Gäller från och med: Spring 2018
Beslutad av: Mats Ohlin
Datum för fastställande: 2018-11-05
Avdelning: Department of Design Sciences
Kurstyp: Ren forskarutbildningskurs
Undervisningsspråk: English
Overall aims with this course are that the participants shall understand and be able to reflect on the set of problems with complex socio-ecological systems and to understand the importance of multi-disciplinary efforts and how to deal with current and future uncertainties. Sustainable development in the course refers to the development at the global, regional and local levels as defined in the Brundtland Commission report ‘Our common future’, with the three pillars of environmental, social and economic sustainability. The aim of the course is to give PhD students good knowledge of sustainable development. This knowledge will increase the student’s ability to identify possibilities and risks associated with sustainability when developing products, processes and systems. This course is a shorter version of the courses "Sustainable development with a systems perspective, 5 hp" and "The designer/engineer and sustainable development, 7,5 hp". The “5 hp” course includes more literature and video material, which in some cases are replaced with summaries in this course. The “7,5 hp” course includes a project as well.
Kunskap och förståelse
För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden
Färdighet och förmåga
För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden be able to discuss and reflect on how to influence for a sustainable development
Värderingsförmåga och förhållningssätt
För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden
The course gives essential knowledge in sustainable development. The subdivisions below are grouped into modules. Some modules have online video-introductions, some have introductory seminars and others have introductory reading materials. Subdivisions: Definition of sustainable development. History. Climate change and its effects. Planetary boundaries. Circular economy. Life-cycle thinking. Food security. Social aspects. Occupational Health. Sustainable city. Poverty. Complex systems. Sustainable development and ethics.
The course includes a variety of literature, e.g. scientific journals and online videos
Undervisningsformer: Föreläsningar, seminarier, litteraturkurs som självstudier. Introductions by teachers in the classroom and in online video's.
Examinationsform: Inlämningsuppgifter
Betygsskala: Underkänd, godkänd
Examinator:
Förkunskapskrav: Accepted for PhD-studies
Urvalskriterier: The course will be given if at least 10 PhD-students take part. At most 30 applicants will be accepted.
If we get more than 30 applicants criteria for selection will be used in the following order
1. PhD student from the department of design sciences
2. PhD-student from the faculty of engineering
3. a PhD student who has reached longer in his/her postgraduate studies is favored
4. by lottery
The course is planned to start January 2019.
Kursansvariga:
Hemsida: http://www.design.lth.se/the-long-view/phd-courses-in-sustainable-development/