BSSn4492 Spring School of Development and Peace Education

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Petra Mlejnková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Petra Mlejnková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives (in Czech)
Lecturers:

Katarína Bajzíková, PhD., (PDCS), Zuzana Fialová, PhD., (PDCS), Billy Graeff, PhD. (researcher and lecturer at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - Brazil), and lecturer from Planpolitik (To Be Confirmed)

Time and venue:

The course begins online from 9th March 2020 and include 24 hours engagement (in total for online part) of participants in online simulation and initial webinar on 2nd March 2020. Moreover 2-day offline meeting in Olomouc will followed on 31st March and 1st April from 9 AM until 5 PM. Accommodation for participants is provided for free.

Conditions for credit acquisition:

a) active participation during online part of the course (expected 24 hours of engagement including online simulation, webinar, individual preparation for simulation and project activity on the topics of Agenda 2030 a.k.a Sustainable Development Goals)

b) active presence at 2-day meeting in Olomouc (To Be Confirmed) (expected 16 hours of simulation negotiations and presentation of project activity)

Credits can be acquired only after fulfilling both conditions within their respective deadlines. In case you had any questions, please contact Katarina Bajzíková via email: katarina@pdcs.sk

Core themes:

Trends and perspectives in development agenda
- Clarification of terminology
- Analysis of development agenda: historical development, Agenda 2030, challenges, critique, implications for Slovak Republic

Theoretical solutions and forms of solution to conflicts in a development context
- Clarification of terminology
- Forms and approaches in solution/transformation of conflicts

Practical skills in intervention of conflicts (mediation, transformation)

Simulation of mediation approaches (role play, simulation of approaches in mediation)
-Land Eviction in context of SDG 11 (Brazil in case of FIFA World Cup 2014)

Workflow during the segmented education process:

Students will be present and active at online and offline part of the course structured in presentations, specific exercises, discussions in small groups, simulations and role play. Through these activities, the students will gather information about trends and perspectives of: development agenda, forms of peaceful conflict resolution and they will familiarize themselves with practical skills in negotiation within a sensitive, developmental and culturally sensitive context.

The simulation will be supervised by Slovak as well as international lecturers. This will mean that English language will be the primary means of communication by letter also by word.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
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