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Syllabus

P000094 Political ecology: foundations and emancipatory trends, 7.5 Credits

Subjects

Education cycle

Postgraduate level

Grading scale

Language

English

Prior knowledge

Accepted as a PhD student.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:

1. trace the history of debates in the developing of political ecology as a field, from the 1980s to contemporary discussions;
2. describe and operationalize key analytical approaches that form the political ecological ‘toolkit’;
3. apply political ecological analysis to key contemporary human-environment challenges;
4. utilize political ecology tools to analyze opportunities for socio-environmental transformations.

Content

The course will provide a foundation in political ecology as a key field of critical human-environmental analysis. The course will trace its intellectual development from the 1980s until the present day, while exploring some of the theoretical strands and analytical approaches that form the broader “political ecology” toolkit. Students will learn how political ecology analysis has been used to analyze key human-environmental challenges of the present era and gain experience in applying political ecology analysis to their own field of study. The course will also explore recent theoretical developments and identify areas for further theoretical development in the study of socio-environmental transformations.

Additional information

Course leaders: Harry Fischer & Noémi Gonda

To apply, please send Harry Fischer (harry.fischer@slu.se) a brief introduciton of yourself and your research, and tell us what you hope to get out of the course.

Required reading will be assigned to students four weeks before the course starts.

Classes to be held week 39 (September 23-27) & week 41 (October 7-11) 2024.

This course is part of the research school People, Society and Sustainability, a joined research school between the Department of Economics and the Department of Urban and Rural Development.

Responsible department

Department of Urban and Rural Development