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Overview
What you will study
The Political Ecology course offered by KTH Royal Institute of Technology seeks to "politicise" debates about environmental problems and tries to understand environmental issues in terms of universal driving forces related to, for example, population trends or biophysical factors.
Political ecology is a theoretical and methodological approach to the study of socio-ekological systems. It focuses on conflicts, power relations and uneven distribution of environmental costs and benefits.
On completion of the course, you should be able to:
- describe the present-day ecological crisis in the world from multiple perspectives: political-economic, cultural and epistemological
- analyse the historical processes that have led to the current crisis and how different social groups have been influenced by environmental problems in different geohistorical contexts;
- develop new and imaginative ways to conceptualize natur-society relationships in different geopolitical, historical and cultural contexts in order to contribute to the design of a more inclusive and socially just environmental policy.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- The course intends to familiarise you with central concepts and tools used by political ecologists and thereby help you to take an active role in the political-ecological field if you wish.
- Unlike other sciences that you may be familiar with so far, political ecology does not work with experiments, modelling or quantitative analysis; instead, the course takes as its point of departure theoretical concepts that are documented through case studies which combine qualitative and quantitative information in an empirically-backed narrative ("story").
- Each course occasion will focus on different key concept from political-ecological theory and use an important, published case study to illustrate how this concept is "put to work".
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 2 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
TOEFL® IBT 90
Credits
7 ECTS
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Ecology Political ScienceAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
TOEFL® IBT 90
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Other requirements
General requirements
- 180 credits in optional field.
- Students from all KTH programmes are welcome to apply.
Tuition Fee
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EU/EEA
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 SEK for the full programme during 2 months.
If you are an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen or hold a residence permit in Sweden for something other than studies you generally do not have to pay tuition fees.
Living costs for Stockholm
9668 - 17248 SEK /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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