Sustainable development: A case study approach

Education facts

Code: ES2423

Together with other students in your own and other scientific disciplines, you perform a case study of how society is planning sustainable development in a local context. For 10 weeks you define, analyze, model, and evaluate problems, challenges and opportunities for sustainable development. You interact with the authorities and stakeholders. You then present the results in the form of a written report.<br> The course provides training in planning and implementing a project, identifying and using different methods to analyze the sustainable development, interacting with society actors, and presenting the results you come up with.

Entry requirements

University studies of at least 180 credits, including at least 60 credits within environmental science, natural science, geography, cultural or natural geography, or other courses relevant to the topic, and an approved Bachelor thesis of at least 15 credits. Applicants must prove their knowledge of English: English 6/English B from Swedish Upper Secondary School or the equivalent level of an internationally recognized test, for example TOEFL, IELTS.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Sustainable development: A case study approach

  University of Gothenburg

  Start date: 26 March 2026

  End date: 7 June 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %