Virtual Studies Course Catalogue
Registration opens 3.8.2026
31.8.2026 – 4.12.2026
MOOC "Essentials in Development Studies" Autumn 2026
This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in Essentials in Development Studies aims to provide students with fundamentals to the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary discipline of development studies and motivate students to further their knowledge in the field.
Registration opens 1.9.2026
11.1.2027 – 16.4.2027
Collaborative Approaches and Conflict Resolution Strategies for Sustainability Challenges
This course offers a foundational understanding of theoretical and methodological approaches to collaboration and conflict resolution strategies in the context of sustainability challenges.
Registration opens 1.9.2026
20.1.2027 – 19.5.2027
Curriculum Development for Climate Change Education in Global South
The course aims at enhancing curriculum design capacity for curriculum designers and teachers in different levels from basic education to secondary and vocational education in climate change education.
Registration opens 1.12.2026
18.1.2027 – 12.3.2027
Brands, Trademark Law, and Sustainability - Lessons from/for the Global South
This course provides students with a combined knowledge of trademark law and branding as part of business operations to bring legal and marketing knowledge closer to each other. The task is to let lawyers and marketing professionals understand each other better.
Registration opens 1.12.2026
12.1.2027 – 11.5.2027
History of colonisation and decolonisation in (Central) Africa
The course offers an integrated history of Central Africa with attention for political, diplomatic, economic, social, religious and cultural developments.
Registration opens 1.12.2026
24.2.2027 – 14.4.2027
Indigenous peoples, beliefs, and rights in the Arctic – in comparison to the Global South
The course focuses on the status of indigenous peoples, their beliefs and rights in both the Arctic and the Global South from an interdisciplinary (law, political science, anthropology, sociology, economy, history) perspective.
Registration opens 1.12.2026
2.3.2027 – 21.4.2027
Climate and Food Security in the Arctic with Global Consequences
This course takes a critical look at the impacts of climate change on the food system in the Arctic and how this is reflected in other parts of the globe. The aims of the course are linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1, 2 and 3 in the Global South.
Registration Closed
18.3.2026 – 30.6.2026
Globalisation and Corporate Responsibility
After the course students will be familiar with globalization and corporate (social) responsibility, as well as the Millennium and the Sustainable Development Goals (MDGs and SDGs) of UN. Students will understand their contents and the kind of possibilities and challenges they set for companies.