This course in economic and human geography addresses the concepts, theories and discourses of the green economy. Through a series of lectures, seminars and student presentations, this course discusses how the concept of the green economy affect society and economic activities on different scales.
The course is built in two parts. The first part has a particular emphasis on the diversity of ideas, actors and processes related to differing approaches to environment, energy and climate challenges. The geographical focus is on communities, cities and regions, as well as on how individuals, firms and institutions are interlinked and affected. In a second part, students will engage with theoretical and empirical examples so as to articulate a more critical understanding of the limits of the green economy.
This course is based on active student participation and draws from academic literature on Norway as well as other countries and includes some of the ongoing research at the Department.
A student who has completed the course should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
The student
Skills
The student
General competence
The student
Open for students at Master's level who meets the prerequisites.
GEO324 is a special topic course and may be included as one of the special topic courses in the coursework requirement for Master's Programme in Geography.
Department of Geography
Studieveileder@geog.uib.no