Societal Perspective on Sustainable Development
- Fakult?t
Fakult?t Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften (WiSo)
- Version
Version 1 vom 24.06.2024.
- Modulkennung
22B1399
- Niveaustufe
Bachelor
- Unterrichtssprache
Englisch
- ECTS-Leistungspunkte und Benotung
5.0
- H?ufigkeit des Angebots des Moduls
nur Sommersemester
- Dauer des Moduls
1 Semester
- Kurzbeschreibung
Sustainable Development (SD) has become a widely recognized societal objective. In this course, sustainable development will be analyzed from a societal perspective. In particular, the main challenges of SD, such as climate change and poverty, will be reconstructed as societal conflicts between different interest groups (e.g. rich and poor, people living in different countries or in different generations). Possible ways of arbitrating and of dealing with these conflicts will also be discussed in the context of a globalized world.
- Lehr-Lerninhalte
- Basic concepts of sustainable development
- History and definitions of SD
- Possible approaches to SD (e.g. weak vs. strong sustainability)
- Local vs. global ecological limits, ecological footprint, planetary boundaries
- SD as an ethical objective
- Ethical foundations of SD (from anthropocentric to holistic)
- Reconstruction of SD as a concern for comprehensive justice
- Arbitrating between conflicts of interest
- Politics of SD
- SD in local, national and global political spheres
- Theories of societal transformation
- Individual, corporate and political action
- Basic concepts of sustainable development
- Gesamtarbeitsaufwand
Der Arbeitsaufwand für das Modul umfasst insgesamt 150 Stunden (siehe auch "ECTS-Leistungspunkte und Benotung").
- Lehr- und Lernformen
Dozentengebundenes Lernen Std. Workload Lehrtyp Mediale Umsetzung Konkretisierung 30 Vorlesung Pr?senz - 15 ?bung Pr?senz oder Online - Dozentenungebundenes Lernen Std. Workload Lehrtyp Mediale Umsetzung Konkretisierung 50 Literaturstudium - 30 Veranstaltungsvor- und -nachbereitung - 5 Rezeption sonstiger Medien bzw. Quellen - 20 Prüfungsvorbereitung -
- Benotete Prüfungsleistung
- Klausur oder
- Hausarbeit oder
- Portfolio-Prüfungsleistung
- Bemerkung zur Prüfungsart
Portfolio exam with a total of 100 points, consisting of a one-hour written exam and a written assignment with a maximum of 50 points each.
- Prüfungsdauer und Prüfungsumfang
Written exam: in accordance with the valid study regulations
Assignment: The written assignment should be about 12 to 18 pages.
Portfolio exam: The written assignment should be about 6 to 10 pages.
The requirements are specified in the respective lectures.
- Empfohlene Vorkenntnisse
Students taking this course are expected to have elementary knowledge of economics as taught in most introductory economics or microeconomics courses. Students without such preknowledge or those who need to refresh their memory should take any introductory economics textbook and study the chapters covering the homo oeconomicus decision making model, perfect competition and market failures.
- Wissensverbreiterung
Students have a broad understanding of the concept of sustainable development and its various interpretations. They understand the complexity of SD and the underlying conflicts between different groups and objectives.
- Wissensvertiefung
Students develop a differentiated understanding of SD challenges.
- Wissensverst?ndnis
Students are able to analyze and interpret societal SD debates and to develop a well-informed and differentiated point of view on such issues.
- Nutzung und Transfer
Students can apply central SD concepts to specific SD challenges in order to identify the relevant conflicting interests, constraints and required transformations.
- Kommunikation und Kooperation
Students can understand, describe and explain competing points of view on SD.
- Wissenschaftliches Selbstverst?ndnis / Professionalit?t
Students acquire a more differentiated understanding of rational judgment that enables them to develop a differentiated and well-grounded own position on SD controversies and to discuss the merits of evidence and arguments.
- Literatur
- Anand, Sudhir; Sen, Amartya K. 2000. Human Development and Economic Sustainability. World Development 28 (12): 2029–2049.
- Raworth, Kate. 2017. Doughnut economics: Seven ways to think like a 21st century economist. London: Random House.
- Rockstr?m, Johan; Steffen, Will et al. 2009. A safe operating space for humanity. Nature 461 (7263): 472–475.
- Schneidewind, Uwe; Augenstein, Karoline. 2016. Three Schools of Transformation Thinking: The Impact of Ideas, Institutions, and Technological Innovation on Transformation Processes. Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 25 (2): 88–93.
- Sen, Amartya K. 2013. The Ends and Means of Sustainability. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 14 (1): 6–20.
- Zusammenhang mit anderen Modulen
This course is part of the specialization "Sustainable Economy and Sustainable Development". As such, it interlinks with the courses "Corporate Social Responsbility" and "Growth and Development". Taking all three courses will provide students with a broad perspective on and deep understanding of SD and what it means for the economy and for business.
- Verwendbarkeit nach Studieng?ngen
- International Management
- International Management, B.A. (01.09.2024)
- Internationale Betriebswirtschaft und Management
- Internationale Betriebswirtschaft und Management, B.A. (01.09.2024)
- Wirtschaftsrecht (Bachelor)
- Wirtschaftsrecht, LL.B. (01.09.2024)
- Betriebswirtschaft und Management - WiSo
- Betriebswirtschaft und Management, B.A. (01.09.2024) WiSo
- Betriebswirtschaft im Gesundheitswesen
- Betriebswirtschaft im Gesundheitswesen, B.A. (01.09.2024)
- Internationale ?konomie und Nachhaltigkeit
- Internationale ?konomie und Nachhaltigkeit B.A. (01.09.2024)
- Modulpromotor*in
- Hirata, Johannes
- Lehrende
- Hirata, Johannes