WISP2202 Technological sustainability transitions (4 cr)
Study level:
Basic studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Coordinating organisation:
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028
Description
The key technological systems (food systems, energy systems, built environments and mobility, digitalization) and their relations to sustainability problems and solutions. Future trends and scenarios of these systems and their interactions. Relevant system features regarding possibilities and challenges for sustainability transitions (e.g. lock-ins, path dependencies, possible alternative system configurations).
Learning outcomes
After completing this course, the student:
- Is able to describe the key features of selected technological systems in both their benefits to humans and in their negative sustainability impacts.
- Is able to find up-to-date information on the development and future scenarios of selected systems.
- Is able to envision possible sustainability transitions in selected systems and consider their feasibility and potential side-effects both in technical and in societal dimensions.
Compulsory prerequisites
- Prerequisite group 1