SV-157 Practices of Sustainable Transformation (Spring 2025)
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Course Leader:
- Alhassan Yakubu Alhassan
- Lecture Semester:
- Spring
- Teaching language:
- English.
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is connected to the following study programs
- Bachelor's Programme in IT and Information Systems
- Bachelor's Programme in Planning and Communication
- Bachelor's Programme in Sociology
- Bachelor's Programme in Global Development Studies
Teaching language
Recommended previous knowledge
One year of studies within the social sciences, the humanities or business studies.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- Critically reflect on emerging practical concerns of sustainability by analysing selected case studies.
- Appreciate concerns and obstacles for industry and civil society stakeholders in sustainability transformation.
- Understand and apply key indicators to measure sustainable transformation and its progress.
Contents
Sustainable transformation is often referred to as an important goal, but how is sustainable transformation to be achieved in practice? Who and what function as drivers? Which technologies and mechanisms are instrumental in securing transformation? What are the impediments? How should it be measured? Is the specific pathway of sustainable transformation necessarily dependent on particular context - and if so, what factors need to be taken into consideration? This course considers and compares selected case studies of sustainable transformation. Students will learn about the agents, challenges and actual practices of sustainable transformation by discussing them in the context of concrete examples.
Teaching and learning methods
The course combines lectures, seminars and group work discussing selected relevant cases to provide students with the opportunity to actively discuss current challenges and possible responses solutions. Estimated workload is 270 hours.
The teaching will take place from March-May.