ENSd0914 Research Seminar IV

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 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
! HEN914 Research Seminar IV &&!NOW( HEN914 Research Seminar IV )&&( ENSd0911 Research Seminar I || HEN911 Research Seminar I )
Successful completion of the course ENSd0911.
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 ENSd0910 nejméně 4x.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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