The International Project Office is hosted by Lund University.
Teaching
Earth system governance as a research object is quickly emerging, and as a consequence, the number of academic programmes on bachelor, master and doctoral level related to earth system governance steadily increases. The project also organizes, endorses and provides teaching to summer schools and capacity building events and programmes. Members of the Scientific Steering Committee and staff of the International Project Office also give guest lectures around the world. This page provides an overview of all teaching related activities and opportunities.
Programmes at the Earth System Governance Research Centres
Ecosystems, Resilience and Governance
University of Stockholm and Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden
Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
LUMES, International Master’s Programme, Lund University, Sweden
Environment and Resource Management
MSc Programme, IVM Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Global Environmental Governance
Specialization track in MSc Political Science, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lund University Centre of Excellence for Integration of Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability
LUCID, Research School, Lund University, Sweden
Sustainability Economics and Management
MA Programme, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Environmental Governance related Programmes
MA, MSc, and PhD Programmes, Colorado State University, United States of America
Environment and Development Programmes
MSc, MRes, and MBA Programmes, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Related
Earth System Governance
BA Course at the University of Vermont, USA
Summer Schools and Capacity Building Workshops
Thor Heyerdahl Summer Schools
A summer school series affiliated to the Earth System Governance Project – the Thor Heyerdahl Summer School in Environmental Governance – is established at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. The series aims at giving PhDs and young researchers the opportunity to develop high level skills in analyzing environmental governance issues. It offers the opportunity to critically reflect on the present status of both theory and practice in the field, and to discuss alternatives to present developments and solutions.
2011 Summer School “Environmental governance: Institutions for sustainable development”, 20 June-1 July 2011, Aas, Norway
2012 Summer School “Global Environmental Governance”, 25 June-6 July 2012, Aas, Norway
Marie Curie Training Courses
The series of courses has been jointly organised by the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Amsterdam, and the Freie Universität Berlin with other partners aimed at training and educating Ph.D. students and young researchers in the latest theoretical developments, empirical studies and practical implications in the field. By stimulating academic discussions and interpersonal exchanges, the training courses established a network of young researchers and developed a research agenda for the future.
2007 Marie Curie Training Course “Earth System Governance”, May 2007, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 Marie Curie Training Course “Participation in Earth Systems Governance”, February 2008, Berlin, Germany
2009 Marie Curie Training Course “The Challenge of Adaptive Governance”, December 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010 Marie Curie Training Course “Architectures for Earth System Governance: The Distributional Implications of Environmental Change and Governance”, October 2010, Berlin, Germany
APN CAPaBLE Capacity Building Workshops
2010 Capacity Building Workshop on “Carbon Governance in Asia: Bridging Scales and Disciplines”, 1 – 3 November 2010, Yokohama, Japan. Jointly organized by the Global Carbon Project, the Earth System Governance Project, and the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) with financial support of the Asia-Pacific Network on Global Change Research.
2011 Capacity Building Workshop on “Climate Change Governance in the Asia-Pacific Region: Agency, and Adaptiveness”, 14 – 16 March 2012, Canberra, Australia. Organized by the Climate and Environmental Governance Network and the Earth System Governance Project. Sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research and the College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU.
2013 Capacity Building Workshop on “Governing Critical Uncertainties: Climate Change and Decision-Making in Transboundary River Basins”, 21 – 23 January 2013,Chiang Mai, Thailand. Organized by the Unit for Social and Environmental Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University and the Earth System Governance Project. Sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research.
Central European University Summer Schools
2011 Summer School “Adaptation and Adaptive Governance of Ecosystems”, 27 June - 9 July 2011, Budapest, Hungary. Organised by the Central European University in cooperation with the VU University Amsterdam, University of Klagenfurt, and the EC TEMPUS project "Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula".
2012 Summer School “Adaptive Thinking for Navigating the Anthropocene”, 25 June - 6 July 2012, Budapest, Hungary. Co-organised with VU University Amsterdam, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt and The Integrated Assessment Society, in co-operation with the EC Tempus project EnGo, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and the Earth System Governance Project.
SENSE Research Schools
2011 SENSE PhD Training School on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Earth System Governance. Co-organised and endorsed by the Earth System Governance Project
2012 SENSE Research School - The Challenge of Earth System Governance: Agency, Accountability and Adaptiveness. PhD Course at the SENSE Summer Academy 2012 hosted by ITC - University of Twente. Organized in collaboration with the SENSE Research School and endorsed by the Earth System Governance Project
Capacity Building Programmes
ReSET Programme "Governance of Global Environmental Change"
The Russian State Hydrometeorological University, the Central European University and the Earth System Governance Project are organizing a series of regional seminars on “Governance of Global Environmental Change: Towards a Multidisciplinary Discussion in Tertiary Environmental Education" to take place 2011‐2014 under the auspices of the Open Society Institute’s Higher Education Support program (RESET).
2011 Summer School, 3-16 August 2011, Pskov, Russia
2011 Autumn Meeting, 10-12 November 2011, Minsk, Belarus
2012 Spring Event, Nuclear Governance in a Changing world. Spring School and Chernobyl Visit, 21-27 April 2012, Kiev, Ukraine
2012 Summer School, 22 july - 4 August 2012, Lviv and Vorokhta, Ukraine
2012 Autumn Meeting, 24 September - 28 September 2012, Odessa, Ukraine