© Theresa Hajek

Cross-Disciplinary Strategies allows students to work on global challenges by interweaving perspectives from three study areas: (i) artistic strategies and art perception, (ii) science and technology, and (iii) economics, politics, and society. CDS understands this collaboration as a basic precondition to finding practical solutions. In this way, CDS emphasises the intellectual practice of cross-disciplinarity and the transformative potential of engaging across different positions with diverse stakeholders.

Furthermore, CDS encourages connections beyond the university. It creates opportunities for students to reach out and engage in conversations beyond academic and artistic discourses. Therefore, CDS students spend their time in various activities, including attending lectures, visiting sites and studios, building objects, writing papers, debating with experts, and asking others to share their knowledge and ideas.