731395 Introduction to development cooperation (in Eng.)

Art
Vorlesung und Übung
Semesterstunden
2
Vortragende/r (Mitwirkende/r)
Quinones-Ruiz, Xiomara-Fernanda , Fischer, Judith
Organisation
Angeboten im Semester
Sommersemester 2025
Unterrichts-/ Lehrsprachen
Englisch
Lehrinhalt

The course aims to introduce the concept of development and to deepen the understanding of development efforts on national and international level. By analyzing case studies of the international agrarian sector we cast a critical view on power relations and participatory and sustainable approaches to development. Students should get a deeper understanding of development policies and global interdependencies by actively participating in the course.

The course is divided in 5 modules:
MODULE (1) Development and development cooperation (Christine Altenbuchner):
-Definition of development and development cooperation (What is development?)
-Measurement of development and wealth (How to measure development?)
-Development theories (How to trigger development?)

MODULE (2) Understanding decolonization, intersectionality and anti-racism (Hanna Edelmann):
- Decolonization and anti-racism
- Socio-political alternatives to the establishment?

MODULE (3) Development cooperation in practice (Hanna Edelmann)
- Structure of development cooperation in the EU
- Structure of development cooperation in Austria (governmental and non-governmental organizations)

MODULE (4) Sustainable development approaches I (Christine Altenbuchner):
- Scientific approach to sustainable development (Innovation, participatory approaches, community capitals, etc.)
- ‘Sustainable’ development programs (REDD+, PES, Community forestry, etc.),
- Current challenges to reach sustainable development (green grabbing, gender gap, etc.) and case study analysis

MODULE (5) Sustainable development approaches II (Hanna Edelmann):
- Power relationships and paradoxes in the international agrarian sector with specific analysis of case studies (e.g. coffee paradox)
- Practitioners & Guests
Inhaltliche Voraussetzungen (erwartete Kenntnisse)

a strong interest in development issues
Lehrziel

Learning Outcomes:
-to understand the concept of development and the structure of development cooperation nationally and internationally
-to be able to critically review development efforts and power relations, e.g. on the international agrarian sector
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