Courses
Here is a list of the courses offered by the Sustainability Transition Policy team. For questions about a specific course, please contact the responsible course leader. As we are still building up the course portfolio, this page will be updated and expanded as we go.
Summer semester 2024
Course | Description | Time & Place |
Lecturer |
International Politics (BA IBS/IES, WiWi) |
This course provides students with important knowledge of our international system, encompassing international organizations, international rules and state and non-state actors. We will focus on two of the major challenges of our time, which are the need to govern our climate crisis more effectively and to protect human rights globally. Combatting climate change and protecting human rights are key concerns in international politics, as established by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). Non-state actors such as companies and civil society organizations have increasingly become influential actors in international politics, both as rule-setters and rule-takers. In our course, we will first critically reflect upon key theories and concepts from the fields of international relations and global sustainability politics. Thereafter, we will have one block focusing on global climate governance and energy transition, followed by one block on human rights, with a particular emphasis on business and human rights. While these topics are often discussed separately, we throughout the course identify links – be they synergies or conflicts – between them, and seek to identify and solve trade-offs between them, reflecting on to what extent policy integration of climate and human rights governance is possible and desirable.
Register here: https://www.studon.fau.de/studon/goto.php?target=crs_5641514_join.html
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Wednesdays from 08:00- 09:30
Starting 17.04.2024 In Lange Gasse, room LG H6 |
Prof. Dr. Almut Schilling-Vacaflor and Prof. Dr. Johan Lilliestam |
International Politics II (BA SozÖk) |
This course provides students with important knowledge of our international system, encompassing international organizations, international rules and state and non-state actors. We will focus on two of the major challenges of our time, which are the need to govern our climate crisis more effectively and to protect human rights globally. Combatting climate change and protecting human rights are key concerns in international politics, as established by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). Non-state actors such as companies and civil society organizations have increasingly become influential actors in international politics, both as rule-setters and rule-takers. In our course, we will first critically reflect upon key theories and concepts from the fields of international relations and global sustainability politics. Thereafter, we will have one block focusing on global climate governance and energy transition, followed by one block on human rights, with a particular emphasis on business and human rights. While these topics are often discussed separately, we throughout the course identify links – be they synergies or conflicts – between them, and seek to identify and solve trade-offs between them, reflecting on to what extent policy integration of climate and human rights governance is possible and desirable.
Register here: https://www.studon.fau.de/crs5641515_join.html |
Mondays from 15:00-16:30
Starting 15.04.2024 In Findelgasse, room FG 0.015 |
Prof. Dr. Johan Lilliestam and Prof. Dr. Almut Schilling-Vacaflor |
Technology Assessment | In this course, we will explore, discuss, and apply interdisciplinary quantitative and qualitative concepts and tools for technology assessment. Technology assessment is an essential support tool to inform decision-making in companies and public administration and enables well-informed decisions regarding technology adoption, implementation, or regulation. Below are the interdisciplinary methods to be covered in this course. In addition, the course will focus on how each method can inform/combine and how normativity affects each method. This course will also focus on method comparisons (i.e., when and in which context method A outperforms method B), so the strengths and limitations of each method will be discussed in the classes. The course will strongly focus on application (hence the combination of lecture and exercise). Empirically, the course will focus on, but not be limited to, technologies for the transition to clean energy, such as renewable energy, carbon capture and storage, and hydrogen. This will visualize how to apply and combine tools necessary for technology assessment. and weaknesses of assessment methods. The results from each example will be compared so that risks and opportunities for technologies can be analysed.
Register here: https://www.studon.fau.de/crs5671525_join.html |
Wednesdays from 09:45 to 13:00
Starting 17.04.2024 In Lange Gasse, room LG 5.153 |
Dr. Aksornchan Chaianong, and Ioannis Milioritsas |
Trade and Sustainability | In this course, we will look at how global trade impacts the environment and economic development. Using case studies of different products like soy, solar panels, and steel, we will look at trade between Europe and Brazil, China, the US and more. The course will explore how different actors including country governments and businesses react to sustainability and development challenges, and supply chain regulation. By the end of the course, students will be able to compare how these cases compare with theories about international trade. They will understand under which contexts globalization has positive or negative environmental impacts, and consider supply chain management in terms of environmental and reputational risks. They will also better understand regulations like Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, the German Supply Chain Regulation, and how these affect European businesses’ position in global markets.
Register here: https://www.studon.fau.de/crs5676324_join.html |
Tuesdays from 09:00-12:30
Starting 16.04.2024 In Findelgasse, room FG 1.036 |
Dr. des Silvia Weko and Franziska Bold |
Thesis Seminar Sustainable Transition Policy | This seminar is mandatory for anyone writing a thesis at the Sustainability Transition Policy chair (any advisor). We will deal with questions of how to write a thesis, how to do the research, how you can know when a result is good and/or the thesis is done, and many other things needed for successfully writing a thesis. We will also practice presenting and pitching our work in front of a group, both to learn how to do this well, and as a step to make sense of our work: what have we found out, and why is that interesting?
Register here: https://www.studon.fau.de/crs5631978_join.html |
All meetings in Zoom!
19.04 from 09:00-14:30; 17.05 from 09:00-10:30; 21.06 from 09:00-14:00; 12.07 from 09:00-10:30 |
Prof. Dr. Johan Lilliestam |
Winter semester
Title | Format | Course leader | When, where |
Climate Policy | Seminar (Master), 5 ECTS | Lilliestam | Mondays 13.00-14.45, LG 5.155 |
Energy Policy Instruments for Deep Decarbonisation | Seminar (Master), 5 ECTS | Lilliestam | Every second Tuesday, 13.15-17.00, LG 3.155 |