Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Students completing the module acquire the following: 

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of the institutional context and power relations within which the planner is working in practice
• Knowledge and understanding of professional values, democratic legitimacy, and the roles of the planner in an international and local context
• Understanding of professional individual conduct, actions and ethical frames in and for practices of the planner
• Thorough knowledge of the deliberative practices of the planner in dealing with conflict, and in managing the planning process through various and changing situations and differences in planning goals, agents and resources

Skills

• Can identify central challenges in professional planning practice
• Can make use of relevant theories, concepts and methods to analyse the practice of planning and critically evaluate the need for the planner to intervene in different contexts
• Can identify the core challenges in designing and managing deliberative planning processes to deal with power dynamics, conflicts and different interests

Competences

• Can design and engage with complex planning processes in order to manage conflicts and different interests
• Can reflect on and develop own professional ethics and procedures
• Can facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration and cooperation in a planning context and be able to reflect in action while assuming professional responsibility

Type of instruction

Lectures, workshops, seminars, study group, assignments, etc.

Exam

Exams