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Course Syllabus

2021/2022

Sustainable development

Type: Optional course (faculty)
Delivered by: Department of Demography
Where: Faculty of Social Sciences
When: 3, 4 module
Open to: students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors: Ksenia Gerasimova
Language: English
ECTS credits: 5
Contact hours: 48

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The course will consist of two parts: environmental economics of sustainability and socio-political approach to analysis of sustainable development. Additionally there will be parts of 2 on-line cources devoted to the management of sustainable development. In the first part the basics of the environment economcis and sustainable development indexes will be observed. In the second part the problems of the political agenda of sustainable development will be observed In the first part
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Familiarise the students with foundations of the conceptual framework of Sustainable Development
  • Understanding the goals and objectives of the policy, how it is developing, what are consequences of both progressive and conservative policies
  • Comparing the experience of both developed and developing countries with SD policies
  • Understanding the new methods of sustainable development analysis
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Analyze and calculate the economic consequences of ecological problems.
  • Make the projections for the social economic consequnces of the defferent models of environment development and vise-versa
  • Understanding the role of defferent actors in the sustainable development policy promotion and advocacy
  • Understanding the role of different actors in the sustainable development policy promotion and advocacy
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Environment economics
  • Sustainable Development: Political and Economic Barriers
  • Key Actors in Sustainability Discourse
  • Methodology for Sustainable Development
  • Ways Forward: Achieving Unachievable
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Seminars activity (Game)
  • non-blocking Hometasks
  • non-blocking Essay
  • non-blocking Written test
    Was made on-line due to the lockdown
  • non-blocking Seminars activity (Game)
  • non-blocking Hometasks
  • non-blocking Essay
  • non-blocking Written test
    Was made on-line due to the lockdown
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2021/2022 4th module
    0.15 * Written test + 0.3 * Seminars activity (Game) + 0.4 * Essay + 0.15 * Hometasks
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Kolk, A. (2016). The social responsibility of international business: From ethics and the environment to CSR and sustainable development. Journal of World Business, (1), 23. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.eee.worbus.v51y2016i1p23.34
  • Lawrence H. Goulder, & Ian W. H. Parry. (2008). Instrument Choice in Environmental Policy. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.81F6C7FB
  • Mario Pansera, & Soumodip Sarkar. (2016). Crafting Sustainable Development Solutions: Frugal Innovations of Grassroots Entrepreneurs. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.DB795019
  • Our common future : [Brundtland-Report] / World Commission on Environment and Development. Chairman: Gro Harlem Brundtland (Norway) . (1987). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Pr. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.049933515
  • Sarkar, Runa, and Anup Sinha. Economics of Sustainable Development, Business Expert Press, 2016. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5184983

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Fernando Dias Simões. (2016). Consumer Behavior and Sustainable Development in China: The Role of Behavioral Sciences in Environmental Policymaking. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.E2A15807
  • Roosa, Stephen A.. Sustainable Development Handbook, The Fairmont Press, Inc., 2010. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3239039.
  • The social responsibility of international business: From ethics and the environment to CSR and sustainable development. (2016). Journal of World Business, 51(1), 23–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2015.08.010