Courses and programmes
In addition to our teaching and training on graduate, post-graduate and executive level, there were several other activities organised during 2021
Throughout the course of 2021, our deputy director of transdisciplinarity, Lisen Schultz, led the launch of a new course entitled “Sustainability Science I”. This course is part of a new bachelor’s programme called “Business, Ethics and Sustainability”.
The programme is a collaboration with the Department of Business Economics and the Department of Philosophy at Stockholm University.
Schultz’s course was designed and delivered with module-leaders Tim Daw, Örjan Bodin, Robert Blasiak and Tiina Häyhää and received excellent reviews from the first class.
Next year, class numbers will increase from 16 to 115 students.
This will pave the way for the launch of “Sustainability Science II” – the second course for bachelor students – in 2022.
Online courses
Our director of studies, Miriam Huitric, joined forces with Stockholm University colleagues Alasdair Skelton and Christina Fredengren to launch a new massive open online course (MOOC) designed to give students in-depth insight into our current situation and what we can do to combat the climate crisis.
The MOOC, entitled Taking on the Climate Crisis with Social Change, provided students with information on how to drive the social change that is fundamentally required for an effective response to climate change.
Our long-running course Världens Eko went online again in 2021, which made it possible to take on a larger cohort than usual. The quality of the course was not compromised despite these changes, thanks to the work and leadership of David Fagerlind, supported this year by Anna Steorn, who is currently working on her master’s thesis.
While all involved look forward to returning to campus in 2022, a great deal has been learned about online teaching and these insights will prove useful when developing future courses.
The three short courses developed in response to the Swedish government’s call for courses to support those whose employment was disrupted by the pandemic received further funding so that they could be offered again in 2021.
The courses received excellent reviews from participants and will continue to run in 2022.
We are pleased to be able to contribute to our students’ further development and professional re-direction and see this as an excellent opportunity to bridge the gap between research and real-world application in society.
Thank you Megan Meacham, Kara Pellowe, Erik Andersson, Louise Hård af Segerstad and My Sellberg for your leadership and engagement in these courses.