Dear colleagues,
we would like to announce that we extend the application deadline for
our**///PhD course on Global Environmental Governance/to the *7^th
September 2021*
The course will be taking place 27 September – 1 October 2021. Please
see the preliminary course syllabus below.
The course is offered by the Department of Political Science at Lund
University (Sweden) and sponsored by the ClimBEco graduate school.
/*Please note:*/ We will host the course online.
The course provides in-depth insights to the actors, processes and
problems of global environmental politics and offers both practical and
theoretical understanding about the world of international relations. It
is designed to be accessible for PhD students who come from a variety of
disciplinary backgrounds. Participating in the course entitles the
students to 3 ECTS, if they join the sessions and complete a short essay
afterwards.
The course will be taught in English. Please see below for the latest
draft of the syllabus.
If you are interested in joining, please send an email to
nils.dro...@svet.lu.se
<mailto:nils.dro...@svet.lu.se>andfariborz.ze...@svet.lu.se
<mailto:fariborz.ze...@svet.lu.se>by 30^th August 2021 at the very
latest. The e-mail should contain
* Your affiliation and contact details;
* A short motivation statement (ca. 300 words);
* If you are based in Sweden, please also indicate whether you are
affiliated with the ClimBEco graduate school (Lund / Gothenburg) or
the Bolin Centre (Stockholm)
* Whether you are able to join the course in person in Lund.
We would be grateful if you could spread this to anyone you think may be
interested.
Kind regards,
Nils Droste & Fariborz Zelli
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Global Environmental Governance Today – Actors, Institutions,
Complexity, 3 credits, third cycle
*Lund University, Sweden, 27 September – 1 October 2021*
**
*1. Type of Course & General Information*
The course is an interdisciplinary third-cycle course offered by the
Department of Political Science and financed by the two-year graduate
research school ClimBEco – Climate Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
in a changing world.
Language of instruction is English.
We plan to hold the course in person at Lund University, but depending
on further developments of the situation related to Covid-19 we cannot
completely rule out an online solution at this point.
**
*2. Learning Outcomes*
Participants will be able to accomplish the following objectives by the
end of the course:
1. Identify and compare different understandings of environment,
governance and sustainable development.
2. Describe and critically analyse the development of the UN
environmental architecture.
3. Compare governance architectures for different environmental
problems like climate change and biodiversity.
4. Distinguish different political dimensions (actors, institutions,
interlinkages) and their relevance for the success or failure of
global environmental politics.
5. Apply major theories of political science to identify and examine
social barriers of global environmental governance.
6. Identify limits of and realistic options for political reform.
Achieving these objectives will be of particular benefit for students
with career goals that include serving as a practitioner in
environmental politics or providing policy advice and consultancy.
*
*
*3. Course Content*
In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted 2030
Development Agenda. One essential component of this agenda are the 17
Sustainable Development Goals with their associated 169 targets. Less
than three months later, at the UN climate conference in Paris in 2015,
countries around the world subscribed to staying below an average
warming of 2°C and submitted targets to reduce their carbon footprint.
How effective will these and other ambitious targets of the
international community be, and how will regular changes in government,
in the US and elsewhere, influence the long-term probability of meeting
them? Are economic growth, political interest and human development
compatible with environmental conservation? And is scientific knowledge
about the state of the environment enough to mobilize a change in
behavior?
The course frames this dilemma of global environmental governance as a
problem of human interaction. It starts from the premise that, in
addition to natural and physical barriers, there are severe social and
political barriers that often stand in the way of an effective
management of transboundary environmental threats. In other words:
political processes and actors are not only the target of scientific
advice (science for politics), but part of the problem – and hence
objects of examination (science of politics), e.g. due to underlying
constellations of power and interests or behavioural norms.
Based on concepts and theories of political science, the course seeks to
provide Ph.D. students from different disciplines with an understanding
of the current state of global environmental governance, its underlying
causes and possible response options. The main modules of the course are:
* Module 1: introducing the state of play in global environmental
governance today (icebreaker; key concepts; development of the
United Nations system from early 1970s until today; reform discussions);
* Module 2: core dimensions of global environmental governance
(actors; institutions; overlaps with other policy fields like
security, trade, health, development);
* Module 3: explaining and understanding (rationalist and
constructivist theories; quantitative and qualitative methods; and
their application).
Each of the modules above will conclude with an intensive simulation,
game or group work session where students apply some of the presented
concepts, theories and empirical informationin an interactive setting.
Moreover, students will, after the end of the course, write short final
papers in which they apply selected political theories to help them
explain governance developments in their own field of Ph.D. research.
*
*
*4. Teaching and Assessment *
**The course will consist of 15 sessions that will all take place in one
week, including three interactive seminars where students engage in
group work and simulations.
The course is particularly designed to be accessible for students from
very different backgrounds, including different natural science
disciplines. Therefore, the introduction of key political concepts and
international relations theories will include some elementary aspects.
Students with a more advanced theoretical background in political
science will nonetheless benefit from the application of these concepts
and theories in a series of simulations and interactive sessions.
We also ask all participants to block sufficient time in the week before
the course begins so that they can prepare the reading material.
(Further instructions will be sent around to registered students in due
time).
Evaluation will take place on the basis of participation and a short
final paper of 1,500 words to be submitted about 3-4 weeks after the end
of the course. In the paper, participants will apply the discussed
theories and concepts to their own field of research or to an equivalent
issue of their choice.
Re-examination is offered after the conclusion of the course. If
necessary, a second opportunity for re-examination will be arranged at a
later date.
*5. Grades*
**The grades awarded are Pass or Fail. To be awarded a Pass the student
must fulfill the learning outcomes specified and also demonstrate an
independent, reflective and critical approach to the research field and
to the theories presented in the course.
*6. Admission Requirements*
The course is open to Ph.D. students from all disciplinary backgrounds.
The number of participants is limited however; in case of too many
applications, priority will be given to students of the ClimBEco
graduate research school, the Bolin Centre for Climate Research of
Stockholm University, and Ph.D. students of the department of political
science at Lund University.
If you are interested in joining, please send an email to
nils.dro...@svet.lu.se <mailto:nils.dro...@svet.lu.se> and
fariborz.ze...@svet.lu.se <mailto:fariborz.ze...@svet.lu.se> by 30^th
August at the very latest. The e-mail should contain
* Your affiliation and contact details;
* A short motivation statement (ca. 300 words);
* If you are based in Sweden, please also indicate whether you are
affiliated with the ClimBEco graduate school (Lund / Gothenburg) or
the Bolin Centre (Stockholm).
Before applying (by e-mail to nils.dro...@svet.lu.se
<mailto:nils.dro...@svet.lu.se> and fariborz.ze...@svet.lu.se
<mailto:fariborz.ze...@svet.lu.se> by 30^th August), please liaise with
your supervisor on the acceptance of course credits in your programme or
university. After sending us an application e-mail, we will respond
within two weeks.
*7. Literature*
/Recommended readings for preparation:/
Axelrod, Regina S., and Stacy D. VanDeveer (eds.), 2019/20. /The Global
Environment: Institutions, Law, and Policy. /5^th ed., Thousand Oaks,
CA://CQ Press. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 12. 193 pp.
O’Neill, Kate, 2017. /The Environment and International Relations./ 2^nd
ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 264 pp.
Stevenson, Hayley. 2018. Global Environmental Politics. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press. 366 pp.
/Further readings:///
Betsill, Michele, Kathryn Hochstetler and Dimitris Stevis (eds.), 2014.
/Advances in International Environmental Politics/. 2^nd ed., London:
Palgrave Macmillan. 424 pp.
Chasek, Pamela S., David L. Downie, and Janet Welsh Brown, 2016.
/Global Environmental Politics/. 7^th ed., Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
482pp.
Nicholson, Simon, and Paul Wapner, 2014. /Global Environmental Politics.
From Person to Planet/. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. 384 pp.
Morin, Jean-Frederic, Amandine Orsini, and Sikina Jinnah, 2020. /Global
Environmental Politics. Understanding the Governance of the Earth. /
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 400 pp.
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Dr. Nils Droste
Assistant Professor | Biträdande Lektor
Department of Political Science | Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
Deputy Theme Leader Biodiversity | Biträdande temaledare biodiversitet
BECC (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate)
Lund University | Lunds Universitet
Visiting address: Allhelgona kyrkogata 14 (Eden)
Postal address: Box 52, 221 00 LUND
Web: www.svet.lu.se/en/nils-droste
Email: nils.dro...@svet.lu.se
Mobile: +46 76 341 7 341
Phone: +46 46 222 68 39
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