STV2250 – International Environmental and Resource Politics

Knowledge

Students will:

• understand how environmental problems become subjects of international negotiation, including the roles of non-state actors and interconnections between science and politics
• become familiar with factors that shape the positions and influence of various categories of actors in global environmental politics, including the rise of private-public partnerships and market-based governance
• understand the structure and operation of major international environmental and resource regimes, including those for climate, biodiversity, and ocean governance
• see connections between the design of institutions and the results that can be expected
• understand the interplay among international institutions with competence in different issue areas (such as trade and the environment) or at different levels (such as global and regional)
• become acquainte with the mechanisms that can link environmental degradation and conflict within and among states

Skills

Students will be able to:

• diagnose various environmental and resource management problems (for example, how difficult are they to solve?)
• evaluate various cooperative arrangements that aim to solve such problems (for example, their effectiveness or legitimacy)
• prepare academic texts, applying concepts and theories in original analyses of specific cases, contemporary events, or developments
• communicate academic knowledge in writing and orally and provide constructive criticism of other students’ assignments

General competence

Students will:

• strengthen their capacities for systematic and critical thinking
• sharpen their ability to critically assess existing analyses and evaluations of policies and institutions beyond environmental and resource management
• improve their academic writing skills
• engage in academic dialogue and mutual feedback

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This course is not available for single course students.

Lectures and seminars

This course has mandatory teaching and requires physical presence at seminars.

Compulsory activities

• Attend at least three of the five seminars
• Write and present a draft seminar paper
• Serve as main discussant on at least one other student’s draft seminar paper
• Hand in a finalized seminar paper

The seminars are taught in English, and the papers must be written in English.

See the seminar guidelinesfor more information about the seminars.

See the rules for reassignment of seminar groups and the guidelines for compulsory activities.

Absence from compulsory activities

In the event of illness or other valid reasons, you can apply for a valid absence or postponement of compulsory activity.

• Apply for valid absence from or need for postponement of compulsory activity

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, and does not have to in order to retake the exam. If a student have only partially approved compulsory activities, they must complete those again to take a new exam, along with any other compulsory activities they haven't yet passed. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

3-hour written exam

• You must have passed the compulsory activities in order to sit the exam

Previous exams and examination guidelines

Example papers