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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.
Learning outcomes:
• Critically interpret the concepts of 'nature' and 'culture' throughout Western thought.
• Compare different ontological systems and worldviews on the relationship between humans and non-humans.
• Apply contemporary theoretical approaches to analyse the ecological transformations of the Anthropocene.
• Analyse the role of the social sciences in the construction of environmental discourse since the 19th century.
• Understand the transformations in political theory in the face of the ecological crisis of the 21st century.
• Explain the relationships between denialism, truth and politics in the debate on climate change.
• Interpret the impact of geopolitical relations and ecological debt on eco-social transitions.
• Analyse cases of the instrumentalisation of international cooperation in relation to strategic resources.
• Distinguish between proposals for sustainable growth and post-growth economic models.
• Investigate the relationship between social inequality and attitudes towards climate change.
• Understand the ecological and social scope of public policies on environmental matters.
• Develop the ability to understand ontological systems and worldviews on the relationship between nature and society in the development of public policies.
• Analyse the reconfiguration of the role of public, private and community actors in eco-social transformation.
• Examine the dyn
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