Completing the course will give the students the following learning outcome, sectioned into knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge:

The Student

has specialized knowledge about key theoretical approaches to sustainable community development in various contexts, including indigenous perspectives from African and Western contexts.
has current and highly specialized knowledge about key perspectives, issues, and past and current debates about the eco-social, within the field of eco-social studies.
has critical awareness of key ecological and social issues and complexities related to UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDG), such as sustainable development, green capitalism, Anthropocene, degrowth, deep ecology, degrowth has well as ongoing political controversies regarding inequality and power.
can analyze key issues related to global and local eco-social issues and relate these to policy, political processes, local alternatives, and initiatives in various contexts.

Skills:

The Student

can analyze and critically assess key theoretical perspectives to eco-social sustainable community development and relate them to current problems and debates.
can critically relate theoretical approaches to sustainable community development to political, policy and action-oriented approaches in context of current and contextual issues,
can engage in cross-pollinating analyses and discussions, addressing issues related to eco-social approaches to sustainable community development
can apply specialized problems-solving skills in research and/or innovation related to eco-social community initiatives on local or global levels, such as smart cities, community participation, and global eco-social movements

General Competence:

The Student

can manage and strategize for complex and unpredictable eco-social work context asking for innovation and transformation
can contribute to professional knowledge and problem solving on current eco-social problems areas in workplaces, communities or society at large by applying specialized knowledge in practical assignments and projects in a life-long perspective
can analyze relevant academic, professional and research ethical problems related to eco-social initiatives and work practice can communicate individually and in groups about eco-social issues, and debates both with specialists and the general public
can address complex and unpredictable issues that require new strategic approaches and new ways of posing socio-natural problems and ways to address them

Emnebeskrivelse

Sustainable Community Development and Eco-social Change