2025/2026
Sustainable Practices and Methods for Business and Public Administration
Type:
Mago-Lego
Delivered by:
Department of Demography
When:
2 module
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Ракинцев Дмитрий Сергеевич
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
24
Course Syllabus
Abstract
In the 21st century, the concept of sustainable development has become dominant in the world. Public authorities and private companies are adopting new sustainable practices aimed at balancing social, ecological, and economic interests. Successful implementation of these approaches requires mastery of a wide range of methods. This course will explore the best sustainable practices applied in urban area management, energy, retail, and other industries and business segments. Students who complete the course will be able to master advanced natural science and economic methods that are the basis of these practices. Such as GIS methods, mathematical modeling of environmental processes, econometric methods.
Learning Objectives
- Goals of mastering the discipline • Introducing students to key aspects of sustainable development and green economy trends • Master the integration of environmental, social, and economic scientific methods into sustainable practices • Acquire practical skills applicable to sustainable business development and public administration
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Use modern scientific and practical methods to assess and manage sustainable development
Course Contents
- 1. The Concept of Sustainable Development and Its Key Features
- 2. Green Economy: Trends and Current Status and ESG Reporting
- 3. Externalities and economic assessment of environmental effects
Assessment Elements
- Work and completion of assignments at seminar 1The choice of offline or online is at the teacher's discretion
- Work and completion of assignments at seminar 2The choice of offline or online is at the discretion of the teacher.
- Completion of a group projectThe choice of offline or online is at the teacher's discretion
- Completion of an individual project 2The choice of offline or online is at the teacher's discretion
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 2nd module0.4 * Completion of a group project + 0.4 * Completion of an individual project 2 + 0.1 * Work and completion of assignments at seminar 1 + 0.1 * Work and completion of assignments at seminar 2
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Climate change and sustainable development : global perspective, , 2017
- Competence Building in Sustainable Development, Walter Leal Filho, Bianca Gasparetto Rebelatto, Alice Annelin, Gert-Olof Boström, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025, 978-3-031-80380-2, published: 01 March 2025
- Governance by evaluation for sustainable development : institutional capacities and learning, , 2012
- Khayrullina, M. (2017). CSR in Sustainable Development: Comparative Analysis. Quality Innovation Prosperity / Kvalita Inovácia Prosperita, 21(3), 36–49. https://doi.org/10.12776/QIP.V21I3.943
- Rogers, P. P., Boyd, J. A., & Jalal, K. F. (2008). An Introduction to Sustainable Development. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=208908
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Exergy : energy, environment and sustainable development, Dincer, I., 2021
- JORA, Lu. (2020). Cultural Industries - between “Panem Et Circenses” and Sustainable Development. Romanian Review of Political Sciences & International Relations, 17(1), 49–58.