Background: Although maternity care is linked to improved health outcomes, it is often insufficiently tailored to the needs of low socioeconomic position (SEP) majority population women in high-income countries, leading to obstacles in achieving good health. Cultural competence can contribute to access …

How to navigate your way through an era that is increasingly referred to as an era of poly-crises, where disparate crises interact in such a way that the overall impact far exceeds the sum of each part (WEF, 2023)? Some of the social, environmental and security risks described in the 2023 World Economic …

In the TransEET project, experts from various fields collaborate to design STEAM curricular resources. This collaboration is built on the exchange of prototypes within communities whose members possess diverse expertise. This paper reflects on the collaborative design process by analyzing two game-based …

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"Energy is vital to our modern way of life and tangled in almost everything we do. Despite the noted importance of energy, energy literacy has not received as much attention as climate or ecological literacy. This paper applied an energy literacy framework with a transdisciplinary PhD cohort. The students …

This book explores inspirational entrepreneurial activities in the tourism industry of Ladakh, India. It particularly looks at ways to develop an entrepreneurial yet environment-friendly tourist destination. The book starts off with in-depth historical reflections of entrepreneurship and tourism in one …

Campus as a living lab has emerged as a collaborative framework to advance sustainability challenges on university campuses. This paper provides a summary of the Campus Living Lab run at the University of British Columbia’s Sustainability Office. It documents two flagship projects and offers reflections …

Education for sustainable development (ESD) presents challenges to secondary science teachers. Characteristic aspects such as action-oriented teaching, stance-taking, interdisciplinary problem solving, and emotional and value-oriented teaching cause tensions for teachers accustomed to traditional science …

Chapter 1: General introduction. A specific group of people with disabilities includes individuals with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). However, individuals with PIMD form a heterogeneous group regarding the origins of their underlying conditions leading to profound disabilities …

In recent years, there has been a growing focus on incorporating the perspectives and experiences of people with dementia in research. However, collaborative research that engages with their everyday lives remains limited, and there is little reflection on this research approach. Our research project …