Sustainability Strategies Lab
Code
10254
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente
Credits
10.0
Teacher in charge
Nuno Miguel Ribeiro Videira Costa
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
This course is aimed at introducing the main concepts that are relevant for the development of policies aimed at promoting sustainable development and promoting their application in a real-world situation. It is expected that students develop the following competences:
-Understanding of the main concepts and tools for the formulation of sustainability policies;
-Capacity to apply a system dynamics approach in the formulation and evaluation of strategies and policy proposals for key sustainability issues (e.g. at an organizational level or for a given real-world problem);
- Capacity to understand the relationship between sustainability strategies and competitiveness in private organizations and national contexts;
-Capacity to interact with real world organisations and experts on sustainability issues
- Capacity to undertake teamwork and share knowledge in a group environment.
-Communication skills and conducting autonomous research.
Bibliography
Ruth, M., (ed.) (2015). Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Environmental Studies, Edward Elgar Pub.
Healy, H. et al. (ed) (2013). Ecological Economics from the Ground Up, Routledge.
Daly, H, Farley, J. (2010). Ecological Economics – Principles and Applications, 2nd Edition, Island Press, Washington.
Voinov,A. (2008). Systems Science and Modeling for Ecological Economics. Academic Press.
Daly, H, Farley, J. (2005). Ecological Economics – a Workbook for Problem-Based Learning, Island Press, Washington.
Several journal articles.