Explore how concepts from resilience may help us rethink and transform current development practice with Johan Rockström, Michele-Lee Moore and more than 30 instructors worldwide.
Embark on an enlightening journey into the world of resilience thinking with this cutting-edge course led by the Stockholm Resilience Centre and the Centre for Complex Systems in Transitions. In an era of climate change, global environmental shifts, and increasing social, economic, and political instability, understanding and applying resilience concepts has become crucial across various sectors.
This intermediate-level course offers a fresh perspective on how change occurs in our interconnected world, providing innovative approaches to navigate complexity, uncertainty, and challenges in development. By blending the latest scientific research with practical case studies from around the globe, this course equips you with the tools and knowledge to transform development practices and contribute to a more sustainable future.
There are no specific prerequisites for this course. However, a general interest in development, sustainability, and global challenges would be beneficial.
Module 1: Setting the Scene - Development in a changing world
Module 2: Why does the world seem so complex?
Module 3: Transformations and innovation for rethinking development practice
Module 4: The journey from theory to practice
Module 5: Reconnecting the social-ecological-cultural for rethinking development practice
Module 6: Why the global matters for transforming development practice
Module 7: Alternative futures for development practice
Each module explores key concepts, theories, and practical applications of resilience thinking in development, providing a comprehensive and transformative learning experience.
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We need cultural and mental transformation to deal with the current global polycrisis. This MOOC is the second of four MOOCs to hybridize science, design, and transformative praxis. This joint learning journey is a fluid, intervention-driven, synergistic process addressing complex challenges with a regional focus. It entails a critical look at systems thinking, tools to navigate complexity, basics of social network analysis, resilience assessment, circularities, and systemic innovation.
This MOOC is the first part of an interconnected series of four MOOCs on Designing Resilient Regenerative Systems (DRRS) which bring together science, design and transformative praxis as a fluid, intervention-based and synergistic process for addressing complex challenges. This is explored through extending our worldviews, reframing complexity, designing as nature, activating our minds through physical movement, and connecting with new communities of practice. Successful completion of MOOC#1 is your gateway to enter the ETH Zurich DRRS executive degree program, with the first Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS).
