Rethinking Learning: Interdisciplinary Education for a World in Transformation
Thanks to DIE MACHER – Wirtschafts- & Lifestylemagazin, Stefanie Lindstaedt, Founding President of IT:U – Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria, was invited to speak on the podcast “Bildung neu denken”. In this episode, she shares how IT:U is building a university model designed to actively address the challenges of digitalization, complexity, and transformation in higher education.
The episode explores how academic environments can be designed to foster interdisciplinary thinking, strengthen digital fluency, and equip students to navigate — and shape — a world marked by constant change and complexity. At IT:U, this approach is guided by the principle of the “symmetry of ignorance”: the understanding that no single discipline alone can solve complex problems. By acknowledging this, IT:U creates space for collaborative learning and co-creation through project-based methods that reflect real-world challenges.