How we talk about learning
While exploring our courses, you might see some terms that you don’t recognize.
These are just a few of the concepts that make up our unique academic experience.
Jan Mulder is a neruobiologest and researcher at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. He leads a research team working across many specialties, form molecular biology and microscopy to computer science and data vizualiazation with the goal of mapping every single protein in the human brain as part of the Human Protein Atlas project.
Jan hosts DIS Research Assistants within his lab each semester and loves to bring research to life.
Milosz Cordes spent nine years working as a diplomat for Poland in several European countries and within the European Union ecosystem. He also has years of experience as a film photographer, shooting, developing, and scanning his own photos.
In his courses on European politics, Milosz combines his insider political knowledge with photography, giving students film cameras with which they explore the cities they travel to and how physical space matters within international relations.
Silvia Dragomir is an architect, urban planner, and advocate of Cities for People. With a focus on sustainability and climate change mitigation, Silvia owns her own architecture firm in Copenhagen and has contributed to projects in the U.S., UK, Romania, and throughout Denmark.
In her courses, you experience Copenhagen as a design model for urban transit, sustainable development, and adaptive responses to climate change.
Iwo Nord is a researcher and educator in gender studies and a founding member of Trans Fest Stockholm, an activist collective within the Swedish capital. He works to build and strengthen transgender studies in both the Nordic region and in the former Yugoslav space.
Iwo pairs activist and academic backgrounds, emphasizing intersectionality and a variety of perspectives when teaching. He loves to facilitate nuanced conversations in the classroom, where students are encouraged to challenge thinking habits and embrace change.
