After completion of this course students are able to:
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describe and analyse the main modes of governance applied and recent shifts in modes of governance in the most relevant issue areas;
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identify the policy theories and assumptions underlying these modes of governance;
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describe practices of implementing SD as societal processes of change;
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identify the most important analytical approaches applied in studying these practices;
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recognise core variables in the explanation of impacts;
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assess critically the empirical methods applied by key researchers in justifying claims on the impacts of various modes of governance;
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design a conceptual model showing the most relevant dependent and independent variables for analysing specific applications of governance modes;
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construct causal models for the analysis of effectiveness of modes of governance;
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contribute to debates about the successfulness of modes of governance for SD.
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The central objective of this course is to familiarise students with developments in applying different modes of governance and the theories applied in analysing the progress made in achieving progress towards sustainable development.
During this master course students will analyse the main social science theories and research approaches applied in the academic analysis of governance in four most relevant fields:
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Water
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Biodiversity
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Sustainable Production and Consumption
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Urban Development
After a series of introductory lectures on the four fields, students will elaborate these four issue fields. They will work in small groups analysing and comparing the theories and a wide variety of examples of empirical analysis of different governance modes applied in practice. The construction of causal models, choice of variables and impact indicators and the justification of claims on effects of governance modes in these exemplary studies will be discussed. Students will learn to develop conceptual models for analysing the implementation and impacts of governance modes.
Academic skills: Critical analysis of academic research; constructing explanatory models; academic presentation
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