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This seminar introduces to the cultural and historical foundations of forests and landscapes. In case studies the interaction between and social phenomena and forests and landscapes are analysed with the help of various theories and methods. Historical and contemporary examples of social representations in European and Non-European cultures are looked at in view of sustainable management.

This lecture provides the students with an in depth understanding of different theoretical approaches to understand and influence individual and organizational interactions with the environment. The theories are exemplified using case studies of actual problems in human- environment systems

This lecture introduces to the basic principles of cultural ecology in a historical and cross-cultural perspective. It presents the most important scientific theories and methods in cultural studies and relates them to selected case studies relevant to environment and ecology. Human and social environment interactions are analysed in various European and Non-European settings.

This course provides an overview on the theory of human- environment systems (HES). Thereby general approaches as well as different perspectives on the theory of HES are presented in detail (i.e. psychological, political, economic and cultural perspective).

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Analysis and presentation of research papers from the involved chairs, relating to topics from human-environment systems.

The aim of this course is to convey methodological principles of social science research and thus to encourage critical reflection on social science findings. The course provides an insight into the concrete procedure and methods of guideline-based interview techniques and questionnaire research.