Political Science: Environmental and Planetary Politics

<p>Are you ready to explore the most pressing issues affecting our planet? Join us on a journey through the complex challenges of overconsumption, pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change. Welcome to a course that inspires action!</p><p>In recent decades, it has become increasingly clear that human-driven overconsumption, pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change endanger the habitability of the Earth. This course introduces how both environmental politics and planetary politics are needed to understand why appropriate political action to address overconsumption, pollution issues, biodiversity loss, and climate change have not been achieved and why such action currently remains more or less intangible. </p><p>The course is offered at the advanced level as an elective course in master’s programs or as a single subject course. It is based on active learning, a group-based pedagogy requiring active participation. Learning activities include lectures, case study work, group-based seminars, and coursework assessment. Participation in all elements is compulsory.</p>