Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Understand, thoroughly and critically, the basic theoretical frameworks on social transitions and innovations.
• Understand and appropriately apply highly specialised knowledge of human and social sciences.
• Analyse social, political and economic change.
• Analyse social experiment processes.
• Analyse a situation by critically selecting the appropriate theoretical frameworks.
• Develop an interdisciplinary and multiscale approach that integrates complementary disciplines, such as anthropology, sociology, political science, psychology and education, urban planning and architecture, geography, and history, in order to analyse transitions and put them into context.
• In an interdisciplinary framework, analyse social transitions by applying acquired knowledge of social sciences and put them into context.
• In an interdisciplinary framework, analyse social transitions by applying acquired knowledge of political sciences and put them into context.
• In an interdisciplinary framework, analyse social transitions by applying acquired knowledge of human sciences and put them into context.
• Take a critical and ethical approach regarding the challenges of societal transitions of the 21st century and raise awareness among society and within politics.
• Refer to ethical principles by implementing innovative solutions for social and political actors.
• Communicate (verbally and in writing) with the different audiences concerned by issues of societal transitions.

Learning Outcomes of UE

At the end of the course, students will be able to: (a) know the theories and debates on society-environment relationships in sociology, anthropology and philosophy; (b) apart from the technical aspects of transition issues, they will also be able to identify the power relations behind societal choices and the political means to face them; (c) they will be able to detect, in the political proposals linked to ecological issues, the ideological, theoretical and utopian aspects and the way in which they structure these political offers.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

This course will allow students to: (a) know the ideological and theoretical foundations of current debates on ecological transition from a genealogical and decolonial approach; (b) know and discuss the dominant approaches of current debates on ecological transition as well as their critiques; (c) know, locate and discuss new ecological social models from a theoretical, conceptual and practical point of view and consider alternative courses of action. The first part of the teaching will be given ex cathedra. The other two parts will consist of individual assignments and class presentations. The course will cover the following topics: technical illusions; quarrel within ecology; ecological awareness; approaches to transition; ecological transition; new socio-ecological models; the outlook from bottom up.

Prior Experience

Not applicable