Basics of and Perspectives on Sustainable Development (3 ECTS) -- an online introductory course for students of all subjects:
Unfortunately, this event cannot take place in the winter semester 2023/24.
The immense challenges and opportunities of sustainable development - from climate change to new forms of economic activity to sufficiency-oriented lifestyles - are omnipresent. The focus is on the question of how people can live together and shape society today in order to create livable conditions worldwide and in the future.
At the Competence Center for Sustainable Development (KNE) at the University of Tübingen, a digital English-language basic course for the topic of "Sustainable Development". It was tested for the first time in the winter semester 2021/22, conducted for the second time in the summer semester 2022 and for the third time in the winter semester 22/23. The course is explicitly aimed at interested students of all subjects and international partner universities of the University of Tübingen; no special prior knowledge is necessary.
In the course, we will embark on a digital learning journey together, get to know concepts of as well as different perspectives on sustainable development, and interactively deal with the complex of topics.
The focus is on an interdisciplinary examination of the guiding principle of sustainable development. The following aspects will be covered:
- Basics of sustainable development - historical location, conceptual and scientific embedding, political agenda (Sustainable Development Goals of the UN).
- Social fields of action of sustainable development (e.g. Selected fields of action based on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Agenda 2030
- Critical and decolonial perspectives on SD as well as alternative approaches with a focus on countries of the Global South.
- Ethics and responsibilities of science, as well as insights into transdisciplinary research and collaboration
- The role and importance of students ("Students as change agents").
The course is modular and takes place biweekly afternoons throughout the semester in seven sessions (alternating 3 or 1.5h) digitally. The figure "The Learning Journey" shows an overview of the structure of the learning journey.
Between the individual sessions there are self-study phases for individual consolidation and for the preparation of one's own accompanying learning and research diary as a record of achievement.
