To apply to the programme go to www.antagning.se, also see programme info at Masterprogram i hållbar utveckling 2018/2019. For questions please contact study counselor Amanda Johnson at susdev@geo.uu.se. Note that the programme is not coordinated by CEMUS.
Warm Welcome to the first course of the Master Programme in Sustainable Development.
This place will be the platform where we will posts information, readings & links that relate to the course and to our class discussions. This will be used the first few weeks of the semester and we will slowly move to Uppsala University’s Student Portal once you have all received your login details.
A warm welcome to all of you to have made it to Uppsala already and we look froward to meeting you all in September!
All relevant information about registration can be found at http://www.web.cemus.se/ht2018/.
For all International students, you also need to register your position by following the information on this link http://www.web.cemus.se/ht2018/. Additionally, there is an information and registration desk on Monday27st August from (further info will be sent in August via Amanda Johnson) in Hamberg lecture hall, Geocentrum, Villavägen 16. A map to the location can be found here: geo.uu.se/om-oss/geocentrum.
A mandatory (for all students) course introduction and roll call will kick-off the semester on Monday 3rd September, from 9:15 in Hambergsalen, Geocentrum.
Please check the required reading material for the Introduction course, which is attached to this email along with the schedule (which indicates mandatory sessions). Copies of the course books can be found in the CEMUS library and at Geo Centrum library.
Do not hesitate to contact if you have any further questions about the course or the programme (andrew.gallagher@csduppsala.uu.se or dani.garcia-caro.uu.se).
Raworth, K. 2017. Doughnut Economics. Random House Business Books: London.
Dryzek, J.S., 2013. The politics of the earth: Environmental discourses. Oxford university press.
The courses are built upon active student participation and a co-creative process of learning and teaching. You can read more about CEMUS educational model at www.cemus.uu.se/education and Uppsala University’s guidelines for students and teachers “Teaching and Learning at Uppsala University”. The master programme is administrated by the Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University in collaboration with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU.
The course is given August 28 to September 15, three full time weeks. The course focuses on introducing sustainability, and different challenges in working in an interdisciplinary environment.
scientifically communicate in oral and written form, within and between different scientific areas.
The two seminar series courses critically examines the concept and idea of Sustainable Development, and consists of several different seminars (September-December and March-May) during which we will discuss a variety of topics together. We will also be visited by guest lecturers from different academic fields.