Introduction into the basics of resource utilisation. It analyses aspects of demographic change, discusses political, societal and economic factors and models of sustainable resource utilisation and analyses national and international instruments of environmental protection.

In this course, social and cultural dynamics of international development cooperation are analysed, discussed, and connected to contemporary development cooperation activities and projects. Themes to be focused on include the impacts of colonisation in development cooperation, decolonisation, migration, gender, racism, and education.

This course presents the orgins and evolution of the International Development Cooperation during the last six decades und relates the changing paradigms to their political and socio-economic contexts. It looks at the different actors with their spefic roles, approaches and challenges from a Swiss as well as a global perspective.

This course offers an introduction to project cycle management (PCM). Case studies are used to deal with issues of project identification, project planning, project monitoring, and project evaluation. The lectures also aquaint with methods of data collection in the context of development projects.