Megagame - Design for Sustainable Development in the light of Climate Change

Aim

After the course, students are expected to

• Describe possible societal developments based on ecological, technical, social and political conditions and change strategies
• Apply a holistic perspective in interdisciplinary analyses of the role of technology in transition strategies for a sustainable development
• Assess technical transition strategies for a sustainable society
• Communicate transition strategies to external actors during a Megagame
• Demonstrate creativity in communicating the conditions under which technical development contributes to a sustainable development
• Independently seek empirical support for conditions for and consequences of development of socio-technical systems coupled to the need for a sustainable development
• Critically reflect on the conditions for the students' own disciplines to contribute to a long-term sustainable society

Content

The course brings together the major societal challenges with the transition to a long-term sustainable society. The course is based on scientific analyses of the challenges for human societies linked to planetary boundaries and specifically research on climate change. The global trends associated with the time period Anthropocene are analysed to create images of future scenarios globally and regionally. The relationship between technical and behavior-based transformation strategies for a sustainable society is analyzed. In the course, we use methods such as backcasting to see how to realize desirable transition strategies towards a sustainable society. We train in communication with external actors from the local community as the participants must be able to explain their intended transition strategies.