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290045 VO Pathways to Sustainability: Knowledge, Action and Policy Landscapes (2022W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie

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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

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Exam dates (multiple choice test):
Monday, 30.01.2023, 10:00 Digital (Moodle exam course)
Monday, 06.03.2023, 09:45 Digital (Moodle exam course)
Monday, 08.05.2023, 09:45 Digital (Moodle exam course)
Monday, 26.06.2023, 09:45 Digital (Moodle exam course)
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  • Monday 28.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 05.12. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 12.12. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 09.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 16.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 23.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal III 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:
28.11: Sustainability Transformations: Theory and Approaches (TRIPPL)
05.12: Sustainability Transformations: Actors, Institutions, and Policies (GLATZEL)
12.12: Earth Surface Dynamics (overview + in-depth discussion) (MARR)
09.01: Geoecology (overview + in-depth discussion) (GLATZEL)
16.01: Economic Geography (overview + in-depth discussion) (TRIPPL)
23.01: Population Geography (overview + in-depth discussion) (SAKDAPOLRAK)
30.01: 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

(MG alle Module npi) (MG21 PF PATHS) (MR3-NPI) (MA UF GW 02)

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