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| Semester | fall semester 2023 |
| Course frequency | Every fall sem. |
| Lecturers | John Wargo (john.wargo@unibas.ch) |
| Content | This graduate course will examine global food challenges that affect environmental quality and human health. A wide diversity of laws and regulations apply to food: air and water quality, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, plastics, energy, carbon pricing and exchanges, emission limits, pollution trading rights, land use, tariffs, subsidies, taxes, territorial and geographic designations, and certification. We will critically examine corporate political strategies, differing legal standards among nations, trade barriers, changing consumer preferences, mergers & acquisitions, public subsidies, vertical ownership of value chains, advertising trends, and organic certification standards. Comparisons will be made among Swiss, EU, and US laws and regulations where possible. 1. Transboundary Environmental Risk & Law: Lessons from Nuclear Technologies 2. Food, Agriculture & Technology: Cost-Benefit vs Risk-Only Decision Criteria 3. Trade & Environmental Risks: International Law vs NGO Certification: Palm Case 4. Plastics, Wastes, & Contamination: Pathways toward a Circular Economy 5. Biotechnology, Oligopoly, & Environmental Risk Management 6. Certification of Food Quality: Organic Standards 7. Air Quality and Planetary Health: Control Strategies to Protect Health, Climate, Economy 8. Diet, Energy, & Climate: Strategies to Improve Health and Climate Stability |
| Learning objectives | You will learn to evaluate uncertainties in risk estimates, and to judge the effectiveness of laws and policies that have been adopted to address a diversity of environmental challenges the world faces. |
| Bibliography | All readings will be posted on a Google Drive: ● Only the first 3 readings for each day are required, others are optional. ● All are available at no cost. ● Please complete the readings before the course begins! |
| Weblink | Weblink |
| Admission requirements | Recommende prerequisites: Solid understanding of business and economics on the bachelor level. The following courses are helpful. Environmental and Resource Economics (10160) Public Choice and Public Economics (10148) Globalization and European Integration (Globalisierung und europäische Integration, 34504) |
| Course application | Please register by sending an email to summerschool-wwz@unibas.ch no later than by June 30, 2023. All further information can be found on the website of the Summer School. The enrollment for the course is at the same time the final registration for the exam!. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | See individual dates | ||
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 07.08.2023 | 09.45-12.15 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S15 HG.31 |
| Tuesday 08.08.2023 | 09.45-12.15 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S15 HG.31 |
| Wednesday 09.08.2023 | 09.45-12.15 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S15 HG.31 |
| Thursday 10.08.2023 | 09.45-12.15 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S15 HG.31 |
| Monday 14.08.2023 | 09.45-12.15 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S15 HG.31 |
| Tuesday 15.08.2023 | 09.45-12.15 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S15 HG.31 |
| Wednesday 16.08.2023 | 09.45-12.15 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S15 HG.31 |
| Thursday 17.08.2023 | 09.45-12.15 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Seminarraum S15 HG.31 |
| Modules |
Module: Core Competences in Economics (Master's Studies: Sustainable Development) Module: Field Electives in Economics and Public Policy (Master's Studies: Economics and Public Policy) Module: Specific Electives in Business and Economics (Master's Studies: Business and Economics) Module: Specific Electives in International Business, Trade and the Environment (Master's Studies: Business and Economics) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Global Ageing and Health (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Handel und Unternehmen in der Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Staatlichkeit, Entwicklung und Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment details | You are expected to attend every class. Final grades will be determined as follows: tbp. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Registration/deregistration: faculty |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,1 |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Business and Economics , studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Faculty of Business and Economics |