Methods for Climate Action

<p>Methods for Climate Action</p><p>The course explores a range of methods and tools for understanding and taking action on societal challenges posed by climate change and aims to analyse the implications, challenges and opportunities in applying them in practice. Building on previous knowledge from the programme, the student will develop competence in both individual and collective research approaches, methods and tools that provide knowledge, skills, capacities and action plans to address social inequalities and issues of justice related to climate change and society.</p> <p>The course is structured in three parts that build on each other:</p> <ol> <li>Establishing the foundations: Approaches and principles underpinning climate action methodologies, placing them within collective and participatory approaches, values and theories of change, reflecting on the opportunities and challenges of such approaches when working with different data sources</li> <li>Learning the tools: Develop, practice and critique approaches to climate action, exploring quantitative and qualitative methods and tools to understand and act in relation to systemic processes and stakeholders, organisational transformation, people’s lived experiences and grassroots change</li> <li>Developing projects: Students develop a project proposal related to a sociallyfocused climate action of their choice, applying the relevant methods and analytical tools explored in the course.</li> </ol><p>https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes/lucas-climate-change-and-society</p>