Universität Wien

240131 SE VM1 / VM8 - Negotiating change (2024W)

Simulating an international conference for sustainable development

Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine

9.30 and 11.30 every friday between 11th of October 2024 and 24th of January 2025

First meeting: Friday 11.10.2024 09:30- 11:30 (s.t.!) in seminar room 13 / Gregor-Mendelhouse SR 13 (https://boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data/H05000/H17300/Orientierung_und_Lagepl%C3%A4ne/Standortplan_Tuerkenschanze.jpg)

We organize the conference meeting in the UN building for 16th and 17th of January 2025 - they are taking place between 8.00 an 18.00 (additionally hold the 15th of January 2025 free)


Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

****Topic 2024/25: Climate migration***

The conference will take place at the Vienna International Centre (UN Vienna).

Each year, the course focuses on a global ‘hot topic’ in sustainable development. The final outcome of the course is a resolution, negotiated and accepted in a 2-days conference at the UN headquarters Vienna. The theme of 2023/2024 is climate migration. The aim is to achieve an international agreement climate migration.

Doing self-organized research, you relate the topic to the socio-economic and agro-ecological background of a specific region (e.g. Haiti). Representing a region (e.g. Small Island States) and its interests, you have to develop suggestions for solutions to address the challenge. You will be supported by the trainers, and external experts from ministries, the UN, NGOs, etc.

Negotiating with other regional representatives (e.g. Russia), you experience the complexity of communication and negotiation in a realistic situation.

Based on the negotiations, all student teams have to agree on a UN-resolution for addressing the challenge in a general assembly.

The course is jointly organized with the Institute of International Development, University of Vienna. Participants come from University of Vienna, BOKU, bfi, Central European University.

Learning Outcomes:
#Describe a sustainability challenge applying ecological, social and economic categories
#Develop interests a specific region will have facing this challenge and possible solution strategies.
#Based on the regions’ interests, construct a negotiation strategy to achieve international action towards addressing the sustainability challenge
#Debate solution strategies with peers representing other regions to experience strategic and communicative rationality.
#Recognise drivers and constraints of successful communication for change.
#Summarize the complex system that constitutes negotiations in sustainable development.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

full participation in the conference is obligatory.
Absence in two other sessions is tolerated; if more sessions are missed, your grade will be negative. If you do not wish to complete the class, please unregister before the deadline date set in your course management system.
In case of plagiarism, you will not be issued a certificate for this class. Undisclosed use of AI is considered plagiarism. For specific grade items, the use of AI will be part of the course. For the Background Research Paper: if use of AI is suspected, the trainer team will only accept it for grading after an oral exam

The max. of points obtained for an individual in this class is 140. The ratio of points obtained/max points determines your grade:

50.0-62.5 % = 4
62.6-75.0 % =3
75.1-87.5 % = 2
87.6% -100 % = 1

Grading components

Character description: one DinA4 page / Graded by trainers; 0-10 points (individual grade) / 5
Learning blog: 3 inputs with a minimum of 250 words / Graded by trainers; 0-12 points (individual grade) / 12
Contribution and commitment during the conference / Self-grading and trainer grading; (individual grade) /48
Peer-review of background research papers: one DinA4 page / Graded by trainers; Quality, detail and usefulness of feedback (team grade) / 10
Background research paper individual chapter: 40.000 characters / Graded by trainers; (team grade)/ Quality of formatting and academic writing: 0-15, Integration of actor specific information and detail: 0-15, Reference to and integration of relevant sources: 0-15 / 40
Background research paper group chapters: 40.000 characters / Graded by trainers; (team grade), Quality of formatting and academic writing: 0-15, Integration of actor specific information and detail: 0-15, Reference to and integration of relevant sources: 0-15 / 10
Resolution zero draft: ~8000 characters / Graded by trainers; (team grade) / Quality of formatting and writing: 0-5, Clarity of your position: 0-5, Credibility of your position: 0-5 / 15

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

full participation in the conference is obligatory.
Absence in two other sessions is tolerated; if more sessions are missed, your grade will be negative. If you do not wish to complete the class, please unregister before the deadline date set in your course management system.
In case of plagiarism, you will not be issued a certificate for this class. Undisclosed use of AI is considered plagiarism. For specific grade items, the use of AI will be part of the course. For the Background Research Paper: if use of AI is suspected, the trainer team will only accept it for grading after an oral exam

The max. of points obtained for an individual in this class is 140. The ratio of points obtained/max points determines your grade:

50.0-62.5 % = 4
62.6-75.0 % =3
75.1-87.5 % = 2
87.6% -100 % = 1

Grading components

Character description: one DinA4 page / Graded by trainers; 0-10 points (individual grade) / 5
Learning blog: 3 inputs with a minimum of 250 words / Graded by trainers; 0-12 points (individual grade) / 12
Contribution and commitment during the conference / Self-grading and trainer grading; (individual grade) /48
Peer-review of background research papers: one DinA4 page / Graded by trainers; Quality, detail and usefulness of feedback (team grade) / 10
Background research paper individual chapter: 40.000 characters / Graded by trainers; (team grade)/ Quality of formatting and academic writing: 0-15, Integration of actor specific information and detail: 0-15, Reference to and integration of relevant sources: 0-15 / 40
Background research paper group chapters: 40.000 characters / Graded by trainers; (team grade), Quality of formatting and academic writing: 0-15, Integration of actor specific information and detail: 0-15, Reference to and integration of relevant sources: 0-15 / 10
Resolution zero draft: ~8000 characters / Graded by trainers; (team grade) / Quality of formatting and writing: 0-5, Clarity of your position: 0-5, Credibility of your position: 0-5 / 15

Prüfungsstoff

full participation in the conference is obligatory.
Absence in two other sessions is tolerated; if more sessions are missed, your grade will be negative. If you do not wish to complete the class, please unregister before the deadline date set in your course management system.
In case of plagiarism, you will not be issued a certificate for this class. Undisclosed use of AI is considered plagiarism. For specific grade items, the use of AI will be part of the course. For the Background Research Paper: if use of AI is suspected, the trainer team will only accept it for grading after an oral exam

The max. of points obtained for an individual in this class is 140. The ratio of points obtained/max points determines your grade:

50.0-62.5 % = 4
62.6-75.0 % =3
75.1-87.5 % = 2
87.6% -100 % = 1

Grading components

Character description: one DinA4 page / Graded by trainers; 0-10 points (individual grade) / 5
Learning blog: 3 inputs with a minimum of 250 words / Graded by trainers; 0-12 points (individual grade) / 12
Contribution and commitment during the conference / Self-grading and trainer grading; (individual grade) /48
Peer-review of background research papers: one DinA4 page / Graded by trainers; Quality, detail and usefulness of feedback (team grade) / 10
Background research paper individual chapter: 40.000 characters / Graded by trainers; (team grade)/ Quality of formatting and academic writing: 0-15, Integration of actor specific information and detail: 0-15, Reference to and integration of relevant sources: 0-15 / 40
Background research paper group chapters: 40.000 characters / Graded by trainers; (team grade), Quality of formatting and academic writing: 0-15, Integration of actor specific information and detail: 0-15, Reference to and integration of relevant sources: 0-15 / 10
Resolution zero draft: ~8000 characters / Graded by trainers; (team grade) / Quality of formatting and writing: 0-5, Clarity of your position: 0-5, Credibility of your position: 0-5 / 15

Literatur

We have an additional learning management platform were all communication and tasks will be managed.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

V1 / VM8

Letzte Änderung: Do 29.08.2024 12:06