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| Semester | spring semester 2014 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers |
Paul Burger (paul.burger@unibas.ch)
Marius Christen (marius.christen@unibas.ch, Assessor) Patricia Holm (patricia.holm@unibas.ch) Frank Christian Krysiak (frank.krysiak@unibas.ch) |
| Content | The PhD Summer School Sustainability is an international course to foster interdisciplinary discourse on sustainability science among PhD-students. This first Summer School focuses on sustainability conceptions and their impacts on the students' empirical research. It provides a heterogeneous platform to intensively discuss the diversity of understandings of sustainability in different disciplines and their impacts on disciplinary research. Leading researchers in the field of sustainability will give inputs and the participants will have the opportunity to get comments on their research projects from them. |
| Learning objectives | The main aims of this course are - to enhance the participants’ knowledge of different theoretical options on the sustainability science market; - to critically reflect the invested understandings of sustainability in the participants’ research projects and - to foster interdisciplinary discourse on sustainability science among PhD-students. |
| Bibliography | tba |
| Admission requirements | The course is open to PhD-students from all national and international universities writing their PhD in different sustainability related disciplines. Preliminary registration is required. For details see "Anmeldung", the information will follow. |
| Course application | Anmeldung via Email an Marius.Christen@unibas.ch. Studierende der Unibas müssen über MonA zusätzlich belegen. Course registration requiered tba |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Lehrveranstaltungen Doktorat an der Philosophisch-Historischen Fakultät (Doctorate Philosophy (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Preliminary reading of central texts of the sustainability debate. Presentation of parts of one’s research project and/or comment on inputs from other presenters Active participation |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Nachhaltigkeitsforschung |