Syllabus for Climate Change Leadership: Power, Politics and Culture
Klimatledarskap - makt, politik och kultur
Syllabus
- 15 credits
- Course code: 1MV077
- Education cycle: First cycle
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Main field(s) of study and in-depth level:
Sustainable Development G2F
Explanation of codes
The code indicates the education cycle and in-depth level of the course in relation to other courses within the same main field of study according to the requirements for general degrees:
First cycle
G1N: has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
G1F: has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
G1E: contains specially designed degree project for Higher Education Diploma
G2F: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
G2E: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements, contains degree project for Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
GXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified.Second cycle
A1N: has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
A1F: has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
A1E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (60 credits)
A2E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (120 credits)
AXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified. - Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
- Established: 2016-03-10
- Established by:
- Revised: 2019-02-14
- Revised by: The Faculty Board of Science and Technology
- Applies from: week 27, 2019
- Entry requirements: 60 credits
- Responsible department: Department of Earth Sciences
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- critically relate to prerequisites, possibilities and limitations for a sustainable leadership within the climate field;
- from an environmental historical perspective compare different explanatory models of how changes in the climate have influenced different societies;
- critically review and analyse global power relations and apply an equity perspective on the climate change challenge;
- analyse and interpret different theories of leadership, cooperation, organisation and communication for a functioning climate change leadership;
- explain the connections between climate change, conflicts and geopolitical power relations;
- analyse and evaluate different proposed solutions and their opportunities, limitations and risks within the climate field;
- apply skills within leadership, cooperation, organisation and communication specifically connected to different contemporary and future scenarios within the climate field.
Content
The course is based in an introduction to and critical discussion of basic concepts and understandings of climate changes, sustainable development, climate change leadership, science, power and politics. The scientific debate concerning climate change and different scientific disciplines perspectives on the climate change challenge are dealt with in detail together with a basic, scientific review of climate change over geological and historical time. From the initial concept orientation, follows a basic, natural science overview of climate change over geological and historical time. Furthermore, a number of environmental history case studies are dealt with that illustrate different societies interaction, adaptation and collapse in relation to climate changes and changes in the surrounding world. On the basis of the multidisciplinary understanding within natural science, environmental history and economic history established during the first half of the course, a framework and prerequisites for a functioning climate change leadership is then defined, with focus on leadership, communication, cooperation and organisation for a sustainable development and stabilised climate. The discussion is then problematised further by a number of overarching perspectives within political philosophy, ethics, equity, international agreements, conflicts, conflict solution, the matter of responsibility and ecological debt. The course closes with a number of applied case studies based on different contemporary and future scenarios as for example biofuels and rising food prices; disaster management and different methods for climate adaptation; infrastructure and restructuring of society; future conflicts and cooperations.
Instruction
The teaching consists of lectures, seminars and workshops. The lectures are given by guest lecturers from various academic disciplines and relevant areas of society. Ample opportunities are provided for active student participation and critical reflection. Participation in seminars and workshops is compulsory. Non-compulsory study visits or equivalent may occur.
Assessment
The student is examined through written preparation for (4 credits) and active participation in seminars and workshops (3 credits), and through written documentation (7 credits) and oral presentation (1 credit) of a project.
If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.
Syllabus Revisions
- Latest syllabus (applies from week 27, 2019)
- Previous syllabus (applies from week 34, 2016)
Reading list
Reading list
Applies from: week 51, 2019
Some titles may be available electronically through the University library.
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Digital Compendium Online CCL
CEMUS, 2020
An online compendium with 3-4 texts, videos, audio files and/or other learning material per week available at www.cemus.uu.se/ccl
Mandatory
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Grint, Keith.
Leadership : a very short introduction
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Mandatory
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Mitchell, Timothy
Carbon democracy : political power in the age of oil
London: Verso, 2013
Mandatory
Elective book: choose to read either Tropic of Chaos" or Climate Changed"
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Parenti, Christian.
Tropic of chaos : climate change and the new geography of violence
New York: Nation Books, c2011.
Mandatory
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Squarzoni, Philippe;
Whittington-Evans, Nicole
Hahnenberger, Ivanka
Climate changed : a personal journey through the science
New York: Abrams, 2014
Mandatory
Elective book:you can choose to read either On Fire" or Towards a Cultural Politics of Climate...
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Klein, Naomi
On fire : the burning case for a green new deal
[London]: Allen Lane, 2019
Mandatory
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Bulkeley, Harriet.;
Paterson, Matthew;
Stripple, Johannes.
Toward a cultural politics of climate change : devices, desires, and dissent
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016
Mandatory