290045 VO Pathways to Sustainability: Knowledge, Action and Policy Landscapes (2023W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie

Moodle

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. 200 participants

Language: English

Examination dates

Monday 29.01.2024 09:45 - 11:15 Digital Monday 04.03.2024 09:45 - 11:15 Digital Monday 08.04.2024 09:45 - 11:15 Digital N Monday 03.06.2024 09:45 - 11:15 Digital

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Monday
    27.11.
    09:45 - 13:00
    Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
    
    Monday
    04.12.
    09:45 - 13:00
    Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
    
    Monday
    11.12.
    09:45 - 13:00
    Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
    
    Monday
    08.01.
    09:45 - 13:00
    Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
    
    Monday
    15.01.
    09:45 - 13:00
    Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
    
    Monday
    22.01.
    09:45 - 13:00
    Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The lecture series enhances students’ knowledge of strategic approaches that help to solve sustainability challenges at different spatial scales. It develops students’ understanding of the knowledge bases, perspectives and assumptions that underpin those approaches. Special attention will be paid to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives on sustainability problems and the identification of factors that enable and constrain the implementation of sustainability strategies.

Method: weekly lectures

Sessions and Topics:
27.11: Sustainability Transformations: Theory and Approaches (TRIPPL)
04.12: Sustainability Transformations: Actors, Institutions, and Policies (GLATZEL + MARR)
11.12: Earth Surface Dynamics (overview + in-depth discussion) (MARR)
08.01: Geoecology (overview + in-depth discussion) (GLATZEL)
15.01: Economic Geography (overview + in-depth discussion) (TRIPPL)
22.01: Population Geography (overview + in-depth discussion) (SAKDAPOLRAK)
29.01: Exam

Assessment and permitted materials

Final exam (multiple choice test) via Moodle exam course. No materials allowed.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Multiple-Choice-Test
0-50 %: of the max. number of points: insufficient (fail)
51-62 %: sufficient
63-75 %: satisfactory
76-88 %: good
89-100 %: excellent

Examination topics

Content of the lectures
Lecture slides

Reading list

Course Reader

Association in the course directory

(MG21 PF PATHS) (MR3-NPI) (MA UF GW 02)

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