Umweltpolitik im internationalen Vergleich

What it is about

You learn the basics of environmental policy from an international comparative perspective. The module conveys institutions, actors, processes and outcomes of environmental policy governance and analyzes conflict lines, implementation problems as well as multi-level aspects in Europe and internationally. In the end you can comparatively analyze national environmental policies and identify success and failure factors.

What you will be able to do

• Name central terms and theories of environmental policy
• Differentiate between different theoretical approaches
• Apply methods of comparative analysis
• Analyze institutions, actor constellations, processes and outcomes of national environmental policy internationally comparatively
• Assess policy outcomes in the environmental field from a comparative perspective

What the module consists of

• SeminarIn-depth development of topics, discussions, presentations and application of activating teaching methods
• SeminarComplementary treatment of different areas of the module topic; promotion of autonomous analysis and discussion

Teaching method

• SeminarformPromotes deeper understanding through autonomous work, discussion and oral contributions
• Frontal knowledge transmissionConveying fundamentals by instructors as a basis for subsequent discussions
• Activating methods (e.g. presentations)Enable practical application, analysis and evaluation of the contents by students