The courses are as follows:
Academic theory, methods and writing for transdisciplinary research This course provides an introduction to critical reflection, the case study methodology and how to write theses.
Adaptive Governance This course focuses on institutional and organizational aspects of ecosystem management, in particular how governance systems may adapt to manage conflicts and enhance social-ecological resilience.
Ecosystem Management The course introduces and explains concepts such as ecological resilience, complex adaptive systems, functional biodiversity, threshold effects, multiple stable domains, cross-scale interactions and social-ecological systems, as well as key challenges for natural resource management in an increasingly globalised world.
Environmental law In this course, participants discuss through lectures and seminars how enterprises can adapt to anticipated legal changes related to environmental issues.
International Governance of Ecosystems This course takes a macro-perspective on ecosystem management regimes.
Management tools The course introduces and discusses how to assess and evaluate continuous improvement towards sustainable enterprising.
Philosophy of science This course focuses on the interdisciplinary aspect of environmentally oriented science in general.
Resilience, Vulnerability and Adaptability This course introduces the participants to the emerging research area with the same name. Different perspectives on complex adaptive systems and their resilience, vulnerability and adaptability are discussed by international experts representing various disciplines.
Social responsibility for sustainable enterprising The course focuses on different perspectives as to the social, economic and environmental responsibilities that can be associated with enterprises today.