Environmental Politics & Policy
(Course Code: 335 ΚΕΥ, Course outline)
Semester: | 7 (& 8 for Erasmus) | Teaching Credits: | 3 | ECTS Credits: | 5 | Type: |
Optional Compulsory |
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Prerequisite Courses: | Course type: | Special background | Instructor: | Iosif Botetzagias |
Understand the process by which national environmental policy is designed and implemented & international environmental treaties are negotiated; Become aware of relevant stakeholders, their preferences, and the path by which they can influence environmental policy making; Identify the relevant scientific basis on which new environmental policy should be based; Understand the role of media in environmental politics; IN THE SEMINAR– Study and comprehend the I= PAT complex (Impact on the environment = Population Size * Affluence * Technology)
Topics per Week: |
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Theory – Lectures (hours / week): |
3 |
Exercises – Laboratories (hours / week): |
Seminar (1 time/month) |
Other Activities: | Individual Presentation |
Grading: | Individual Assignment (60%) Performance in the seminars (25%) Individual Presentation (15%) |
Notes: | Lecture slides in PowerPoint format, written instructions for the laboratory exercises |
Basic Textbook: |
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Bibliography: | Scientific articles/book chapters per topic, available through the course’s Moodle(c) webpage |
Language: |
English |
Internet Links: |
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