resilience related challenges from the perspective of their own profession. They translate these insights into a practical research project and conduct comparative research in order to develop applicable and relevant solutions for resilience related problems. Critical, creative researchers reflect on existing knowledge and theory and the offered research assignment. Key-questions they answer are – among others – what applicable, innovative and relevant solutions they can develop in order to support cities in becoming more resilient?
 
Competency 2: Collaborating in a multi-perspective context
Team players in a multi-perspective context are capable of developing solutions by using differences and similarities within teams: personal, intercultural, disciplinary and contextual. They acquire insight into their own perspectives and those of others through interaction and reflection and use this to organize effective teamwork and develop a solutions based on multiple perspectives in order to address the complexity of resilience challenges.
 
Competency 3: Shaping one’s own development
Resilience professionals determine their own position towards resilience theory and practice and make deliberate decisions for future actions with respect to that. They define and organize their own learning process, take position and choose direction with respect to topical resilience debates and promote change towards resilience through joint learning and knowledge exchange. In doing so, they connect and involve relevant stakeholders.

Lectures, excursions, workshops, fieldwork in Rotterdam & abroad and coaching support you in acquiring these competencies.

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Are you enthusiastic and eager to start this programme? To enter into the programme you will have to meet the admission requirements.

Completed years of studies
• 3 years of a 4-year Bachelor's degree
• 2 years of a 3-year Bachelor's degree
You will enrol in the 4th year of the programme.

Study area
Students from all fields are welcome to apply with sufficient motivation. Most of our students have a background in the field of Energy and Built Environment, Urban Studies or any other related areas.

Language requirements
All exchange programmes require a good command of English, as all classes are conducted in this language. Although exchange students are not required to submit an official English test score during their application, we would like to stress that exchange students are expected to have an English level similar to IELTS 6.0, CEFR B2 or TOEFL 550 / iBT 80 / 213 cBT. We trust our partner universities to only nominate students who meet this requirement, therefore ensuring they will not face any difficulties in class due to the language.

Articles, relevant websites and / or book chapters will be made available on the electronic learning environment of the minor. This includes sources like:
https://www.resilientrotterdam.nl/en/                                                                                                                                                                                            https://www.unisdr.org/we/campaign/cities
https://www.100resilientcities.org/                                                                                                                                                                                                http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/culture-and-development/the-future-we-want-the-role-of-culture/disasters/

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Assessment
Individual and group assignments, both written and visual
Organization of and participation in knowledge sharing events
Oral portfolio assessment

Literature
Articles, relevant websites and / or book chapters will be made available on the electronic learning environment of the minor. This includes sources like:
https://www.resilientrotterdam.nl/en/
https://www.100resilientcities.org/

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/culture-and-development/the-future-we-want-the-role-of-culture/disasters/

https://www.unisdr.org/we/campaign/cities

More information
For more information, please contact Matthijs van Lente, the minor coordinator: M.m.g.van.lente@hr.nl 

Application procedure
Are you a student from another educational institution and you want to take a minor at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, you can apply in 2 steps as follows:

1)     Register for the minor of your choice via the blue button Enroll. You can find this button at the top right of the minor's page. Download and fill in the learning agreement. Submit this learning agreement to the Exam Board of your study programme. Once the Board of Examiners has given its approval, please register for the minor in step 2 no later than Friday 23 May.

2)    After approval, register in OSIRIS Aanmelding of Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences via the link below (create an account first).

https://osiris.hr.nl/osiris_aanmeld_hrprd/WelkomPagina.do?proces=KOM2509&opleiding=MINOR-IGO-VT+00

Part of the registration process is to upload the following documents:

-   The learning agreement signed by you and by your institution;

-   A scan or photo of your passport or ID card;

You will receive a message from Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences whether your application has been positively assessed or not.

In OSIRIS Aanmelding, you must also upload the Evidence Paid Tuition Fee (BBC) for the academic year in which you want to follow the minor. You can request the BBC from your institution after you have signed or issued an authorization for the payment of the tuition fees for the academic year in which you want to take the minor.

You will receive a message from Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences when your application has been approved.

Join our online information session
This information session is an interactive online meeting via Teams. You will receive a brief presentation about the minor. Afterwards, you can ask questions to the instructor. You can participate using your mobile phone, laptop, or tablet.

By clicking on the date of the information session below, you will enter the Teams meeting:

Monday, March 31st 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Monday, March 31st, 5:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Tuesday, April 1st, 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday, April 2nd, 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Wednesday, April 2nd, 5:30 PM - 6:15 PM