Minor C3 — Sustainable development and the ecological transition
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| ECTS* | Teacher | Semester | Language | Syllabus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) Ecological transition in a globalised world | |||||
| Social Ecological Economics | 5 | Ernest Aigner, Viviana Asara, Clive Spash | S2 | EN | |
| Growth, well-being and development | 8 | Armon Rezai, Manuel Scholz-Wäckerle, Ernest Aigner | S1 | EN | |
| Introduction to Research & Writing on Contemporary Policy Challenges I | 4 | Viviana Asara, Judith Kohlenberger, Hendrik Theine, Katarzyna Gruszka | S1 | EN | |
| Introduction to Research & Writing on Contemporary Policy Challenges II | 4 | Andreas Novy | S2 | EN | |
| 2) Institutions, behaviours and policy | |||||
| International and European Law, Institutions and Governance | 8 | Verena Madner, Stefan Mayr | S1 | EN | |
| Actors, behaviours and decision processes | 8 | Sigrid Stagl | S2 | EN | |
| 3) Methodology courses | |||||
| Quantitative & qualitative methods | 10 | Barbara Haas (all tracks), Astrid Pennerstorfer (Track B), Manuel Scholz-Wäckerle (Track A) | S2 | EN | pdf1/pdf2 |
| History and Philosophy of Science: Ontology, Epistemology, Methodology | 8 | Clive Spash | S1 | EN | |
| 4) Applied research project | 5 | Manuel Scholz-Wäckerle | S1/S2 | EN | pdf1/pdf2 |
| 5) One of the elective courses | |||||
| * Globalization and Multi-Level Policy | 5 | Verena Madner, Andrea Novy | S2 | EN | |
| * Globalization and Social Policy | 5 | Ulrike Schneider, August Österle, Marcel Bilger | S2 | EN | |
| * The Political Economy of Inequalities | 5 | Jürgen Essletzbichler, Katharina Mader, Hendrik Theine, Viviana Asara | S2 | EN | |
| 6) Languages (3 ECTS, optional): French, German, Adv. English | - | ||||
| * For the EPOG+ programme, the modules with 7 ECTS in the first year of Minor C3 count for 8 ECTS in the degree awarded by WU (i.e. the degree awarded by WU includes 65 ECTS for the first year while the degrees awarded by the institutions in Paris transfer 60 ECTS for the first year spent in Vienna). | |||||
| ECTS | Teacher | Semester | Language | Syllabus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0) Induction month (September) | |||||
| 1) Development and sustainable development (specific to Major C) | |||||
| Emerging countries and the transition in the global economy | 4 | Thibaud Deguilhem, Pascal Grouiez, Petia Koleva and Renaud Metereau | S3 | EN | |
| Finance and the ecological transition | 4 | Erdem Sakinç and Hélène Tordjman | S3 | EN | |
| Ecological economics | 4 | Alexandre Berthe, with: Louison Cahen Fourot, Christophe Goupil, Pascal Grouiez, Esther Regnier, Améline Vallet, Romain Svartzman | S3 | EN | |
| 2) Two special focuses (SF) among the following (see details in a table below) | |||||
| SF1 — Technological innovation and knowledge in the digital era | 6 | (See below) | S3 | EN | (See below) |
| SF2 — Financial strategies and labour policies in a globalised world | 6 | (See below) | S3 | EN | (See below) |
| SF3 — Sustainable development and citizen-driven innovation | 6 | (See below) | S3 | FR | (See below) |
| SF4 — Social protection in financialised and globalised contexts | 6 | (See below) | S3 | EN | (See below) |
| SF5 — Applied socio-economics | 6 | (See below) | S3 | EN/FR | (See below) |
| 3) Methodological tools for empirical work (choose one of the courses below — list to be confirmed) | |||||
| Econometrics | 6 | Louis Daumas | S3 | EN | |
| Advanced econometrics | 6 | Hugo Harari-Kermadec | S3 | EN | |
| 4) Common culture | |||||
| Transformations of global capitalism | 1.5 | Cédric Durand | S3 | EN | |
| Ecological challenges from a multidisciplinary perspective | 1.5 | Nathalie Blanc Luc Abbadie and invited speakers | S3 | EN | |
| Joint seminars | 8 | Various speakers | S3 | EN | |
| Elective “soft skills” sessions (no ECTS) | - | Various speakers | S3/S4 | EN/FR | |
| 5) Languages (no ECTS) French and possibly others. | - DALF / DELF |
| ECTS | Teacher | Semester | Language | Syllabus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF1 — Technological innovation and knowledge in the digital era | |||||
| Technological change and digital transition: a transdisciplinary perspectives | 3 | Collective course by researchers of COSTECH lab | S3 | EN | |
| Economics of education | 3 | David Flacher, Hugo Harari-Kermadec | S3 | EN | |
| SF2 — Financial strategies and labour policies in a globalised world | |||||
| Financialisation of the non-financial corporation | 3 | Tristan Auvray | S3 | EN | |
| Corporate governance and labour | 3 | Antoine Rebérioux | S3 | EN | |
| SF3 — Sustainable development and citizen-driven innovation | |||||
| Social and solidarity economy in perspective | 3 | Jean-Louis Laville | S3 | FR | |
| Social economy, commons and social innovation | 3 | Thomas Lamarche and Corinne Vercher | S3 | FR | |
| SF4 — Social protection in financialised and globalised contexts | |||||
| Social protection: theoretical foundations and comparative perspective | 3 | Coordinated by Nathalie Coutinet | S3 | EN | |
| Pharmaceutical patents, TRIPS and public health | 3 | Nathalie Coutinet | S3 | EN | |
| SF5 — Applied socio-economics | |||||
| Altruism, gift and symbolic exchange / Sociology of non-market goods | 3 | Philippe Steiner | S3 | EN | |
| Sociology of temporalities | 3 | Pierre-Marie Chauvin | S3 | FR |
Semester 4 aims to enhance and apply learning outcomes. Depending on their Master’s thesis project and career perspectives, students will:
- stay in Paris (and take advantage of the Paris hub of partners and associated partners),
- return to the university where the first year of the Master’s was taken,
- visit one of the associated partner, or any relevant institution.
They will also choose between:
- Writing the Master’s thesis in a “research lab environment”;
- Writing the Master’s thesis in the context of a “professional internship”.
Students will be integrated into the relevant research lab (with access to seminars and research meetings, databases, library and computing resources). During Seemester 4, they will
- work on their Master’s thesis in the chosen institution (February-June);
- take one course (see lists below) or follow local research seminars (equivalent to 3 ECTS). This activity aims (i) to favour their induction in the hosting institution and/or (ii) to help with their Master’s thesis (methodology, specific advanced courses…). Note: If a student choose an additional course which is given during Semester 3, he/she does not have anymore obligations to take an additional course during Semester 4.
In construction.…
The internship may be spent at one of the non-academic associated partner or at any relevant institution provided that the intership is directly related to the topic of the Master’s thesis, so that the time spent can be used as fieldwork in preparation for the dissertation. It should be noted that the requirements are the same for a thesis done in a context of a professional intership and a research lab environment. Note also that the students willing to do a professional internship have to find the position. The internship can last 4 to 6 months.
Please note that the given details are subject to evolutions and changes.
