PhD course Gender & Diversity in Sustainable Development

Originally posted on Rural Sociology Wageningen University: Fishing industry in Samoa September 19 – October 14, 2016  Lecturers: Chizu Sato (SCH) Bettina Bock (RSO) Margreet van der Burg (SSG) Jessica Duncan (RSO) Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk (RHI) Janneke Pieters (DEC) Elisabet Rasch (SDC) ? Inequality lies at the center of current debates about sustainable development,…

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FoodGovernance's avatarRural Sociology Wageningen University

8425465365_3145370d70_bFishing industry in Samoa

September 19 – October 14, 2016

 Lecturers:
Chizu Sato (SCH)
Bettina Bock (RSO)
Margreet van der Burg (SSG)
Jessica Duncan (RSO)
Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk (RHI)
Janneke Pieters (DEC)
Elisabet Rasch (SDC)

Inequality lies at the center of current debates about sustainable development, from which a number of policy issues, including Sustainable Development Goals, emanate. Yet, how social (in)equality contributes to creating sustainable development often remains invisible in research. This course enables participants to recognize linkages between gender and diversity and sustainable development in a contemporary globalising world.

The topics covered in this course are:

  • Introduction: key concepts in gender studies
  • Trends form a historical perspective
  • Economics: macro and micro perspectives
  • Work and care
  • Population and migration
  • Food security and governance
  • Environment and natural resource management
  • Global politics

The last topic will be covered in a public lecture by Prof. dr. Melissa Leach (the…

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