Universität Wien

290017 VU Urban Sustainability Transformations (2025S)

3.00 ECTS (1.50 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle
Tu 29.04. 11:30-13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518

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).

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 11.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Tuesday 18.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Tuesday 25.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Tuesday 01.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Tuesday 08.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Tuesday 06.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Tuesday 13.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Tuesday 20.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Tuesday 27.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Tuesday 10.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Tuesday 17.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Tuesday 24.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of this course is to describe and critically evaluate the challenges of cities in their endeavours to move towards Urban Sustainability Transformations, by looking at existing research, planning and development approaches. Reflection and analysis will take place in the context of scientific theories and concepts related to urban sustainability transformations, as well as the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This course provides an overview of the current discourse on urban sustainability transformations to enable the students to critically reflect on them from various perspectives. Current political frameworks, conceptual scientific approaches, and practical examples are presented, researched by the students and discussed jointly.
Furthermore, students will work on an individual basis on one selected city, which might be their hometown or another city they have a connection to, to critically assess to what extent current or past sustainability strategies and related approaches/initiatives have supported and/or hindered urban sustainability transformations, and how this relates to the transformative capacities of the actors involved.
The outputs of the course will include a) city sustainability profiles for students’ case cities and b) final papers with the evaluation of these cases in terms of urban sustainability transformations and transformative capacities of those actors involved.

Please note that we use English as our working language during contact sessions. However, students are welcome to conduct their research and submit their outputs in German.

Assessment and permitted materials

The course contains several elements that are part of the assessment.
1. City sustainability profile (20%)
2. Active contribution to session discussions and asynchronous discussions (20%)
3. Interim presentation, including giving peer feedback (20%)
4. Final Paper on individual cases study cities (40%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

To successfully complete the course, students are expected to
- Carry out and submit all individual assignments in preparation or follow-up of the sessions (asynchronous discussions)
- Actively contribute to session discussions
- Deliver one interim presentation (individual research)
- Deliver a Sustainability City Profile (individual research)
- Deliver a final paper about the case study city (individual research)
This course is continuously evaluated and requires a minimum of 80% attendance.

Examination topics

More information will be communicated via Moodle after course registration.

Reading list

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Association in the course directory

(MR3-PI) (MR6)

Last modified: We 26.02.2025 15:27