WISO300556 Foresights - what future to expect? (in Eng.) (Late lessons from early warnings)

Art
Vorlesung und Übung
Semesterstunden
2
Vortragende/r (Mitwirkende/r)
Kirchner, Mathias , Körner, Daniel , Kromp-Kolb, Helga , Spittler, Nathalie
Organisation
Nachhaltige Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Angeboten im Semester
Wintersemester 2025/26
Unterrichts-/ Lehrsprachen
Englisch
Lehrinhalt

This course equips students with the skills to approach possible future sustainability challenges in a structured and methodical way. In an era of multiple crises and accelerating breaches of planetary boundaries, developing future literacy is essential for fostering and achieving sustainable development. Students will explore major global trends – including well-being, resource and energy use, and the climate and biodiversity crises – while learning key concepts and methods from the field of foresight, such as scenario development and systems thinking. The course combines conceptual understanding with practical tools to address these pressing challenges in depth.
Inhaltliche Voraussetzungen (erwartete Kenntnisse)

None / Interest in sustainability, global change issues, and future developments
Lehrziel

Knowledge:
•Foresight and Scenarios
oStudents are familiar with current global trends
oStudents can explain the main concepts and methods and discuss their advantages as well as limits
oStudents can critically reflect on future scenarios and their underlying assumptions
•Systems Thinking
oStudents know that it is important to consider the whole picture
oStudents know that the interconnectedness of different systems can create complex dynamics and unexpected patterns

Skills:
•Scenario development
oStudents are able to develop different consistent and plausible scenarios about the future

Professional/vocational competencies:
•Working in teams

Personal competencies:
•Future literacy
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