Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The TransitionS Seminar provides students with an interdisciplinary perspective on the systemic transitions needed to place our economies into a socially and environmentally safe space, as described by the concept of the "Doughnut Economy" (Raworth 2017).
Organized in the form of a flipped classroom (prior readings, discussion in class with experts), the seminar will address tipping points and propose to analyse the causes of critical situations. Based on various transition initiatives (food, energy, finance, culture, mobility, employment), the seminar will then highlight the conditions (at the level of individuals, companies and institutions) that lead to transitions.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
By the end of this course, students will have been specifically led to:
- Understand the concept of transition at the level of the economic system and at the level of individuals and enterprises/institutions
- Link tipping points to circumstances of market failures and state failures (local and supranational)
- Discover transition initiatives in different social functions
- Identify the conditions of the transition (Multi-level perspective)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Additional information:
Hybrid
Recommended or required readings
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The seminar will take place on the second term, wed from 2pm to 5 pm, in room 224 (building N1a). First lecture : Feb 15, 2023