Governance for Sustainability
Course, Master's level, 3BO002
Spring 2024 Spring 2024, Flexible, 100%, Distance learning, English
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
- 0
- Number of optional on-campus meetings
- 0
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 25 March 2024–2 June 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
- Selection
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Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)
- Fees
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If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 36,250
- Total tuition fee: SEK 36,250
- Application deadline
- 16 October 2023
- Application code
- UU-93114
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 26 February 2024–24 March 2024
- Information on registration from the department
Spring 2025 Spring 2025, Flexible, 100%, Distance learning, English
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
- 0
- Number of optional on-campus meetings
- 0
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 31 March 2025–8 June 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
- Selection
-
Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)
- Fees
-
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 36,250
- Total tuition fee: SEK 36,250
- Application deadline
- 15 October 2024
- Application code
- UU-93114
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 17 March 2025–30 March 2025
- Information on registration from the department
About the course
The course explores the role of institutions and policies in the governance of sustainability dilemmas across the different constellations of stakeholders at different scales from local to global.
The course departs from post-normal conditions, which refers to situations in which "facts are uncertain, complexity is the norm, values are in dispute, stakes are high and decisions are urgent". Post-normal theory views complex socio-biophysical problems as social dilemmas whereby the governance situation is shaped by irreducible uncertainty and the presence of power differentials.
This course encourages you to critically reflect upon the appropriate mix of coercive and non-coercive governance approaches to enable transformation in different contexts under post-normal conditions.
Outline for distance course: The course is given online, for example via Zoom. The course includes two hours of lectures two times every week and two hours of mandatory group work or seminars two times every week. Communication between students and teachers is through Zoom, email and Studium. In order to participate in this distance course you will need access to a computer with internet access, a headset and a web camera.
The examination consists of written assignments, participation in mandatory seminars and group assignments.
Reading list
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