Interdisciplinary perspectives on technology and sustainable development
2022VT
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Course plan
Learning outcomes:
The aim of this course is to introduce basic concepts related to a sustainable
development, value conflicts and systems thinking as related to complex
adaptive systems.
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.
Credits
6 hp
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: Pass / Failed
Course leader/examinor:
Ola Leifler, IDA ola.leifler@liu.se
Additional teachers:
Danica Djuric Ilic, IEI
Christoffer Wadström, IEI
Anders Jidesjö, TEMA
Coursetime/Coursetable:
March-June 2021
Responsible department:
IDA
Additional information:
The course is taught as an interdisciplinary course where three different
departments offer perspectives and collaborate on giving the course. The course
is developed based on material that is available in part from Snowflake
Education, in part from material from the teachers of the course.
Page responsible: Director of Graduate Studies
Swedish web site
