22-10.250 Profilseminar: Mapping the Interplay between Nature and Economy

Veranstaltungsdetails

Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange

Veranstaltungsart: Seminar

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Semesterwochenstunden: 2

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 10 | 20

Anmeldegruppe: Profilbildungsseminar

Kommentare/ Inhalte:
The link between economy and nature is evident. Mapping the interplay between nature and economy requires a multifacetted view on both economic decisions and their consequence for the environment as well as a deep understanding how the environment only allows economic activity. 

Instructions in this seminar are given by Prof. Dr. em. Malte Faber (Universität Heidelberg) and Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange.

This seminar will explore fundamental concepts as time, thermodynamics, evolution, homo politicus and justice to explore the foundations of economic activity within nature. While often in economics, nature is reduced to providing inputs to economic activity and to being impacted through (external) effects caused through consumption or production, we  explore the link between nature and economy in a broader and more integrated framework. With this, we discuss concepts within ecological economics by applying economic thinking to nature, both spatially and intertemporally, with a particular focus on sustainability and justice, but also by using knowledge from other disciplines such as natural sciences, political sciences, ethics, philosophy, psychology, and history.

The seminar is guided by the the MINE website (http://nature-economy.de/) which provides a a visual map and links to important concepts discussed in the seminar. The research behind MINE began in the 1970s at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, in an interdisciplinary group spearheaded by Professor Malte Faber, including scientists from economics to mathematics, physics and philosophy. The research has contributed to the field of Ecological Economics.

 

Literatur:
In this seminar, students are to identify an economic problem within a topic of their choice, write a paper (about 15 pages, due by XXX, 2020) investigating the problem and present their results in the seminar (20 minutes plus discussion). Papers should be based mainly on the reader provided to students and additional peer-reviewed literature.
Topics include


  1. Perspectives of Ecological Economics
  2. Entropy: A Unifying Concept for Ecological Economics
  3. The Use of the Entropy Concept in Ecological Economics
  4. Joint Production
  5. A Concept of Evolution
  6. An Evolutionary Approach to Production and Innovation
  7. Application of Joint Production and Evolution – The History of Soda-Chlor-Industry: From Textile Industry to CFCs (Chlor-Flour-Carbons)
  8. The Dilemma of Modern Humans and Nature: An Exploration of the Faustian Imperative
  9. An Anatomy of Surprise and Ignorance
  10. Political and Economics Dimensions of Human Behaviour: Homo Oeconomicus and Homo Politicus
  11. Responsibility
  12. Application of Homo Politicus
  13. Application of Responsibility
  14. Relative and Absolute Scarcity
  15. Justice and Sustainability
  16. Environmental Economics versus (?) Ecological Economics

Termine
Datum Von Bis Raum Lehrende
1 Fr, 25. Okt. 2019 09:00 12:00 WiWi 2095/2197 Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange
2 Do, 16. Jan. 2020 14:00 17:00 VMP 9 A316 Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange
3 Fr, 17. Jan. 2020 09:00 12:00 WiWi 2095/2197 Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange
4 Fr, 17. Jan. 2020 13:00 16:00 VMP 9 B130 Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange
5 Sa, 18. Jan. 2020 09:00 12:00 VMP 9 B130 Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange
6 Sa, 18. Jan. 2020 13:00 15:30 VMP 9 B130 Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange
Prüfungen im Rahmen von Modulen
Modul (Startsemester)/ Kurs Leistungs­kombination Prüfung Datum Lehrende Bestehens­pflicht
22-1.ProfilSem1 Profilseminar I (WiSe 19/20) / 22-1.profilsem1  Profilseminar: Mapping the Interplay between Nature and Economy Hausarbeit und Präsentation 1  Hausarbeit und Präsentation k.Terminbuchung Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange; Björn Bos Ja
22-1.ProfilSem1 Profilseminar I (WiSe 17/18) / 22-1.profilsem1  Profilseminar: Mapping the Interplay between Nature and Economy Hausarbeit und Präsentation 3  Hausarbeit und Präsentation k.Terminbuchung Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange; Björn Bos Ja
22-1.ProfilSem1 Profilseminar I (WiSe 16/17) / 22-1.profilsem1  Profilseminar: Mapping the Interplay between Nature and Economy Hausarbeit und Präsentation 5  Hausarbeit und Präsentation k.Terminbuchung Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange; Björn Bos Ja
22-1.ProfilSem1 Profilseminar I (WiSe 18/19) / 22-1.profilsem1  Profilseminar: Mapping the Interplay between Nature and Economy Hausarbeit und Präsentation 2  Hausarbeit und Präsentation k.Terminbuchung Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange; Björn Bos Ja
22-1.ProfilSem3 Profilseminar III (WiSe 19/20) / 22-1.profilsem3  Profilseminar: Mapping the Interplay between Nature and Economy Hausarbeit und Präsentation 1  Hausarbeit und Präsentation k.Terminbuchung Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange; Björn Bos Ja
WiWi-BA-Profilsem_I Profilseminar I (WiSe 15/16) / 22-1.profilsem1  Profilseminar: Mapping the Interplay between Nature and Economy Hausarbeit und Präsentation 6  Hausarbeit und Präsentation k.Terminbuchung Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange; Björn Bos Ja
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Lehrende
Prof. Dr. Andreas Lange