25208 Løsninger for Bæredygtighed

2024/2025

Kursusinformation
Sustainability Solutions
Engelsk
5
Diplomingeniør
Obligatorisk kursus (B Eng), Fiskeriteknologi
Tilvalgskursus (B Eng), se flere
Tilvalgskursus (B Eng), Arktisk Byggeri og Infrastruktur
Tilvalgskursus (B Eng), Global Business og Engineering
Tilvalgskursus (B Eng), Mobilitet, transport og logistik
Tilvalgskursus (B Eng), Proces og innovation
Tilvalgskursus (B Eng), Produktion
Juni
Campus Lyngby
The course will consist of lectures, project work, group work, tutoring and co-learning sessions. It is structured as three weeks each covering a conceptual challenge in finding solutions to sustainability challenges. Each week will also focus on one aspect of the development of your proof-of-concept project (week 1 conception, week 2 design, week 3 implementation).
By the end of the third week a sustainability Proof-of-Concept project is submitted. The project can be individual or group work
3-uger
Sidste dag(e) i 3-ugersperioden, Project portfolio is handed in the last week of the course. An oral presentation in class on the last day of the course
Mundtlig eksamen og bedømmelse af rapport(er)
two quizzes (20%), a written portfolio (40%) and an oral presentation (40%) Formative feedback on progress will be provided at the end of week 1 and week 2
Alle hjælpemidler - med adgang til internettet
7-trins skala , intern bedømmelse
David Lusseau , davlu@aqua.dtu.dk
25 Institut for Akvatiske Ressourcer
I studieplanlæggeren
Dette kursus giver den studerende en mulighed for at lave eller forberede et projekt som kan deltage i DTUs studenterkonference om bæredygtighed, klimateknologi og miljø (GRØN DYST). Se mere på http://www.groendyst.dtu.dk
Overordnede kursusmål
This course aims to not only develop an understanding of the notion of sustainability, but also to equip students with the skills needed to analyze and evaluate how policy development and business practices can contribute to transitions towards sustainable living.
The course will further train students in project design and management; time management during a self-directed project; and the understanding of transdisciplinarity and evaluation of differences and benefits of multi- and inter-disciplinarity.
Læringsmål
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
  • Analyze the social and historical context of current sustainability frameworks
  • Evaluate differences between corporate social responsibility and shared value creation
  • Synthesize information and integrate data and observations to evaluate complex ideas using system thinking
  • Analyze global data sources and evaluate how they can inform business and governance decisions to develop sustainability solutions
  • Evaluate current and proposed sustainability solutions with a particular focus on digitalization
  • Relate the contributions of a scientific or technical discipline to transitions towards sustainable living
  • Determine how a scientific or technical discipline interacts with others to yield new insights about sustainability
  • Evaluate how sciences and technology can contribute to circular economies
Kursusindhold
This course will take a transdisciplinary approach to develop the understanding of key sustainability concepts and review techniques and approaches available to navigate natural resource exploitation towards sustainability. The course will focus on global sustainability challenges and solutions, particularly concentrating on examples from marine systems and the blue economy.

We will discuss the different notions of sustainability, and learn how individual worldviews shape the global public debate and policy developments. We will take a system approach to discuss key drivers of sustainability in human-nature coupled systems and discuss how sustainability can be measured, and strategies developed to achieve it, in both public and private sectors. Finally, we will discuss quantitative governance approaches to meet sustainability targets and how digitization innovations can help both governments and businesses contribute to sustainability transitions.

This course will take a co-learning approach centered on problem-based investigations of key concepts. Students will conceive a project in the first week centered on finding a solution to a sustainability challenge, develop it in the second week and implement it in the third. These project phases will be supported by tutoring and co-learning sessions. Through these tasks, you will work in groups across disciplines and develop interpersonal skills with a focus on problem-solving.

All data handling sessions will be using the R language. However, for students proficient in other languages, exercises can be implemented in the language of their choice with support in Python, C++, Fortran, and Matlab.

Course structure:

Week 1 - Understanding sustainability
- Global sustainability discourse;
- Sustainability in the private sector: from Corporate Social responsibility to Creating Shared Value
- The Anthropocene and primary planetary boundaries
- The Circular Economy
- Natural resource exploitation patterns

Students will develop project ideas and design learning plan to achieve it (either in groups or individually). Student-led case studies on business plans and national implementation of global sustainability strategies.

Week 2 - Measuring sustainability
- socioecological approaches to human-nature coupled systems
- socioecological system state and dynamics
- conflicts and synergies in Sustainability Goals

Students will design their project. Further co-learning sessions on Sustainability business mapping; International statistics and global imaging; and Designing data products

Week 3 - Sustainability transitions
- Policy innovations to integrate social, economic and environmental governance
- value creation in socioecological systems
- Establishing new markets

Students will implement their projects + present them in class. Further co-learning sessions on Sustainability Goals 2030-2045; Blockchain - traceability and beyond, and Project-specific troubleshooting.
Sidst opdateret
16. maj, 2024