Graduates will gain an interdisciplinary overview of natural, humanities, cultural, social and economic aspects of the topic ‘Planetary Boundaries and (Non-)Sustainability’ and will be able to present arguments relevant to the topic. They will also be able to critically reflect on the problem and assess it more realistically.

In addition to lectures and input presentations by the speakers, there will be plenty of room for discussion.Further materials will be made available on the Moodle platform.

Representatives from various disciplines will raise questions from their respective scientific perspectives and discuss issues related to the topic of ‘Planetary Boundaries and (Non-) Sustainability.’ They will also shed light on various aspects using relevant empirical facts and the terminology used in their respective fields.

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Jennifer A. Elliott (2013): An Introduction to Sustainable Development (Routledge, 4th Ed.)Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud, David Banister (2016): The Imperatives of Sustainable Development. In: Sustainable Development Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/sd.1647Nagatsu, Michiru, Taylor Davis, C. Tyler DesRoches, Inkeri Koskinen, Miles MacLeod, Milutin Stojanovic, und Henrik Thorén. „Philosophy of Science for Sustainability Science“. Sustainability Science 15, Nr. 6 (November 2020): 1807–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-020-00832-8.More literature can be downloaded in the moodle-course.Link auf weitere Informationenhttps://nachhaltigkeit.aau.at/

At the end of the course, the contents of the lecture will be tested by means of a written exam.First, there will be a written exam at the end of the semester (last unit of the course in January): a mix of multiple choice and open questions.The second exam date is oral by arrangement.The third exam date is again written at the end of the following semester.

The contents of the lecture (including relevant literature).

The answers are correct and demonstrate that the course content has been understood (open questions) respectivaly.