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65774-01 - Lecture: Digitalization and Sustainability: Friends or Foes? (2 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2022 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Frank Christian Krysiak (frank.krysiak@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Arne Menn (arne.menn@unibas.ch) Jean Terrier (jean.terrier@unibas.ch) |
| Content | In the last decade of the 20th century, many early enthusiasts of the emerging digitalization process regularly emphasized a positive side-effect of this transformation: digitalization, they argued, would allow for a more sustainable, less resource-hungry form of social and economic development. In the past twenty years, this optimistic discourse has given way to a much grimmer picture. Overuse of raw materials to produce digital devices, new forms of precarious labor, social fragmentation, spread of false information as a result of fake news and political polarization: all these phenomena and many more have now turned into standard headlines. Digitalization in its current form, on the one hand, and sustainable development, on the other, do not seem to necessarily belong together after all. But is a combination of these two goals really out of the question? If not, what should be changed in the digitalization process to make it more sustainable? In this lecture series, we will hear twelve experts in their field present their views on the challenge posed by digitalization to sustainable development, as well as on how to render these two processes more compatible than they seem to be now. |
| Learning objectives | Students will be able: - to understand and clearly describe the challenges posed by digitalization to sustainability and sustainable development; - to understand and clearly describe what various scholars think would be required to make the digitalization of processes and tools more compatible with sustainability; - to describe, analyze and evaluate the various discourses of the past decades about the relationship between digitalization and sustainability; - to independently analyze and evaluate the digitalization of processes and tools from the standpoint of sustainability; - to independently formulate possible solutions concerning the problem of the compatibility between digitalization, on the one hand, and sustainability and sustainable development, on the other hand. |
| Bibliography | tba announced during the lecture |
| Comments | Teaching on site. Dates: 10./17./24. and 31.10.2022; 07. and 14.11.2022; 05.12.22 . Each session starts at 16.15h and ends at 18.30h, incl. break. Recognition of CP for MSD students: The CP can be recognized for the published modules. Nonetheless, the teaching committee MSD strongly recommends to transfer the CP to the FASR module (via learning agreement). This lecture is co-offered by the MSD, Prof. dr. F. Krysiak, and the two Unibas units "departement of learning & teaching/educational technologies, Dr. J. Terrrier, and the "sustainability office", A. Menn. |
| Admission requirements | Only for students studying regulary at master level or higher. No other students admitted. |
| Course application | Course enrollment on MOnA should be completed by the beginning of the teaching period (withdrawal possible until Monday of teaching week five). No other course registration necessary. Students must study regulary at master level or higher. No other students admitted. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| unregelmässig | See individual dates | ||
| Comments | Dates: 10./17./24. and 31.10.2022; 07. and 14.11.2022; 05.12.22. Each session starts at 16.15h and ends at 18.30h, incl. break. |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 10.10.2022 | 16.15-18.30 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 118 |
| Monday 17.10.2022 | 16.15-18.30 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 118 |
| Monday 24.10.2022 | 16.15-18.30 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 118 |
| Monday 31.10.2022 | 16.15-18.30 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 118 |
| Monday 07.11.2022 | 16.15-18.30 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 118 |
| Monday 14.11.2022 | 16.15-18.30 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 118 |
| Monday 05.12.2022 | 16.15-18.30 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 118 |
| Modules |
General Electives in Business and Economics: Additional Courses (Master's Studies: Business and Economics) General Electives in Business and Technology: Additional Courses (Master's Studies: Business and Technology) General Electives in Economics and Public Policy: Additional Courses (Master's Studies: Economics and Public Policy) General Electives in Finance and Money: Additional Courses (Master's Studies: Finance and Money) Modul: Digital Humanities, Culture and Society (Master's degree subject: Digital Humanities) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Kulturtechnische Dimensionen (Master's degree program: Cultural Techniques) Modul: Ungleichheit, Konflikt, Kultur (Master's degree subject: Sociology) Module: Core Competences in Economics (Master's Studies: Sustainable Development) Module: Core Competences in Natural Sciences (Master's Studies: Sustainable Development) Module: Core Competences in Social Sciences (Master's Studies: Sustainable Development) Module: Electives (Master's Studies: Business and Economics (Start of studies before 01.08.2021)) Module: Electives in Data Science (Master's Studies: Data Science) Module: Resources and Sustainability (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment details | Regular and active attendance mandatory; preliminary readings for each session; production of video essays (group work with clear declaration of working part of each student); presentation and discussion of video essays on 05.12.22. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,1 |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | University of Basel |
| Offered by | Faculty of Business and Economics |