- Date
- Thursday 30 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:30
- Type
- Study information event
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Mandeville Building (T3-25)
- Ticket information
Please register via the form below!
The Master in Societal Transitions is now offering the opportunity to specialise in Energy Transitions!
Come experience an introductory lecture on the topic of ‘Energy Commons’!
Discover the exciting possibilities of specialising in Energy Transition! Join us for an informative mini lecture, led by Dr. Thomas Bauwens, on May 30th at 14:00 pm, located at the Mandeville Building (T3-25), where you'll learn all about this dynamic field. Delve into the program's comprehensive curriculum and uncover how this specialisation can shape your future. Don't miss this opportunity to get a glimpse into the world of Energy Transition!
What does the overall study entail?
Whether in energy, food, mobility, healthcare, or finance: the institutional, technological, and social systems we have historically developed are not sustainable and need to transform in ways we cannot predict nor control. In academia, we call this ‘societal transitions’. A societal transition is a “a process of structural, non-linear systemic change in a dominant societal regime that takes place over a period of decades (Rotmans et al, 2001, Grin et al, 2010)”.
Facilitating and managing societal transitions requires us to experiment, initiate and transform the status quo. We need to acquire skills and knowledge that transcend disciplinary boundaries and enable us to synthesise and draw connections between multiple perspectives.
The Master Societal Transitions equips you with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand, interpret and work on complex societal transitions. It is transdisciplinary, integrating knowledge from various disciplines – including philosophy, ecology, and law - and practice. Herein, it focuses especially on the socio-economic and institutional dimensions of societal transitions: the role of power, agency, culture, beliefs, values and social movements, in areas such as energy, food, care, mobility and construction.
The master provides you with the knowledge needed to embrace complex, systemic, persistent (un)sustainability issues. Since no one can address today’s challenges alone, you will collaborate with other professionals (peers, teachers, researchers and societal stakeholders) and co-create interventions for a just and sustainable society. Hereby, you will move beyond theory and apply your learnings in a real-life context.
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Angelica Vannuci
Information Officer Master Societal Transitions
- Email address
- DIT@eur.nl
- More information
Dr. Thomas Bauwens is an Assistant Professor researching collective action for sustainability at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Thomas studies the organizational and institutional conditions that foster effective collective solutions to the social, economic or environmental grand challenges of our times, such as global warming and the circular economy transition.
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