International Baccalaureate IB Digital society

Arts, entertainment and popular culture

Home, leisure and tourism

Heritage, customs and celebrations

Business

Employment and labour

Goods, services and currencies

Globalization

- Use and distribution of natural resources, including in digital systems and devices
- Protection and threats to ecosystems and biodiversity
- Natural events and disasters

Pollution and waste

Cities, infrastructures and built environment

- Design and use of urban spaces and cities environments
- Local and regional infrastructures
- Transportation and wayfinding, maps, GPS and GIS

Agricultural production and distribution

- Approaches to the design and delivery of medical diagnostics and care
- Medical research and development
- Health and wellness records, monitoring and tracking

- Human enhancement, bio‑hacking, implanted technology, exoskeletons and organ printing
- Accessibility approaches for differently abled people and communities
- Ergonomic design

- Approaches to understanding and ensuring mental health
- Intersections of digital systems and mental health, for example, attention, addiction and anxiety

- Learning and education – Design and delivery of formal education, for example, in schools and remote learning
- Approaches to non-formal and post-formal education, for example, skill training, competency development and self-directed learning
- Digital pedagogies.

Science and technology innovation – Approaches to scientific and technology research and development.

Voting and campaigning

Formal and informal forms of political participation, such as lobbying, political movements and activism

- Governing bodies – Organization and role of local, regional, national and global governing institutions
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
- Non-state political actors.

Conflicts and war – Warfare and terrorism.

- Laws, regulations and policies – Crime and lawbreaking
- Surveillance and monitoring
- Public and private policy, including professional codes, rules and regulations.

- Social components of identity – Aspects related to international-mindedness and/or common humanity
- Age and demographic components
- Gender, gender expression and sexuality
- Race and ethnicity
- Ability status
- Religious beliefs and practices.

- Social class – Organization, role and impacts of social class
- Intersection of social class in major areas of life, such as employment, education, health and illness, housing.

- Families and relationships – Ways of understanding, forming and connecting families
- Friendship, companionship and personal relationships
- Online relationships and group memberships.