856023 Exercise readings in transport, urban and environmental policy: induced demand and rebound effects

Type
Seminar
Semester hours
3
Lecturer (assistant)
Gühnemann, Astrid
Organisation
Transport Studies
Offered in
Sommersemester 2025
Languages of instruction
Englisch
Content

This course aims to both introduce the students to a set of relevant issues in transport and urban planning, but also to expose students to three crucial tasks of professional work:

1. To summarize a text for students’ own purposes and compare this against a “large language model”
2. To review a paper for an editor
3. To structure and write a review of a particular issue

The class contains 5 exercises which 4 are single authored, whilst the last can be a group work with the number of papers proportionally increased.

The topic of reviews, will depends on students’ own specialties. The students then will be asked to provide a brief description of the content, provide an assessment of the methods used, provide an assessment of the appropriateness of the data, provide an assessment of the validity of the conclusions, and write the recommendation/rejection of the paper for publication.

Each exercise will be about 200-800 words.

This course, in particular will be useful for masters and doctoral students who are working with their thesis and literature reviews.
Previous knowledge expected

No specific prerequisites, but an interest in transport and land use planning is preferable.
Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

After finishing the course, the student shall be able to:
•Summarize the literature
•Highlighting the key messages of the paper
•Provide a brief description of the content of the literature
•Provide an assessment of the methods used
•Provide an assessment of the appropriateness of the data
•Provide an assessment of the validity of the conclusions
•Recommend the publication or rejection of the paper
•Write a review of these papers for a third party summarizing their methods, data and conclusions, highlighting their similarities and differences, while placing the papers in their larger context politically or academically.

The above criteria, expressed through 5 exercises of reading, summarizing, presenting and writing.
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.