| [Advanced Seminar in Environmental Economics B] Approaches to Sustainability Transformation in Agriculture |
| DozentIn:Dr. Marieke Baaken, Juan Felipe Ortiz-Riomalo |
| Veranstaltungstyp:Seminar (Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen) |
| Ort:41/B11: Mittwoch, 30.10.2024 16:00 - 18:00,
35/E23-E24: Donnerstag, 09.01.2025 - Freitag, 10.01.2025 09:30 - 17:00 |
| Semester:WiSe 2024/25 |
Zeiten:Termine am Mittwoch, 30.10.2024 16:00 - 18:00, Donnerstag, 09.01.2025 - Freitag, 10.01.2025 09:30 - 17:00, Ort: 41/B11, 35/E23-E24
Erster Termin:Mittwoch, 30.10.2024 16:00 - 18:00, Ort: 41/B11 |
Beschreibung:The relationship between agricultural production and the environment is especially complex and multifaceted. Fundamentally, agricultural production depends on a well-functioning environment, yet farmers are currently contributing to the degradation of ecosystems. Moreover, current agri-environmental policies and practices are insufficient for protecting the environment; agriculture is still a main driver of environmental degradation in Europe and elsewhere and a cause of the earthy system exceeding its planetary boundaries. Hence, it is often reported that current major challenges (climate change, growing world population) require disruptive transformations in agriculture. But what is meant by transformation? How can such transformations be carried out sustainably? And what problems come with such transformation processes?
In this course, we will explore understandings of agricultural transformations towards sustainability and reflect on current approaches and their (societal) challenges. For this purpose, this course consists of several thematic blocks. First, we cover the key challenges that agriculture and food systems must overcome. Then, we discuss potential transformations in regulations and technologies, as well as relevant behavioural aspects and societal mindsets to consider. We will discuss the potential and challenges for transformation ideas and assess potential solutions to overcome those challenges.
To gain a deep understanding of these contents, this course will require self-study and active participation in interactive course elements. Specifically, students will become experts in one topic of their choosing and prepare a 12-minute online presentation (or 24 min, if you work as a group of two) on this topic as well as prepare a 3-5 minute co-presentation (“Ko-Referat”) on another topic. Students become experts in a topic by reading and working through two essential academic articles we provide. We will then elaborate on these topics using interactive tools during the course. Each student (or group, respectively) must submit a short essay (approx. 4500 words or 9000 in groups of two) on their topic. |
Hinweise zur VeranstaltungThe selection of participants is done manually after the registration and based on individual applications. As an application, we ask to send your current performance record (OPIUM Leistungsnachweis) to bee-teaching@uni-osnabrueck.de. If you are part of the MSc program in Economics and are planning to do the specialization in ‚Sustainability, behavior and environmental policy‘, please indicate so in your application email. Students from the specialization and those close to finishing their studies will be given priority. Please note that this is an Economics seminar, not a BWL seminar. The application deadline is October, 6th.
A preliminary detailed description of the course is available here (No liability assumed):
https://myshare.uni-osnabrueck.de/f/22c0dd0f17b84dce8334/ |
| LiteraturWill be provided in the seminar. |
|
