Course Details
Country:
Finland
Institution:
University of Helsinki
Course Title:
Analytical approaches to human environmental interaction
Course Number:
ECGS-081
Course Description:
Objective and content
The course is an advanced integrative introduction to social scientific approaches for understanding interactions between key dimensions of sustainability in the Anthropocene: technology, society and environment. After the course the student will have a theoretically grounded understanding of the technological, societal and environmental factors that limit and enable environmental policy. Guiding questions include:
•How do technologies and institutions limit or enable environmental governance?
•How to cope with risks in complex socioecological systems?
•How to anticipate future environmental crises while coping with the current one?
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
EVPP 490
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