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1 Fundamental Environmental Risk Environmental Risk Regulation Management and Planning Om kurset Subject Activitytype Teaching language Registration Learning outcomes/ assessment criteria Miljø biologi / Miljørisiko kandidatkursus English please register via stads-self-service within the registration period announced here: Student Hub The objective of the course is to enable students to acquire: Knowledge and understanding: Knowledge of human impacts on the environment and ecosystems. Knowledge of the societal factors involved in analysis and assessment of effects on the environment, and in the planning and regulation of environmental matters at local, regional and international level. Knowledge of the political institutions, knowledge infrastructure and knowledge institutions that are relevant to environmental regulation. Knowledge of the influence of various interests on environmental risk management. Knowledge of how considerations of environmental risk can be integrated into social and technological development. Understanding of the priorities and consequences of decisions in environmental regulation. Understanding of the principles of environmental risk management, administration and planning. Understanding of the priorities and consequences of decision-making processes in environmental regulation. Understanding of the historical development of environmental regulation. Skills: Skills to work in a reflective manner with the theory, methodology and tools relevant to analysing the background, decision-making basis, players, instruments and strategies involved in environmental regulation. The ability to assess the role of stakeholders in environmental regulation and assessment. Skills in utilising relevant case studies from environmental regulation and management to convey the knowledge that the student has acquired from the course in a precise and scientifically competent manner. Skills in planning or carrying out an analysis of a specific situation of environmental regulation or management. Competencies: Competency to utilise key theories, methods and models of environmental regulation and management to solve practical, application-oriented issues of environmental risk. Competency to take part in constructive teamwork with other people, irrespective of academic background, and thereby ensure that common resources are utilised and developed in the best possible manner. Overall content An interdisciplinary, theoretical and case study-based framework for understanding the principles of environmental regulation, risk management, administration and planning. The course includes a general review of the environmental sciences and the political institutions, environmental regulation and legislation, knowledge infrastructures and administrative bodies involved in assessing issues within relevant areas such as pollution, climate, biodiversity and the environment. The course focuses on various approaches to environmental legislation (e.g. national law, supranational regulation such as EU directives, and international agreements such as UNEP protocols). An understanding of the consequences for the environment and human health is the starting-point for an analysis of social historical and current actions to prevent and/or minimise these effects. There is thus a focus on various regulation strategies, including Command and Control regulation, network-oriented governance regulation and voluntary agreements. The course also presents a theoretical approach to understanding the roles of stakeholders in risk management systems in relation to environmental change processes. The lectures include theoretical perspectives, methodological approaches, the presentation of case studies, panel discussions and exercises. Theory and practical application are therefore constantly interlinked during the course.

2 Teaching and working methods Form of examination The course includes lectures, exercises, discussions and group work. A group report of between 15 and 50 standard pages in length, on the basis of 2,400 characters (incl. spaces) per page, excluding the front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices, must be submitted before the student can take the concluding oral examination. There is an oral examination of 20 minutes duration (per student), including assessment, on the basis of the group report. The examination takes the form of a conversation between the students, the examiner and the co-examiner. Students are examined in the entire group report, in such a way as to allow for individual assessment. An individual assessment is undertaken of each student s performance. The assessment consists of an overall assessment of both the group report and the oral presentation. Form of reexamination Examination type Assessment Moderation The responsible course lecturer Teacher Administration of exams The examination is assessed according to the seven-point scale. Group examination 7-point grading scale Internal (i.e. course lecturer and an internal examiner assess) Gary Thomas Banta (banta@ruc.dk) Kristian Syberg (ksyberg@ruc.dk) INM Studieadministration (inm-studieadministration@ruc.dk) kursusgange 1 kursusgang :15 til :00 2 kursusgang :15 til :00 3 kursusgang :15 til :00

3 4 kursusgang :15 til :00 5 kursusgang :15 til :00 6 kursusgang :15 til :00 7 kursusgang :15 til :00 8 kursusgang :15 til :00 9 kursusgang :15 til :00 10 kursusgang :15 til :00 11 kursusgang :15 til :00

4 12 kursusgang :15 til :00 13 kursusgang :15 til :00 14 kursusgang :15 til :00 15 kursusgang :15 til :00 16 kursusgang :15 til :00 17 kursusgang :15 til :00 18 kursusgang :15 til :00

5 19 kursusgang :15 til :00 20 kursusgang :15 til :00 21 kursusgang :15 til :00 22 kursusgang :15 til :00 23 kursusgang :15 til :00 24 kursusgang :15 til :00 25 kursusgang :15 til :00 26 kursusgang :15 til :00

6 27 kursusgang :15 til :00 28 kursusgang :15 til :00 29 kursusgang :15 til :00