140334 VO+UE VM5 - VM8 - Change through Negotiating (2014W)
Simulation of an International Conference for Sustainable Development
Continuous assessment of course work
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Joint course with the Institute of International Development, University of Vienna. 25 BOKU students, 25 UoV students are welcome. The term-dates will be announced at term beginning and alternates between University of Vienna and BOKU Vienna.
--- First meeting will take place in BOKU: 10.10.2014 10:00-12:00 in seminarroom SR 19 (SIMH-DG/01) (Peter-Jordan-Straße 65, roof) ---
The final assembly (15. and 16.01.2015) will take place at the Vienna International Centre/UNIDO.Reports on the first implementation of the course:
UNIVERSITAS Austria vom 12. und 13.12.2013: „Das war der UNO-Stage-Einsatz: Conference on Sustainable Development: http://www.universitas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Mitteilungsblatt/Universitas_114_web.pdfUNO-Bericht zur Nachhaltigkeits-Simulation vom 12. und 13.12.2013: "Getting a grip on reality"
Negotiating change for Post 2015 - students simulate a conference on the Sustainable Development Goals: http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/en/events/2013/mun_university_vienna.html
Bericht auf Institutsseite zur Nachhaltigkeits-Simulation vom 12. und 13.12.2013:: UNO-Simulation „Embedding Climate Change in the Sustainable Development Goals“: http://ie.univie.ac.at/neuigkeiten/aktuelles-einzelansicht/article/uno-simulation-embedding-climate-change-in-the-sustainable-development-goals/?tx_ttnews[backPid]=92503&cHash=25b812921bc4ab5b6b7d0004f146894c
--- First meeting will take place in BOKU: 10.10.2014 10:00-12:00 in seminarroom SR 19 (SIMH-DG/01) (Peter-Jordan-Straße 65, roof) ---
The final assembly (15. and 16.01.2015) will take place at the Vienna International Centre/UNIDO.Reports on the first implementation of the course:
UNIVERSITAS Austria vom 12. und 13.12.2013: „Das war der UNO-Stage-Einsatz: Conference on Sustainable Development: http://www.universitas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Mitteilungsblatt/Universitas_114_web.pdfUNO-Bericht zur Nachhaltigkeits-Simulation vom 12. und 13.12.2013: "Getting a grip on reality"
Negotiating change for Post 2015 - students simulate a conference on the Sustainable Development Goals: http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/en/events/2013/mun_university_vienna.html
Bericht auf Institutsseite zur Nachhaltigkeits-Simulation vom 12. und 13.12.2013:: UNO-Simulation „Embedding Climate Change in the Sustainable Development Goals“: http://ie.univie.ac.at/neuigkeiten/aktuelles-einzelansicht/article/uno-simulation-embedding-climate-change-in-the-sustainable-development-goals/?tx_ttnews[backPid]=92503&cHash=25b812921bc4ab5b6b7d0004f146894c
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Sa 20.09.2014 10:00 to We 01.10.2014 09:00
- Registration is open from We 01.10.2014 15:01 to Th 02.10.2014 16:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.10.2014 12:00
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes
NR
LV findet an der BOKU statt.
Freitags 10h-12h im Seminarraum SR 19 (SIMH-DG/01)
10.10. // 17.10. // 24.10 // 7.11. // 21.11. //
12.12. // 9.1. // 23.1.
10h-12h
Donnerstag 15.1. und Freitag 16.1. 18h in der UNO City!
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Self-, peer- and trainer-assessment.
Collecting points throughout the semester.
Collecting points throughout the semester.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
# Describe a challenge in sustainable development applying historical socio-economic and agro-ecological categories.
# Hypothesize interests a specific region will have facing this development challenge and possible solution strategies.
#Based on the regions interests, construct a negotiation strategy to achieve international action towards addressing the development challenge.
#Debate solution strategies in an assembly&setting with peers representing other regions. Guidance by lecturers and external trainers.
#Recognise drivers and constraints of successful communication for change.
#Participate in a simulation of multi-stakeholder processes to experience strategic and communicative rationality.
#Summarize the complex system that constitutes negotiations in international development.
# Hypothesize interests a specific region will have facing this development challenge and possible solution strategies.
#Based on the regions interests, construct a negotiation strategy to achieve international action towards addressing the development challenge.
#Debate solution strategies in an assembly&setting with peers representing other regions. Guidance by lecturers and external trainers.
#Recognise drivers and constraints of successful communication for change.
#Participate in a simulation of multi-stakeholder processes to experience strategic and communicative rationality.
#Summarize the complex system that constitutes negotiations in international development.
Examination topics
* Team-teaching on the faculty level
* Mixed teams (1:1 students UNI Vienna & BOKU Vienna) on the student-level
Hervorzustreichen
* Course in English to emphasize its international character
* Team-based learning within the course
* Peer assessment among students
* Situation analysis of the development challenge
* Various written tasks: position paper, reflection paper, etc.
special attention to the improvement and diversification of the students presentation skills
* Generally focus on self-directed learning of students, primarily on the basis of problem-based learning
* Application of the method simulation: increased interaction among students, higher degree of activation, change of perspective, linking theory and practice, strengthening of personality-and career-relevant skills
Reinforcing the realism in the simulation by way of simultaneous translation by the cooperation partners of UNIVERSITAS AustriaThe course is rooted in concepts of problem based learning and experiential learning (Dewey, Freire, Kolb) and is aligned with all courses at the Centre for Development Research in terms of learning outcomes.
* Mixed teams (1:1 students UNI Vienna & BOKU Vienna) on the student-level
Hervorzustreichen
* Course in English to emphasize its international character
* Team-based learning within the course
* Peer assessment among students
* Situation analysis of the development challenge
* Various written tasks: position paper, reflection paper, etc.
special attention to the improvement and diversification of the students presentation skills
* Generally focus on self-directed learning of students, primarily on the basis of problem-based learning
* Application of the method simulation: increased interaction among students, higher degree of activation, change of perspective, linking theory and practice, strengthening of personality-and career-relevant skills
Reinforcing the realism in the simulation by way of simultaneous translation by the cooperation partners of UNIVERSITAS AustriaThe course is rooted in concepts of problem based learning and experiential learning (Dewey, Freire, Kolb) and is aligned with all courses at the Centre for Development Research in terms of learning outcomes.
Reading list
provided on the e-learning platform
Association in the course directory
VM5, VM8
Dies ist eine interuniversiäre Lehrveranstaltung und wird gemeinsam mit der BOKU organisiert und abgehalten. TeilnehmerInnen beider Universitäten sind willkommen.
Dies ist eine interuniversiäre Lehrveranstaltung und wird gemeinsam mit der BOKU organisiert und abgehalten. TeilnehmerInnen beider Universitäten sind willkommen.
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:35
The final assembly will take place at the Vienna International Centre/UNIDO.Each year, the course focuses on a global topic in sustainable development (e.g. land grabbing).
Doing self-organized research, the students relate the given topic to the historical socio-economic and agro-ecological background of a specific region (e.g. Ethiopia). Representing a region (e.g. Ethiopia) and its interests, the students develop suggestions for solutions to address the challenge (e.g. land grabbing).
Negotiating with other regional representatives (e.g. India), the students experience complexity and communication in a realistic situation.
Based on the negotiations, the students agree on a resolution for addressing the challenge (e.g. land grabbing) in a general assembly. Finally, the complex system of international interests in development is re-conceptualized drawing from the experiences of students.