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Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Technology and Sustainable Development6FIDA12, 2021VT
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Course plan
Learning outcomes:
After the course, the participants should know how to:
1. Describe central concept of sustainable development, including
planetary boundaries and all three pillars of sustainability (economic, social
and ecological sustainability)
2. Dramatize the underlying values of different "sustainable solutions"
(e.g. strategies, technologies and policies) through argumentation about them
3. Describe central characteristics of Earth's climate system and climate
change
4. Demonstrate energy and material resource management with focus on
critical materials and limited resources
5. Describe defining characteristics and behaviour of complex systems
6. Apply strategies for managing resources in a complex system
7. Analyse social dynamics and values of climate and energy negotiation
and decision-making
8. Analyse dynamics in global planetary systems related to sustainability
challenges
9. Identify viable high-leverage sustainability solutions in the context
of climate change.
10. Assess values and dynamics in the PhD student’s own research domain.
Course content:
The course consists of six modules related to the different course aims in the
following way:
A. Introduction to sustainable development & values thinking (learning
goal 1 & 2)
B. Climate Change (learning goal 3)
C. Critical materials, energy resources and a circular economy (learning
goal 4)
D. Systems Thinking (learning goals 5 & 6)
E. Sustainability negotiations in the context of energy systems and
climate change. (learning goals 7, 8 & 9)
F. Critical thinking (learning goal 10)
Teaching and course organization:
The course is organized in a flipped-classroom manner and centered around interactive seminars where participants play games, either online or physically in class, to learn through experiences about the topics of the course. In between seminars, there is online material for students to take part of.
Textbook and course materials:
Course material is provided through the online learning platform of Snowflake Education. The readings will come from scientific publications in several fields.
Examination:
Hand-in assignments in preparation for and after each of the course modules.
Marking scale and credits
Fail/Pass
Completed course: 6hp
Course staff:
Ola Leifler, IDA ola.leifler@liu.se (examiner)
Additional teachers:
Danica Djuric Ilic, IEI
Christoffer Wadström, IEI
Anders Jidesjö, TEMA
Coursetime/Coursetable:
March-June 2021
Page responsible: Director of Graduate Studies
