Programme 2012
Josie TeurlingsThor Heyerdahl Summer School in Environmental Governance
June 25 - July 6, 2012
Course 2: Global Environmental Governance
(Note that there may be minor changes in the program)
Monday June 25 Introduction
09:00 - 12:00 Welcome and round of presentation of participants (R. Haug/ Knut Pihl /A. Vatn)
14:00 - 17:00 Lecture: Introduction to environmental governance (A. Vatn)
17:00 - 18:00 Socializing after ended lecture
Tuesday June 26 Earth system governance
09:00 - 10:30 Lecture: Planetary boundaries (L. Bakken)
11:00 - 12:30 Lecture: The perspective of earth system governance (F. Biermann)
14:00 - 16:00 Seminar: Institutional framework for sustainable development (F. Biermann).
16:30 - 18:00 Group paper session: Introduction to the term paper process. Presentation of students' own research
Wednesday June 27 Fit, interplay and scale
09:00 - 10:30 Lecture: Fit, interplay and scale in environmental governance (O. Young)
11:00 - 12:30 Lecture: Navigating the Sustainability Transition: Governing Complex and Dynamic Socio-ecological Systems (O. Young)
14:00 - 16:00 Group work session: The concept of fit
16:30 - 18:00 Group work session: Continuing presentations of participants’ own research
Thursday June 28 The environment in a global environment
09:00 - 10:30 Lecture: Environmental governance in a globalized economy (A. Vatn)
11:00 - 12:30 Lecture: Political Discourse, International Governance and Sustainability (C. Spash)
14:00 - 16:00 Group paper session: Group formation, term paper ideas development
16:30 - 18:00 Group paper session: Cont.
Friday June 29 Fundamentals of global environmental governance
09:00 - 10:30 Lecture: How to understand international negotiations? Realists vs. constructivists (O.J. Sending)
11:00 - 12:30 Lecture: Power and governance (D.J. Kjosavik)
14:00 - 16:00 Seminar: Justice in environmental governance (N. Shanmugaratnam)
16:30 - 18:00 Group paper session: Start working on group paper outline
Saturday 30 Markets in environmental governance
09:00 - 10:30 Lecture: Climate change – the rise of markets (C. Spash)
11:00 - 12:30 Seminar: Markets for ecological services (A. Vatn)
Monday July 2 Regimes and regime effectiveness
09:00 - 10:30 Lecture: Regime effectiveness - concepts and measurements (A. Underdal)
11:00 - 12:30 Lecture: Regime effectiveness – explanation and design (A. Underdal)
14:00 - 16:00 Seminar: Regime effectiveness – empirical examples (S. Andresen)
16:30 - 18:00 Group paper session: Cont. working on term paper outline
Tuesday July 3 Studying climate change – an example of interdisciplinary research
09:00 - 11:00: Lecture:The need for transdisciplinarity – a theoretical perspective (A. L. St. Clair)
11:30 - 12.30: Lecture: Examples of transdisciplinary climate research (K. de Bruin)
14:00 - 16:00: Group work: Adaptation to climate change. Led by A.L. St. Claire and K. de Bruin
16:30 - 18:00: Term paper session: Cont. working on term paper outline
Wednesday July 4 Interdisciplinary research
09:00 - 10:30 Lecture: Boundary walking, boundary crossing and additive magic: the doing of interdisciplinary research (K.H. Sørensen)
11:00 - 12:30 Seminar: Communication challenges in interdisciplinary research (K.H. Sørensen)
14:00 - 16:00 Group work: Planning an interdisciplinary project. Led by K.H. Sørensen
16:30 - 18:00 Term paper session: Cont. working on term paper outline and content
Thursday July 5 Linking across
09:00 - 10:00 Seminar: Reflecting on the underlying models of human action (A. Vatn)
10:30 - 12:30 Group work: What are the main take home messages?
Summarizing the main take home messages. There will be specific focus on comparing different positions, theories and perspectives
14:00 - 16:00 Term paper session: Cont. working on term paper outline and content.
16:30 - 18:00 Term paper session: As above
Friday July 6
09:00 - 10:30 Presentation of group paper outlines
11:00 - 12:00 Presentation of group paper outlines: Cont.
12:00 - 12:30 Summing up including school evaluation
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Updated: 20.06.12
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