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Master’s Programme: Social-Ecological Resilience for Sustainable Development Course 3: Governance and management of social-ecological systems
(15hp) Course leader: Miriam Huitric
Updated: 7th January 2015.
Brief Description This course will explore alternative approaches for analysing how people make choices, use rules, and learn to manage and govern social-ecological systems. The course will combine economic approaches to uncertainty, approaches to ecological management that enable learning, how institutional choices shape environmental management, and how governance can be designed to adapt to social-ecological change. Students will learn how to apply cost-benefit analysis, decision analysis under uncertainty, and game theory to the analysis of environmental issues. They will explore successful cases of environmental management, and how governance systems have been successfully transformed. Strategies for effecting positive change in environmental management, and barriers impeding such change will be examined. Students will be introduced to theoretical concepts, methods for analysis, and conduct group and individual research projects that utilize these concepts and methods. Course Learning Outcomes It is expected that the student, after taking the course, will be able to:
1. Apply cost-benefit analysis and decision analysis in simple real world situations. 2. Be familiar with institutional aspects of social-ecological management that can lead to
successful and unsuccessful management. 3. Use game theory to analyse the creation of ecological problems. 4. Analyse the ability of different aspects of ecological management to support or
impede learning. 5. Explain the challenges and opportunities of adaptive governance.
Course Modules The course consists of the following three modules, which are detailed in the following pages: Module 7: Challenges of Environmental Decision-making (4 hp), Module 8: Adaptive Management (4 hp), Module 9: Drama of the Commons (3 hp), Module 10: Adaptive Governance (4 hp).
MODULE 9: Course Book – available online as pdf or e-book. Free: Janssen, M.A. and Anderies, J.M. 2013. Sustaining the Commons. Published by: Center for
the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State University, Tempe. http://sustainingthecommons.asu.edu
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Module 7: Challenges of Environmental Decision-making (4 hp) Module leader: Therese Lindahl
Instructors: Anne-Sophie Crépin, Therese Lindahl, Gustav Engström, Johan Gars, Chandra Kiran and Mark Sanctuary
Schedule - All lectures are in room 251 unless otherwise noted Lectures Class exercises Home work
Week 1:
JANUARY Mon 19 9:00-12:00 13:00-14:00
AM: Course Intro (MH, ½ hr) AM: Module Intro (GE, ½ hr) AM: Review of Markets and Policy Instruments (GE 2 hr)
PM: Discussion policy instruments (GE, 1 hr)
PM: Reading Individual assignment distributed to students
Tues 20 9.00-12.00
AM: Empirical methods for Environmental Decision-making (CK, 2 hr)
AM: Discussion empirical methods (CK, 1 hr)
PM: Work on assignment
Wed 21 READING DAY Work on assignment
Thurs 22 10:00-12:00 13:00-14:00
AM: Climate and economics (GE 1hr + JG 1hr)
PM: Discussion on climate and economics (GE+JG 1hr)
PM: Individual assignment due 17:00.
Fri 23 9.00-12.00
AM: Decision making under uncertainty (ASC, 2hr)
AM: Group Discussions on uncertainty (ASC, 1 hr)
PM: Reading Individual assignment distributed to students
Week 2:
Mon 26 10.00-12.00 13.00-15.00
AM: Behavioral biases in decisions(TL, 2 hr)
PM: Group discussion/exercise on behavioral biases in decisions (TL, 2hr)
Tues 27 10.00-12.00 13.00-15.00
AM: Decision making with regime shifts. (ASC, 2 hr)
PM: Group Discussions (ASC, 2 hr) Work on assignment
Wed 28 READING DAY PM: Work on assignment
Thurs 29 9:00-12:00
AM: International trade and the environment (MS, 2hr)
AM: Discussion on trade and the environment (MS, 1 hr)
PM: Work on assignment Individual assignment due 17:00.
Fri 30 10.00-12.00
PM: Email feedback on assignments. (ASC)
Prepare for exam
Week 3:
FEBRUARY Mon 2 9.00-11.00
AM: Advice session. Feedback on assignments. Possibility to ask questions in preparation for the exam. (GE, ASC, 2 hr)
PM: Prepare for exam
Tues 3 9.00-12.00 13.00-14.00
AM: Examination: Individual written exam in class. (tentavakt 3 hr)
PM: Course Evaluation (GE, max 1 hr)
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Module 8: Adaptive Management (4 hp) Module leaders: Magnus Nyström and Henrik Österblom
Instructors: Magnus Nyström, Henrik Österblom, Andrew Merrie, Miriam Huitric Schedule - All lectures are in room 251 unless otherwise noted. Attendance and participation of class exercises and lectures are compulsory!
Lectures Class exercises Home work
Week 1: Adaptive management: introduction and preparation for role-play
FEBRUARY Wed 4 9:30-12:00
AM: Module introduction (MN & HÖ, 2.5 hrs)
PM: Independent literature search and analysis for role-play
Collection and interpretation of literature/data for the role-play.
Thurs 5 9:30-12:00
AM: The Baltic Sea – learning the basics for a role play (HÖ, 2.5hrs)
PM: Preparation for role play
Collection and interpretation of literature/data for the role-play.
Fri 6 Preparation for role play
Lectures Class exercises Home work Week 2: Case studies and role play
Mon 9 9:30-12:00 13:00-15:30
AM: Role-play year 1 (session 1) PM: Role-play year 1 (session 2)
Collection and interpretation of literature/data for the role-play.
Tues 10 9:30-12:00 13:00-15:30
AM: Adaptive management introduction and case studies 1: the Great Barrier Reef, 2 the Baltic Sea and 3: European fisheries. (HÖ, 2.5 hrs) PM: Interview methodology (MH 2.5 hrs)
Collection and interpretation of literature/data for the role-play.
Wed 11
READING DAY
Collection and interpretation of literature/data for role-play.
Thur 12 9:30-12:00 13:00-15:30
AM: Role-play year 2 (session 3) PM: Role-play year 2 (session 4)
Collection and interpretation of literature/data for the role-play.
Fri 13 9:30-12:00
AM: Adaptive management and stakeholder conflicts. Case study 4: Fisheries in Antarctica (HÖ, 2.5 hrs)
Collection and interpretation of literature/data for the role-play.
Lectures Class exercises Home work
Week 3: Independent work on essay
Mon 16 9:30-12:00 13:00-15:30
AM: Role-play year 10 (session 5) PM: Role-play year 10 (session 6)
Tue 17 10:00-12:00
AM: Debriefing Summary of impressions from Role-play. Discussion of experiences, improvements for next year’s role- play. Handing out of examination (HÖ, MN)
PM: Work on individual essay
Wed 18 AM-PM Work on individual essay
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Thurs 19 15.15-17.00
AM: Complete module evaluation survey PM: Resit for exam in module 7
10:00 - Hand in written assignment
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Module 9: Drama of the Commons (3 hp) Module Leader: Miriam Huitric
Instructors: Miriam Huitric (MH), Therese Lindahl (TL)
Schedule Lectures Class exercises Home work
Week 1: Tragedy of the Commons & Drama of the Commons & Lab Experiments
FEBRUARY Fri 20 9:00-12:00 13:00-15:00
AM: Tragedy of the Commons [MH, 2½ hr] AM: Drama of the Commons – role of and challenges for institutions in managing the commons. [MH, 2 hr]
AM: Module Intro [MH,½hr]
Mon 23 READING DAY
Tues 24 READING DAY
Wed 25 AM/PM: Group work
Thurs 26 13:00-16:00
PM: Seminar [MH, 3 hr]
Fri 27 10:00-12:00 13:00-16:00
AM: The value added of using experiment to study the commons [TL, 2hr] – to be confirmed
PM: Exercise [TL, 3hr]
Week 2: Networks & Lab Experiments
MARCH Mon 2 13:00-15:00
PM: Networks in local resource management. [BC, 2 hr] – to be confirmed
PM: Hand out of Final Assignment
Tues 3 Work on Final Assignment
Wed 4 13:00-15:00
PM: Reflections on CPRs & Module Evaluation [MH, 2 hr]
12:00 Hand-in Final Assignment. Email Miriam
Course Book – available online as pdf or e-book. Free: Janssen, M.A. and Anderies, J.M. 2013. Sustaining the Commons. Published by: Center for
the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State University, Tempe. http://sustainingthecommons.asu.edu
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Module 10: Adaptive Governance (4 hp) Module leaders: Lisen Schultz, Simon West
Instructors: Lisen Schultz (LS), Simon West (SW), Thomas Hahn (TH), Gunilla Reischl (GR), Per Olsson (PO), Andrew Merrie (AM)
Schedule- All lectures are in room 251 unless otherwise noted Lectures Class exercises Home work
Week 1:
MARCH Thurs 5 10:00-12:30 13:00-15:00
AM: Intro to Adaptive Governance [LS/SW, 30min] PM: Bridging organisations (TH)
15:00 Hand out Writing Assignment I [LS]
PM: Writing Assignment I
Fri 6
12:00noon: Hand in Writing Assignment I PM: Blogposts and readings
Week 2:
Mon 9 13:00-15:00
PM: International institutions & regimes [GR]
AM: Reading: international institutions and regimes
Tues 10 9:00-17:00
9:00 - Hand out of Writing Assignment II [LS] AM/ PM: work according to assignment
Wed 11 10:00-12:00 13:00-15:00
AM: Innovation and transformations in social-ecological systems [PO, 2hr].
PM: Exercise and Discussion [PO, 2hr].
Thurs 12 9:00-10:00
AM: Hand out of case study assignment [SW]
AM/PM: Work on case study assignment
Fri 13 AM/ PM: Case study work
17:00 Send your case study to Simon and Lisen via e-mail
Week 3:
Mon 16 9:00-12:00 13:00-16:00
AM/ PM: Read other groups’ case analysis + prepare your presentation
Tue 17
AM/ PM: Half-day presentation and discussions [LS/SW]
Work on blogpost, and/or readings other half-day
Wed 18 10:00-12:00 13:00-15:00
AM: Global adaptive governance I: Marine Futures [AM, 2 hr] PM: Global adaptive governance II: Earth system complexity and “planetary boundaries” [LS/SW, 2hr]
Thurs 19 09:30-11:00 11:15-12:00
AM: Summing up, “Connecting the dots”. [LS/SW, 2.5 hr] Online evaluation of course
PM: Read, reflect, clean up notes
Fri 20
08:00: Home exam will be sent out à hand in via e-mail to Lisen and Simon 18:00
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