An interdisciplinary summer course about the UN Sustainable Development Goals in research and practice
In a world of different colliding crises, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework and platform from which solutions and changes can be developed. This two-week summer course will introduce and discuss the SDGs in theory and practice from an interdisciplinary, research-based and critical perspective. We will question how these goals can act as drives for change, social innovation and sustainability – locally, nationally and globally.
Critical Edge Alliance summer course on the UN Sustainable Development Goals
This course enables you to acquire research-based knowledge about the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the practical application of the framework and mechanisms for monitoring progress and impact. Through the lens of the SDGs the course explores a selection of key global challenges such as migration, food chains, sustainability and circular economies, urbanization, social innovation and entrepreneurship. We address issues of inequality and social inclusion, partnerships and collaboration in relation to the practical application of the SDGs, while questioning the means and challenges in this implementation - locally, nationally, internationally and globally.
Participants will acquire skills in analyzing, comparing and assessing selected issues and methods to advance solutions for the SDG framework; conceptualize relevant theories and contextualize complex spatial problems within the UN SDGs; and analyze application of the SDGs in different contexts including in governance.
The course includes both lectures, debate sessions, curated and supervised workshops, field and company visits, and panel debates with stakeholders and actors working with the SDGs in the public, non-governmental and private sectors . Hosted and designed by Roskilde University (Denmark), the course is developed in collaboration with the Critical Edge Alliance and will include guest lectures delivered by staff from global alliance partners.
Date: 16-27 August 2021
Venue: The course is a hybrid course. It is possible to participate either on campus at Roskilde University or online. Please sign up for the course before the application deadline and decide shortly before course start if you wish to attend physically or online.
Level: Masters
ECTS credits: 5
Programme: Open programme, more information will follow.
Read more on study.ruc.dk
Dates and registration
For a detailed course description and literature overview (from 2019) visit the Critical Edge Alliance homepage:
https://www.criticaledgealliance.com/collaborative-courses
Questions?
If you have any questions please contact us at UNSDGsummercourse@ruc.dk
Admission
Students at Roskilde University
Students from the MSc in Geography are automatically eligible for admission and must sign up for the course through STADS online student services.
All other students must apply for pre-approval from their respective study boards.
These students should follow the procedure for students from other Danish universities and international students.
As a master student at Roskilde University you have fulfilled the English language requirement through your admission to your master programme.
The course corresponds to 5 ECTS credits. The course requires a Bachelors degree.
Admission
Students from other universities in Denmark and international students
Application deadline: 15 June 2021
Applications will be assessed on an ongoing basis before this deadline.
The course corresponds to 5 ECTS credits. The course requires a Bachelors degree.
The course is also open to members of the general public, who fulfil the requirements for admission.
Language requirements:
You must fulfil our English-language requirements by one of the following documents:
A. Completed English-language Bachelors degree or enrolment in an English-language Masters programme.
B. Proof of English-language proficiency through the following tests:
IELTS (Academic): 6.5 or
TOEFL: paper-based: 560 / internet-based: 83.The university's TOEFL code is B384 or
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): passed or
Certificate of Advanced English (CAE)
The IELTS or TOEFL test should not be more than two years old.
C. Documented Danish high school English level B.
Are you a student from another university?
If you are from another Danish university, you will have the opportunity to transfer the credits awarded from the course. In this case you don’t have to pay the course fee.
Deadline for sending us the pre-approval: 25 June 2021
Are you an international student or applying for a vacant place?
You are required to pay for the course with some exceptions (see box with information on fees). You will receive information regarding payment after your application has been approved.
Language requirements: You are required to have completed an English-language Bachelors degree or be enrolled in an English-language Masters programme. For details about English-language requirements, see https://ruc.dk/en/step-2-admission-requirements
Fees
Students enrolled at a Danish university with a pre-approval from the home institution do not have to pay fees. Students from universities in the EU, an EEA-country or Switzerland with an exchange agreement with RUC do not have to pay fees.
Students from universities in countries outside of the EU, EEA or Switzerland with an exchange agreement with RUC do not have to pay. Students from universities of the Critical Edge Alliance (CEA) with exchange agreements do not have to pay.
CEA universities with exchange agreements: Tata Institute of Social Science, University of the Andes, University Paris 8, Evergreen State College, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and Al Akhawayn University.
If you want to use an exchange agreement, you must be accepted and nominated by your home university.
The fee for Danish students without pre-approval from their home university is DKK 2.625.
The fee for Danish and international participants, who are not university students is DKK 2.625.
For students from universities in an EU country, an EEA country or Switzerland, which do not have exchange agreements with RUC, the fee is DKK 2.625.
For international students from universities outside of the EU, the EEA and Switzerland, which do not have exchange agreements with RUC the fee is DKK 7.649,17.
Guest student at RUC
For general information about being a guest student at RUC, read more here
The course takes place on campus at Roskilde University. RUC cannot offer accommodation on campus. Hotel, hostel and Airbnb accommodation are available in Roskilde city and Copenhagen.