ZA334 Social aspects of climate change

Přírodovědecká fakulta
podzim 2023

Předmět se v období podzim 2023 nevypisuje.

Rozsah
1/1/0. 4 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Mgr. Tomáš Chabada, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Lukáš Dolák, Ph.D. (pomocník)
Garance
RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D.
Geografický ústav – Sekce věd o Zemi – Přírodovědecká fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra environmentálních studií – Fakulta sociálních studií (50,00 %), Geografický ústav – Sekce věd o Zemi – Přírodovědecká fakulta (50,00 %)
Předpoklady
The course is intended for postgraduate (MSc) students. General knowledge of climate change and its impacts is required to attend the course.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The aim of the course is to discuss the problem of climate change from a social science perspective and to develop the competence of students to interpret and understand climate change from this perspective. The course is strongly focused on current events regarding climate change and presupposes the active involvement of students in the form of a discussion on this event. The collective and individual work will result in the capability to search, interpret and critically discuss particular topics regarding climate change.
Výstupy z učení
Students are familiar with the theoretical and terminological basis of social sciences concerning climate change. Students are oriented within recent research and a discussion in the social sciences studies of climate change. Students are able to reflect and analyze various perspectives on selected topics associated with climate change. Students can better understand barriers and benefits which influence climate change behaviour. Students can apply acquired knowledge in climate change communication to the public.
Osnova
  • 1. Theoretical approaches to the study of climate change
  • 2. Modernity, risk society and climate change
  • 3. Climate crisis as a cultural problem
  • 4. Psychology of climate change
  • 5. Climate change as a sociological problem
  • 6. Climate attitudes and behaviour of public I.
  • 7. Climate attitudes and behaviour of public II.
  • 8. Trends in public opinion about climate change I.
  • 9. Trends in public opinion about climate change II.
  • 10. Climate change movement: History and contemporary trends
  • 11. Climate justice issues
  • 12.Climate change communication I.
Literatura
    doporučená literatura
  • BEATTIE, Geoffrey; MCGUIRE, Laura. The psychology of climate change. Routledge, 2018, 122. ISBN 9781138484528.
  • CLAYTON, Susan; MANNING, Christie (ed.). Psychology and climate change: Human perceptions, impacts, and responses. Academic Press, 2018, 312. ISBN 9780128131305.
  • DIETZ, Thomas; SHWOM, Rachael L.; WHITLEY, Cameron T. Climate change and society. Annual Review of Sociology, 2020, 46: 135-158.
  • HULME, Mike. Why we disagree about climate change : understanding controversy, inaction and opportunity. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge university press, 2009, xxxix, 392. ISBN 9780521898690. info
  • NORGAARD, Kari Marie. The sociological imagination in a time of climate change. Global and Planetary Change, 2018, 163: 171-176.
  • SMITH, Philip a Nicolas HOWE. Climate change as social drama : global warming in the public sphere. First published. New York: Cambridge university press, 2015, vii, 242. ISBN 9781107503052. info
  • WELCH-DEVINE, Meredith; SOURDRIL, Anne; BURKE, Brian J. (ed.). Changing climate, changing worlds: local knowledge and the challenges of social and ecological change. Suiza: Springer, 2020, 266. ISBN 9783030373122.
  • YUSUF, Juita-Elena Wie; JOHN III, Burton St (ed.). Communicating Climate Change: Making Environmental Messaging Accessible. Routledge, 2021, 230. ISBN 9780367479534.
Výukové metody
Lectures, problem task solving, experience sharing, discussions, self-experiencing activities, individual readings and homework.
Metody hodnocení
The course assessment will be conducted continuously during the semester. Students are expected to participate in the discussions actively. The evaluation comprises: 1) Group presentation 2) Essay 3) Final exam
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
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Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2024.
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