Module code: dev7026-B
This module aims to develop an advanced understanding of sustainable development from economic, social and environmental dimensions, the global and national policy discourses on measurement and indicators, and implementation challenges and the roles of state and non-state actors and corporate social responsibility.
Sustainable development- from WCED 1987 to New York 2015; economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development; critical perspectives on alternative theories; sustainability as inter-temporal fairness; critical perspectives and thematic discussions to include a range of relevant topics such as: the green economy; sustainability and human rights perspectives and protecting the rights of future generations; social dimensions of sustainability - inclusion, inequalities, indigenous people, displacement; global commons, climate change, the principle of equal but differentiated responsibilities; critical perspectives on Sustainable Development Goals; ethics of sustainability; challenge of responsibility - who should act, and why; citizen, state and corporate; potential and limitations of corporate social responsibility; ideological and ethical critiques of sustainability; science and sceptics of sustainability; the role of innovation and how to harness new approaches for behavioural and social change; sustainable cities; challenges and future directions. The roles and significance of gender are further examined in a gender laboratory.
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