Entry requirements

60 credits.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• account for climate variations over timeand key climate science concepts ;
• summarise and critically relate to different perspectives, central theories and concepts within the field of climate change and leadership;
• account for and problematise current issues within research and scientific debates in the climate change leadership field;
• describe climate change and leadership from justice, power and gender perspectives;
• identify, analyse and critically relate to power relations, ethical dilemmas and conflicts which may occur in change processes;
• design a practical specialisation within the field of climate change and leadership;
• apply relevant methods and strategies to conduct a work in the climate change and leadership field;
• in a popular scientific manner communicate the results of work within the climate change and leadership field;
• critically discuss and evaluate a practical specialisation within the climate change leadership field.

Content

This is a practical course in climate change and leadership. The first part of the course gives a broad orientation within the areas of leadership and climate change and deals with a number of central concepts, theories and perspectives relevant within the fields (climate change, leadership, psychology, anthropology, history, ethics, justice, power, gender) as well as current research in related fields. The main focus is on analysing the complexity of the questions, how the students can work with these questions in different contexts and how leadership can play a crucial role in the work for a sustainable development. Different methods and tools with relevance for the practical work are introduced. The initial part is concluded with the students formulating, delimiting and planning a practical specialisation within the field. The practical part of the course focuses on, in a local context, to lead and organise change work for mitigation, climate adaptation and/or other related work. A broad approach means that everything from more technically innovative solutions to organisational analytical studies to field work based specialisations is possible to choose as long as there is a relevant connection to the goals of the course. The course is concluded with an interdisciplinary and popular scientific report back where the student's experiences and conclusions are discussed.

Instruction

The teaching consists of lectures, seminars, workshops and supervision. 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. Non-compulsory study visits or equivalent may occur.

Assessment

The student is examined through written preparation for (3 credits) and active participation in seminars and workshops (2 credits), continuous report back (5 credits), and through written documentation (18 credits) and oral presentation (2 credits) of a larger developed 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.

Other regulations

Active participation is reassessed through a re-seminar. If a student after having been offered a re-seminar still does not meet the requirements to pass the active participation elements the examiner can choose reassessment by another method.

This course cannot be included in a degree together with the course 1MV078 - Climate change leadership in practice.