Certificate Sustainable Development
The lectures offered in the General Studies Certificate on Sustainable Development deal with sustainability from a theoretical and conceptional perspective. And provide application-oriented knowledge and competencies for a sustainable development. In the lectures, students investigate, which changes of perspective are necessary in order to create good, science-based solutions for social and ecological challenges.
The Certificate sustainable development facilitates students to develop a scientific approach to sustainability issues within the scope of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UNESCO. Furthermore, lectures address the individual responsibility for developing science-based solutions for a sustainable development.
Type and scope of coursework
- Three seminars
- 8 ECTS
- Performance records: one ungraded record of attendance; two graded performance records acquired either through an oral presentation or a written essay (each 3 ECTS)
| lv-no. | title | lecturer | type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1130613 | Scientific Literacy. What Do People Do with Science? What Does Science Do with People? A basic Seminar on the Relation between Science and Society | Dr. Thomas Roessing | Seminar (S) |
| 1130432 | Resilience in Times of Polycrisis: A Social Sciences Lens on Individual, Community and State Dynamics | Dr. Lilia Raileanu | Seminar (S) |
| 1130422 | Environmental Justice: How Do Power Relations Shape Environmental Conflicts? | Felix Krawczyk | Seminar (S) |
| 1130662 | Transforming Global Order(s)? International Relations of Climate and Energy Politics: Power, Conflict and Cooperation | Dr. Anne Kantel | Seminar (S) |
| 1130332 | Shaping Change: NGOs, Civic Engagement and Democracies in Europe | Dr. Alžbeta Brozmanová Gregorová | Seminar (S) |