737329 Conceptualizing social-ecological transformations (in Eng.)

Art
Seminar
Semesterstunden
2
Vortragende/r (Mitwirkende/r)
Pichler, Melanie , Gingrich, Simone
Organisation
Angeboten im Semester
Sommersemester 2025
Unterrichts-/ Lehrsprachen
Englisch
Lehrinhalt

The course introduces different theories and perspectives on transformative change and addresses both historical and contemporary social-ecological transformation processes. We discuss major societal challenges associated with such transformation processes, the role of agency and power as well as contested strategies and instruments for transformative change, and explore their utility for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the phase-out of fossil fuels.

Some of the topics include:
- transformations in social ecology
- conceptualizing the historical emergence of the fossil fuel regime
- labour as a transformative force
- agency and power in social-ecological transformations
- contested transformation pathways (IPCC SSEP, green growth, degrowth, leverage points, fossil free zones, ...)
Inhaltliche Voraussetzungen (erwartete Kenntnisse)

The seminar is based on critically reading and discussing texts. Please bring time and interest for the thorough reading of texts!
Lehrziel

After the successful completion of the course, participants
-know major conceptualizations of societal transformations from a number of social science and humanities perspectives
-understand the complex societal challenges of historical, contemporary and future transformations
-can reflect on the role of agency and power in social-ecological transformation process
-can differentiate and critically evaluate different societal strategies and instruments to deal with the climate crisis
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