Description du cours

Intitulé de l'Unité d'Enseignement

Topics in Economics and Environment

Code de l'Unité d'Enseignement

22EC012

Année académique

2024 - 2025

Cycle

MASTER

Nombre de crédits

Nombre heures

Quadrimestre

Pondération

Site

Anjou

Langue d'enseignement

Anglais

Enseignant responsable

ROMAN Philippe

Objectifs et contribution de l'Unité d'Enseignement au programme

- Understand the multidirectional and complex relationships between economic systems and socio-ecological systems, and develop critical personal reflection on this subject.
- Learn about the facts, concepts, theories and analytical tools that allow to analyse and assess these relationships, and be able to identify the conditions for their relevant use.
- Identify the implications of these relationships in terms of management and conceive desirable alternatives to unsustainable practices.

Prérequis et corequis

Description du contenu

The following topics will be addressed:
- The place and significance of environmental issues in economic theories
- The impacts of economic activity on ecosystems and their theoretical framing
- The constraints that evolving ecosystems place on economic growth
- The diverse ways of conceptualising and measuring sustainability at the global and national levels, as well as at the level of individual firms
- Alternative business models with high sustainability potential
- Environmental policies and their effects on firms

Méthodes pédagogiques

The class is meant to be interactive and participative.

Classroom lectures alternate with interactive/participative sessions (Q&A, group work and discussion, quizzes...).

Reading research papers is an integral part of the course and a way of fueling well-documented debates.

Mode d'évaluation

Assessment takes the form of an in-class written exam composed of multiple choice questions and open questions.

Références bibliographiques

All course slides, papers and useful links to be found on Moodle.

Indicative bibliography:

core-econ.org

Gossen, M., Niessen, L., (2024), Sufficiency in Business. The Transformative Potential of Business for Sustainability, transcript.

Harris, J.M., Roach, B., (2013), Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. A Contemporary Approach, Routledge.

O'Neill et al., (2018), A good life for all within planetary boundaries, Nature Sustainability, vol. 1, p. 88-95.

Raworth, K., (2018), Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist, Random House.

Ropke et al., (2017), Ecological Economics, Aalborg University.

Sommer, A., (2012), Managing Green Business Model Transformations, Springer.