Overview
Overview
Innovate for Impact
Join this institute and learn to see and solve complex problems from different perspectives. Using design-thinking principles, you’ll integrate insights from multiple disciplines to create innovative solutions. Discover how you can make a real impact!
The interactive diagram above demonstrates one of the most significant challenges we face when solving a complex problem: the problem itself – how we define it – seems to shift and transform as we explore it from different angles. Click here for a short video that will provide you with deeper insights into how the Institute’s interdisciplinary approach empowers learners to navigate complex challenges and create meaningful, multi-faceted solutions.
What is the Global Problem-Solving Institute?
- A virtual innovation lab where outstanding high-school students from across the globe collaborate to solve complex, wicked problems.
- A unique opportunity to work individually and in teams and to engage with multiple university professors to synthesize:
- Systems-thinking principles to analyze complex problems,
- Multi-disciplinary knowledge to contextualize the challenges, and
- Design-thinking methods to craft solutions.
Why participate in the Global Problem-Solving Institute?
- Tackle complex problems that matter to you and the world
- Prepare for the most cutting-edge university programs
- Engage with faculty members from multiple prestigious universities
- Take on the undergraduate-level rigor of a Pioneer Academics’ experience
- Receive an objective evaluation of your work in the program, which Pioneer can send (with your permission) to colleges and universities on your behalf.
- Receive priority consideration for Pioneer’s Research Program if you are a top performer in the GPSI.
Earn College Credits through GPSI
Students who successfully complete their GPSI experience – earning a final grade of C- or higher – are eligible to receive two (2) college credits from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Problems
Weekly Schedule
