After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

• oversee the current Transition Studies discourse
• critically reflect on debates regarding (regional) energy transitions from a spatial research and planning perspective
• implement research on transitions on their own

• Introduction to Transition Studies: global development challenges, sustainability challenges & SDGs, wicked problems, Technological / Global Innovation Systems, the Multi-Level-Perspective
• Introduction to the (regional) energy transitions discourse
• Discussion of different approaches in Transition Studies and empirical studies on energy transitions

• Literature-based seminar
• Interactive discussion of literature, theoretical concepts, empirical studies, findings, critique
• Inverted classroom: Students prepare and present content from scientitic papers and studies to the group

This course is one of three compulsory courses of elective module 1 in the master's curriculum Spatial Planning.

Please consider joining the common Kick-Off Event for Wahlmodul 1 on October 04, 10:00 @HS14A!

• Active participation in plenary sessions of the seminar
• Preparation of content ("inverted classroom")

This course is one of three mandatory classes of Module 1 in the Spatial Planning Master's curriculum. Students doing the whole module will be promoted in the registration list.