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This course explores the complex relationships between biodiversity, ecosystem resilience, and sustainable human development. Participants will examine threats, trade-offs and synergies, and gain practical tools to assess ecosystem resilience and develop measures at the interface of sustainable development and conservation.
Climate change is impacting every part of the globe, but these impacts are not felt equally. Lower-income countries, though least responsible, bear the greatest burden. Climate change has become central to the international sustainable development agenda, and practitioners must understand its challenges to foster global cooperation.
This course provides an introduction to design thinking for social impact. Participants will gain an introduction to the design thinking process, methods, tools, and mindsets, and experience and reflect on them through application to a real sustainable development challenge.
Tackling disaster risks that arise from natural hazards is a pressing global challenge. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is a systematic approach to identifying and assessing the hazards that trigger disasters, with the aim of reducing vulnerabilities. The course introduces the risk landscape countries face, presents concepts and instructive case studies, and uses CEDRIG as a tool for DRR.
Degradation of the environment and non-sustainable use of natural resources, including land, water, forests and biodiversity is threatening individual livelihoods as well as local, national and international economies. This lecture series will address conflicts related to unsustainable resource use and discuss trade-offs between environmental sustainability and economic development.
The course conveys basic knowledge about the M4P-project approach in development cooperation (Making Markets Work for the Poor). Important elements are: strategic framework of the M4P-concept; understanding systems and system change; sustainability and facilitation of system change; measurement and management of private sector promotion in development assistance.
Migration can bring significant benefits to both countries of origin and destination if the right policies and initiatives are in place. This course explores the various roles that international cooperation actors can play, with a specific emphasis on conflict, persecution and migration; labour migration; and the intersections of migration, environment, and climate change.
The students work on a challenge from a partner IO in multidisciplinary groups applying theory-based approaches and methods (including design thinking methods). The results are discussed with experts and policymakers.The thesis is a concept note and presentation, based on literature, expert opinions, reports from organizations and other inputs as applicable.
In this course students deepen their knowledge about global development and sustainability. Students will watch five movies - each linked to one of the five P`s (Planet, People, Prosperity, Peace and Partnerships) that reflect topics of the 2030 Agenda. During class, researchers will present their perspectives on each of the movies and key questions will be critically discussed in plenary.