Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• has knowledge about and understands the fundamental ideas of transition theories based on the latest international research within the area
• understands the sustainability challenges faced by modern societies and how they are linked to processes which are embedded in existing social structures
• is able to recognise, analyse and characterise different perspectives within transition research e.g. systems innovation perspective, strategic niche management perspective, socio-technical regimes, multi-level perspective, sustainable governance strategies, practice oriented transition, arenas as situated mappings, transition management

Skills

• can discuss the sustainability challenges of modern societies
• can discuss strategies for sustainable transition and argue for personal opinions on the topic
• can develop design strategies to cope with different sustainability challenges using inspiration from transition theories

Competences

• is able to navigate in complex sustainable transition processes creating structuring and deploying design strategies

Type of instruction

A combination of lectures, exercises and a main cumulative task (a blog).

Exam

Exams