Courses BOKU-StartDepartment of Economics and Social SciencesInstitute of Social EcologyCourses This page is available under these URLs: https://boku.ac.at/en/wiso/isec/courses https://short.boku.ac.at/9zegvq Course nr Title Credits Course nr TYP ECTS Title Winter term 2025/26 WISO100280 NP Resource economics and social ecology 3 WISO100280 NP 3 Resource economics and social ecology WISO100298 PI Courage to go for sustainability 3 WISO100298 PI 3 Courage to go for sustainability WISO300744 SE Climate and resource policy 3 WISO300744 SE 3 Climate and resource policy WISO300745 VS Environmental history 3 WISO300745 VS 3 Environmental history WISO300746 VO Social ecology and sustainable development 3 WISO300746 VO 3 Social ecology and sustainable development WISO300748 VS Biophysical concepts and methods of social ecology: Introduction 3 WISO300748 VS 3 Biophysical concepts and methods of social ecology: Introduction WISO300749 VU Methods of social ecology: Social metabolism 4 WISO300749 VU 4 Methods of social ecology: Social metabolism WISO300752 SE Biomass and the global food system 3 WISO300752 SE 3 Biomass and the global food system WISO300754 VS Land use and global change: Socio-ecological interactions 3 WISO300754 VS 3 Land use and global change: Socio-ecological interactions WISO300757 SE Political ecology of resource use 3 WISO300757 SE 3 Political ecology of resource use WISO300758 VO Social ecology of the Anthropocene 3 WISO300758 VO 3 Social ecology of the Anthropocene WISO300759 VS Long-term socio-ecological research 3 WISO300759 VS 3 Long-term socio-ecological research WISO300763 US Biophysical concepts and methods of social ecology: Practical application 3 WISO300763 US 3 Biophysical concepts and methods of social ecology: Practical application WISO300764 VS Climate change mitigation: A socio-ecological perspective 6 WISO300764 VS 6 Climate change mitigation: A socio-ecological perspective WISO300769 SE Conceptualizing social-ecological transformations 3 WISO300769 SE 3 Conceptualizing social-ecological transformations WISO300770 VS Land use, climate change and biodiversity 3 WISO300770 VS 3 Land use, climate change and biodiversity WISO300771 VS Long-term socio-ecological research in the Anthropocene 3 WISO300771 VS 3 Long-term socio-ecological research in the Anthropocene WISO300772 VU Qualitative methods in transformation research 3 WISO300772 VU 3 Qualitative methods in transformation research WISO300774 VS Society, culture, and politics in historical transformations 3 WISO300774 VS 3 Society, culture, and politics in historical transformations WISO300775 VU Socio-ecological methods: Land use accounting 3 WISO300775 VU 3 Socio-ecological methods: Land use accounting WISO400777 SE Doctoral seminar in social ecology I 1.5 WISO400777 SE 1.5 Doctoral seminar in social ecology I WISO400781 SE Current selected fields of social ecology 1.5 WISO400781 SE 1.5 Current selected fields of social ecology WISO400782 SE Research seminar in social ecology I 1.5 WISO400782 SE 1.5 Research seminar in social ecology I WISO400784 SE Designing interdisciplinary projects in the sustainability science 4 WISO400784 SE 4 Designing interdisciplinary projects in the sustainability science Summer term 2026 WISO100299 PI Environmental history and sustainable development 3 WISO100299 PI 3 Environmental history and sustainable development WISO100323 PI Social ecology: Sustainability of society-nature interactions 6 WISO100323 PI 6 Social ecology: Sustainability of society-nature interactions WISO300743 VO Socio-ecological transformations 3 WISO300743 VO 3 Socio-ecological transformations WISO300747 SE Basics of social ecology 4 WISO300747 SE 4 Basics of social ecology WISO300750 VU Methods of social ecology: Land use science 4 WISO300750 VU 4 Methods of social ecology: Land use science WISO300753 VS Sustainable resource use 3 WISO300753 VS 3 Sustainable resource use WISO300756 VU Environmental and climate justice 3 WISO300756 VU 3 Environmental and climate justice WISO300760 SE Guided reading: Long-term socio-ecological research and environmental history 3 WISO300760 SE 3 Guided reading: Long-term socio-ecological research and environmental history WISO300761 SE Seminar social ecology 4 WISO300761 SE 4 Seminar social ecology WISO300764 VS Climate change mitigation: A socio-ecological perspective 6 WISO300764 VS 6 Climate change mitigation: A socio-ecological perspective WISO300767 VU Circular economy: scientific perspectives and implementation challenges 3 WISO300767 VU 3 Circular economy: scientific perspectives and implementation challenges WISO300768 VS Mapping of circular economy agendas in organisations 3 WISO300768 VS 3 Mapping of circular economy agendas in organisations WISO300769 SE Conceptualizing social-ecological transformations 3 WISO300769 SE 3 Conceptualizing social-ecological transformations WISO300772 VU Qualitative methods in transformation research 3 WISO300772 VU 3 Qualitative methods in transformation research WISO300773 VU Social metabolism and climate change 6 WISO300773 VU 6 Social metabolism and climate change WISO400561 SE Research workshop in social ecology II 2 WISO400561 SE 2 Research workshop in social ecology II WISO400562 SE Advancing theories and methods in social ecology 1.5 WISO400562 SE 1.5 Advancing theories and methods in social ecology WISO400564 SE Writing and presenting interdisciplinary research in sustainability science 4 WISO400564 SE 4 Writing and presenting interdisciplinary research in sustainability science WISO400778 SE Doctoral seminar in social ecology II 1.5 WISO400778 SE 1.5 Doctoral seminar in social ecology II WISO400783 SE Research seminar in social ecology II 1.5 WISO400783 SE 1.5 Research seminar in social ecology II
