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University of Helsinki
Sustainability: Social Sciences in the Face of the Anthropocene
2 cr
Basic training on sustainability from a social science perspective that aims to generate interest in these subjects among a wider audience, while offering flexible and accessible training, expanding educational opportunities in society in the face of current socio-ecological challenges. The training is organised into three levels. 1) Introduction to sustainability and the challenges of the Anthropocene. 2) Focusing on the different social and political actors and analysing how they understand, analyse and respond to current socio-environmental and ecological challenges. 3) Examining various case studies to explore specific situations in different geographical areas.
Objectives:
• Introduce social science analytical and methodological perspectives into the study of sustainability.
• Disseminate knowledge, debates and research from the social sciences that address the eco-social crisis, sustainability and the Anthropocene.
• Raise awareness of the importance of understanding the challenge of the current socio-ecological crisis as a social, political and cultural issue of the utmost importance.
TOPICS
1. Human-nature relations and cultural diversity
2. Environmental Political Theory
3. Global governance and democracy
4. Economic debates on growth: links and implications among ecology and economy.
5. Social inequalities and the climate emergency
6. State, Public policies, and other social and political actors
7. Hegemonic and alternative eco-social transitions
8. Locally Driven Innovation in Livestock Systems: Reconnecting Agriculture and Nature in the Face of Socio-Ecological Crises.
9. Environmental conflicts and eco-cosmologies.
10. Mapping and Testing Environmental Democracy in the Anthropocene
11. Water and sustainability
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Fields
Natural sciences
Scope
2 cr
Code
ATM406
Organiser
University of Helsinki
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