| Festival of Learning
External keynote lecture
Professor Carl Gombrich
Interdisciplinary ways to view the world in an age of AI
What does it mean for a curriculum to be interdisciplinary? And what does it mean to encourage students to ‘take an interdisciplinary view of the world’?
By introducing the curriculum at the London Interdisciplinary School, the new university that has opened in London, and by showcasing some student work from the Bachelors in Interdisciplinary Problems and Methods, this talk presents some possible answers to these questions.
As part of the presentation of student work, we will also raise the issue of what AI may mean for interdisciplinarity, interdisciplinary learning and for student assessment more widely.
Carl Gombrich
Professor Carl Gombrich is the Dean and founder member of newly established university, the London Interdisciplinary School.
He was formerly professorial teaching fellow in interdisciplinary education at University College London (UCL), where he led the design and implementation of the UK’s first Bachelor in Arts and Sciences (BASc) degree.
Carl is a regular keynote speaker in his areas of professional interest which include interdisciplinary undergraduate education, the philosophy of expertise and the future of work.
He was a member of the British Academy Working group on interdisciplinarity, a core panel member of the NVAO (Accreditation Organisation of Netherland and Flanders) and is an external examiner and scrutineer to several institutions in the space of interdisciplinary and liberal education. He has degrees in maths, physics and philosophy, was previously a professional opera singer, and has a wide range of interests in arts and science disciplines.