HEN914 Research Seminar IV

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Jan Činčera, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Hana Librová, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Karel Stibral, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Vojtěch Pelikán, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Jan Krajhanzl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Dostalík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Fraňková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Naděžda Vlašín Johanisová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Christian Kimmich, Ph.D., M.Sc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jan Činčera, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Veronika Išová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the course HEN911.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to work in a seminar way on dissertation paper in the wider group of doctoral students. The specific objective of the fourth Research Seminar is to discuss the progress of the research area in relation to the topic of student's dissertation with the relevant teachers. The seminar will take place in separate groups according to the student's chosen specialization, namely Social Ecological Economics, Environmental Behavior from the Social Science Perspective and Environmental Aspects of Urbanism and the Landscape.
Learning outcomes
After succeeding the course the students will be able to analyze and critically evaluate the existing world progress in the field, to analyze progress on the dissertation paper, the goals and methodology of their dissertation project done so far.
Syllabus
  • The seminar is individualized to the needs of a given topic.
Literature
  • časopisy The Ecologist, Environmental Ethics, Environmental Politics, Environmental Values, Resurgence
  • LIBROVÁ, Hana, Vojtěch PELIKÁN, Lucie GALČANOVÁ and Lukáš KALA. Věrní a rozumní. Kapitoly o ekologické zpozdilosti (ilustrace B. Lacina). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, 328 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8454-4. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-8412-2016. Online knihkupectví Munipress info
  • JELEČEK, Leoš. Dealing with diversity :2nd international conference of the European society for environmental history Prague 2003 : proceedings. Praha: Charles University. Faculty of science. Department of social geography and regional development, 2003, 355 s., [2. ISBN 80-86561-09-7. info
  • HUGHES, J. Donald. An environmental history of the world : humankind's changing role in the community of life. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2001, xiv, 264. ISBN 0415136180. info
  • DIAMOND, Jared M. Osudy lidských společností : střelné zbraně, choroboplodné zárodky a ocel v historii. Translated by Zdeněk Urban. 1. vyd. Praha: Columbus, 2000, 525 s. ISBN 8072490478. info
  • DIAMOND, Jared M. Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies. 1st pub. as a Norton paperba. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1999, 498 s. ISBN 9780393317558. info
  • The wealth of nature : environmental history and the ecological imagination. Edited by Donald Worster. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, x, 255. ISBN 0195092643. URL info
Teaching methods
The presentation of the project, discussion, presentations.
Assessment methods
The presentation of the project, active participation in the seminar, which will have a block form.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Předmět si zapisují studenti, kteří absolvovali HEN910 nejméně 4x.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018.
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