Virtual Studies Course Catalogue
Registration Open
19.1.2022 – 23.2.2022
Global Extractivisms and Alternatives
The main framing component of the course is analysis of extractivism(s) and implications for prospects and development of actionable and sustainable alternatives. From this grounding, we will explore different relevant philosophical views, as well as lived experiences derived from case study...
Registration opens 1.12.2021
17.1.2022 – 18.3.2022
Introduction to Development Economics
The course aims to provide an outline of the main issues underpinning development economics today, by outlining simple theory and providing extensive applied evidence from developing countries.
Registration opens 1.12.2021
15.1.2022 – 30.4.2022
Global Education Development
This course gives an overview of: 1) Education development globally: education as one of the sustainable development goals (SDG4), education policies, trends, challenges and international cooperation, 2) Research in education development, education in sustainability and development education, and...
Registration opens 17.1.2022
1.3.2022 – 31.3.2022
Social protection and Health: Definitions, policy goals and global examples
The course will familiarise students with cross-cutting approaches in the Global South, and understand how social protection and health are interrelated. Social protection is a key policy goal of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Registration opens 17.1.2022
14.3.2022 – 15.5.2022
Migration, Development and Human Rights
The course aims to provide the participants with the necessary tools to understand and to discuss the interface between migration, development and human rights at the global level.
Registration opens 1.2.2022
22.3.2022 – 6.5.2022
Ecosystem Restoration in the Tropics and Climate Change
The course investigates the degradation of tropical ecosystems and options for their restoration, including related governance and international mechanisms as well as the limits of restoration.
Registration opens 1.2.2022
16.5.2022 – 16.6.2022
Social Movements in the Global South
The course has its main focus on the Global South, given that it will examine different kinds of social movements in the Global South. Through case studies, diverse problematics related to social justice and environmentally and socially sustainable development in the Global South will be explored...
Registration Closed
1.11.2021 – 28.2.2022
Curriculum Development for Climate Change Education in Global South
The course will introduce the main organizational principles of climate change education and education for sustainable development, as curricula should be developed and fitted to cultural contexts.
Registration Closed
1.11.2021 – 31.1.2022
Climate Change and Trade in the Global South
This course provides a framework for thinking about climate change and its consequences for international trade, addressing how we can better reconcile the competing objectives of international trade, measures on adaptation and mitigation of climate change, and poverty alleviation.
Registration Closed
26.10.2021 – 13.12.2021
Contemporary Environmental Conflicts
The course examines contemporary environmental conflicts in the Global South. It familiarizes students with struggles over the environment by examining them in people’s every day lives within specific socio-environmental contexts, and on global arenas of political institutions.
Registration Closed
25.10.2021 – 17.12.2021
Towards Sustainable Development Goals: the Nexus of Water, Food and Energy
The course gives an overview of the field of environmental studies; particularly how to reach sustainable development goals and global challenges, covering the central themes of Water and Sanitation (SDG 6), Food (SDG 2) and Energy (SDG7). These areas (SDG goals) are highly intertwined with each...
Registration Closed
27.9.2021 – 19.11.2021
Decolonising Sustainable Development? Introductory lessons from the Global South
The course introduces literature on critical development studies and civic activism to familiarise and understand the colonial legacy of development studies, decolonial thinking, and current debates on knowledge and practices in the field.
Registration Closed
15.9.2021 – 24.11.2021
Concepts of Sustainability
The course contents comprise concepts, definitions and dimensions of sustainable development, indicators for sustainability, cases from different parts of the world.