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PhD summer course: Climate Change Adaptation and Transformations towards Sustainability

Venue

University Oslo

This PhD course explores the relationship between adaptation and transformation, two concepts that are key to understanding societal responses to climate change. It is organized by the University of Oslo and Future Earth Norway.

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The objective of the course is to engage students with the latest theories, frameworks, approaches and methods for addressing two critical questions in solutions-oriented global change research: What does it mean to successfully adapt to climate change? How can deliberate transformations to sustainability be carried out rapidly, yet in ways that ethical and equitable?

Categories

  • Geosciences
Course Credits: 10 pts (ECTS)

Max. 25 participants

Contact:
Faculty of Social Sciences
P.O box 1084 Blindern 0317 OSLO Norway
Tel: +47 (0) 228 56264
postmottak@sv.uio.no
Languages: English